Box 2
Container
Contains 106 Results:
Richmond #1. Richmond Park Swimming Pool. 4. [ Shows pool from a short end looking the length with a street stretching into the horizon from the far end of the pool. People are on or near the bleachers at left, and people are on the two sides. Pool appears to be dry on the near end, and perhaps is just being filled for the season.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #2. Richmond Park Swimming Pool. 3. Near view of men working on the pool, construction using brick in the background, water flowing into the pool.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #3. Richmond Pool and the bathhouse being built from salvaged brick. 12-31-31 [Pool is empty. Hill with bare trees is behind the construction, which is along a long side of the pool, and shows 5 arched portals in the center.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #4. Richmond Park Bath House, 2-15-32. Fenced pool. Roof on bathhouse, with center poolside entrance covered with tarp. Bare trees, but no snow on near ground.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #5. Richmond Pool and Bath House Construction, Gerrit Folkringa, foreman. [Folkringa in foreground. Camera man and camera on a tripod. Full pool, with crowd standing along the far end.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #7. Richmond Park Bath House. 2-8-32. [Scaffolding in front of center poolside entrance. Winter scene. Pool not visible, but suggested by the fencing fainting visible in front of the pool house.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #8. Richmond Park Bath House. Scaffolding along most of the long pool side of the pool house. [Bare trees on the hill behind, but no snow. Road up the hill in the right background. Pool behind fence in the right foreground.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #9. Bath House at Richmond Park Pool. [Bird's eye view of woodmen in center of pool house, early in the construction. View probably taken from the hill behind the pool house, with a view toward the pool and field, and road on the other side.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #10. A corner of Richmond Pool and the Bathhouse being built of salvaged brick. 2-31-31. [Shows arches in center, no room, winter view, pool behind fence.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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
Richmond #11. N.W. Corner, showing Bath House foundation of Richmond Pool. 12-3-31. [View from the bas of the hill, toward the pool, with houses on the horizon.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 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