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Documents unemployed people and relief for unemployed in Philadelphia. Shows lines of people applying for jobs in employment offices and lines of people waiting to receive food relief. Depicts pickets at relief offices and in front of the City Council, as well as rallies in support of relief. Illu...
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| Language: | English |
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1931-1941
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Documents unemployed people and relief for unemployed in Philadelphia. Shows lines of people applying for jobs in employment offices and lines of people waiting to receive food relief. Depicts pickets at relief offices and in front of the City Council, as well as rallies in support of relief. Illustrates the lifestyle of unemployed and homeless people. Portrays them sleeping outdoors, in the tenderloin district, in shanties, and in shelters. Includes images of poor families eating and preparing food. Depicts workers in shelters and relief offices helping unemployed people to prepare application forms, can fruit and vegetables, and distribute food. Shows unemployed teachers protesting at a meeting of the Board of Education and men drawing lots for jobs at the U.S. quartermaster depot. contains views of hearings and commettees in Philadelphia, including the job mobilization committee during the Renovize Campaign, the 1931 relief committee, the county board of public assistance and the City Council. These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and |
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Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record. |
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1 form 102 photoprints : silver gelatin |