Box 2
Container
Contains 106 Results:
Streets, grading and widening #29. Innes St. grading, from Fuller Ave. west. 6-1-31. Corner of brick building at left has plaque “Bosster A, 1929. Men are working the rough ground near the center of the image. Houses are visible behind the hill in the background. Manhole or drain lower right near the date.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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
Streets, grading and widening #30. Adams St. grading at Rossman Ave. Bird's eye view down to men working the ground in the foreground. Men with wheelbarrows are following a planking circular track into the background and back to the site. Buildings are hidden behind the trees in the background.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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
Streets, grading and widening #31. Calvary Ave. at 11th St. 2-12-32. Men with wheelbarrows at the base of a large hill. Building hidden at the rear of the hill in the background.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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
Streets, grading and widening #32. Eastern Ave. at Coldbrook St. 2-12-32. [Men working the ground below a rise a right, in the background. Other men working near center left. Buildings at left in the background.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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
Food supplies #1. Unloading carload of flour, ground at Portland, from American Red Cross Wheat Distribution 1932. [3 men at door of boxcar, loading onto a truck which is nearly full. Man standing near boxcar at right. Man in truck cab looking at photographer. Men in overhauls in front of truck. Building in background center left.
File — Box: 2, 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
Food supplies #2. Sugar for Social Welfare Dept. [Ottawa S.W. Building has “Social Welfare Store, at 21 23 [Ottawa]. Men standing in garage door entry of building. Man in cab of truck in front. Truck is hauling two additional wagons full of bags. Building at left has “G.R. Paper box Co.” sign near roof line. Sign on truck door has “Clover Leaf Motor Truck Transportation Co., Michigan, Indiana”
File — Box: 2, 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
Food Supplies #14. Nov. 10, 1931. [Two Modern Milk Co. trucks parked on a brick street with a cemetery on the hill behind. There is a man in each cab, and another hanging on to the side of each truck.
File — Box: 2, 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
Food Supplies #15. [“Let Others Use What You Aren't Using” signs on 2 of 4 trucks shown in front of a building with a “W” on the upper window molding. Children, standing on the street in front of the trucks, eating. One man standing in each truck, with crates or baskets of food. People in one upper window.
File — Box: 2, 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
Transportation of #3. Berry Pickers Leaving Social Welfare 7-24-31 Truck with men, women and children with baskets, in front of Witters Motor building.
File — Box: 2, 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
Transportation of #1. ID label at back: Trucks used in transporting men to and from work on the various jobs. [3 large flatbed trucks with wooden seating on either side, full of men, shown in middle of unidentified road. Buildings in background. “Consumers ...” sign, just barely visible on the side of a sign center right.
File — Box: 2, 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