Box 1
Container
Contains 112 Results:
City Welfare Dept., Food Supply #11. 11-4-31. Potatoes stored by City Welfare Department. “Part of 27,000 bu.” [Basement setting, with large bins holdings lots of potatoes on either side of space
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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
City Welfare Dept., Repair Dept. #3 Stove Repair Dept. Bond Ave., Social Welfare. [Men in basement setting working at various devises, with Oak Laurel Stove in right corner.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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
City Welfare Dept., Repair Dept. #4. “Furniture, baby carriages, etc.”--pencil on back of photo [Men in basement setting, working. Man lower right with carriage, Man at left with overturned table. Man in back working on some kind of furniture, man in left background at unidentified tool, saws hanging on the wall, coats hanging on pegs.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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
City Welfare Dept., Repair Dept. #5. Shoe Repair Dept. Bond Ave., Social Welfare. [Narrow space, with brick walls and windows at the far end. Men standing at machines by left wall, man working at a sewing devise in the right foreground with shoes on the floor in the lower right corner. Men working in the background near the windows.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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
City Welfare Dept., Repair Dept. 6. Stove Repair Department. [Basement setting, large rooms with numerous stoves. Men at various stoves. Stairs just visible at the left. Chairs? Hanging upside down on the wall at the right, may have legs cut off to sit lower during work.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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
#18. 8-1-31. Dredging river North of Lyon St. [Shows a concrete bridge, with Voigt Mill / Crescent flour among the building in the background behind the bridge. Men working in the river in the foreground.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8.1
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
#19 8-11-31. Scrip labor scalping, Grand River bottom. Bissell at right behind the concrete bridge. Men working on the shore in the foreground, under the bridge.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8.1
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
#20. [Men working on the river bank in the foreground, with river behind, and industrial building on the opposite river bank [West side?] Trestle bridge to the left.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8.1
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
#21. 10-8-30. Grand River near Lake Shore Bridge prior to flood relief work.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8.1
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
#22. 2-12-32. Flood Relief Project near sewage plant. [Shows the river with shore at right.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8.1
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