Box 1
Container
Contains 112 Results:
#4 Lumber at City wholesale market. 8-11-31. [Men working with cut lumber. Billboards in background. Golden Sales Co. large sign at right. Houses on hilltop behind.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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
Officials #1. Officials in charge of Scrip Labor [Exterior view, group of men]. In 2023, a researcher identified the image as potentially the opening day of the Sewage Treatment Plant on October 31, 1930.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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
North Park 1. “Park Offices”--pencil on back of photo. [Several small buildings, and a group of men near a truck in the center.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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
Scrip Labor #2. “Grand Rapids rented tourist cabins at North Park, during 1930's”--back of photo, [with Grand River in background.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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
No description. [Small building at left with “Office” on door. Buildings in the right background. Lumber pile, and Grand River just visible through the trees at the right.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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
No description. [Men working in a line, perhaps on fencing or other layout. Large building in the right background. Small buildings dotting the landscape.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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
Officials 2. Frank H. Goebel Asst. City Engineer and Scrip labor Supervisor [standing at the open door of auto, with field behind, and a factory and water tower in the distant background]
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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
Officials 3. Frank H. Goebel. Assistant City Eng. & Scrip Labor Supervisor. [Standing in foreground in hat and coat, with large pipe being lifted in the background. Truck to his right. Building with a Quaker Oats add on the side behind.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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. Food Supplies #5 54 Division So. Making Pickles for next winters use. [Women with their hands in large tubs on a table in the background. Men standing in foreground near large barrels, or at the right, near large bags.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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., Food Supply #3. 11-25-31. Loading potatoes for Welfare Dept. [Interior view toward an open door, where items are being loaded in a truck. Men carrying bags, bags stacked around on the floor, barrels of potatos, people standing at left near the door.
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