Box 1
Container
Contains 112 Results:
#1 Shoe and Clothing Dept., Bond Ave., Social Welfare. Interior with stock around the walls, men and women seated trying on shoes with staff, and others standing in the background.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#2 Typical Daily Scene at Municipal Grocery Store Exchanging Scrip for Groceries. [Exterior view of crowded street, people in line to enter a building with a large awning. The graininess of the image suggests this is a copy image from a publication.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#3 City Store “Waiting Room” [Shows people in line to a window along a rail. Staff behind window wearing hats and smocks or aprons. People seated on benches lower left.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#4 “7-20-31”—blank ink in lower margin. Men seated trying on shoes with stock in background.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#5 City Scrip Store “Office and shoe Dept.” Shows a counter in the foreground which has decorative detailing. Behind the counter is stock at left, a man at a desk with a calendar above, a stove?, a woman and a man seated at desks, a door with the “Open” sign, a man at a roll top desk center right.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#6 Sugar in Stock Room of City Store. [Shows stacks of large bags with 2 men in aprons at the back left, and cartons along with back wall at right.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#7 City Scrip Store. “Grocery dept.” [Shows men in aprons working at bins around the edge, and at tables at center.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#8 City Scrip Store “Grocery Dept.” Clock on back wall, men in jackets or aprons, some working with customers at windows, others gathering goods and putting them in bags.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#9 City Scrip Store “Stock Room” [Shows at basement type space, with men moving crated of stock on trolleys, hand carts, or in bushel baskets.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
#10 Typical Scene at Municipal Store. Exchanging Scrip for Groceries. Note Smiling faces. [Shows a larger group of me waiting for service at a window lower left. Man with a broom, lower right.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932