Box 2
Contains 106 Results:
City Welfare Dept. Social Center #1
Old #15. Caucasian man seated left with shoe off. African American man seated right, with hammer, working on a shoe. A table between them, a Christmas tree behind the table, and a crowd of people seated looking toward the left, behind the tree
City Welfare Dept., Social Center #2
Old #4 Cooking. 4 men, 3 are wearing jackets or aprons. One stirring a pot on the stove
City Welfare Dept. Social Center #3
Group of men seated at long tables at right, eating. Other men seated on benches at left, waiting(?), with possible sleeping facilities behind them. Coats and hats hung at lower and upper level along the walls.
City Welfare Dept. Social Center #4
Image shows a church with lettering either side of door “City Social Center” Verso notes: Spring St. Christian Reformed Church?? “Thru the generosity of Ryskamp Bros, this building was donated to the city during the winter of 1930 and spring of 1931 for the housing of the single, unemployed men.”
City Welfare Dept., Social Center #5
Bird's eye view of scene in #3 above. Two rows of men seated at tables eating. A row of men seated opposite, with bunk beds in 3 close rows behind. A Christmas Tree is at the left in this image.
City Welfare Dept., Social Center #6
City Social Center Church, winter scene, with 2 men standing at the entrance. Verso notes: Between Oaks and Cherry Street. “Building donated by Ryskamp Bros. Until June 1, 1931 to be used as a municipal clubhouse for the homeless and jobless single men.”
City Welfare Dept. Social Center #7
Dup. Of #3
City Welfare Dept. Social Center #8
Sleeping Quarters. Shows a factory type building with upright supports in a large space. Cots are placed in several rows close together throughout the space. Numbers written on the floor mark the number of the cot.
City Welfare Dept. Social Center #9
Reading Room at Social Center. Shows men seated at tables playing cards. Some men are seated on a bench near a wall at right, reading. Other men are standing, some with reading matter.
City Welfare Dept. Social Center #10
Dining Room, Bond Ave., Social Center. [Shows a long narrow space filled with several long tables, full of men eating. Bird's eye view, with 3 arched windows a the other end of the space.