Community Service Society Photographs

Item Information

Title

School Lunch

Date

circa 1912

Item Number

95

Photograph Number

1656

Format

photographs

Corporate Designation

New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor

Places

New York (N.Y.)

Topics

School children--Food; School children; School buildings; Girls; Corridors; Children--Health and hygiene; Children; Boys

Box and Folder Number

13: 12

CSS Description

Box 297 Folder 6 #1656 Stamped Jessie Tarbox Beals Washing hands before school lunch? From an undated AICP leaflet (probably published l917-l8) entitled "School Lunches; A Questioned an Opportunity for the City - and You/ No! 8 in AICP Publications, Vol. *, I916-I923. Menu for Jewish School Yellow split pea soup Baked sweet potatoes Salmon sandwich Noodle pudding Stewed prunes Apple sauce Cocoa Price per portion 2 cents Menu for Italian School Pea bean, lima bean and macaroni soup Tomato salad Apple pudding Ginger cake Prunes Cocoa Price per portion 2 cents Menu for Italian-Jewish School Potato and barley soup Potato salad Salmon sandwich Cheese sandwich Stewed peaches Bananas, apples Cocoa Price per portion 2 cents You will note that the price-per-portion has doubled since 1912 then a penny-an-article (see #165^). * Lunches