Old Men's Toy Shop Album -- Old Man Making Toy

 

Name
New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (Issuing body)
Community Service Society of New York (Issuing body,Former owner)
Title
Old Men's Toy Shop Album -- Old Man Making Toy
Abstract
#4288 From: Old Men's Toy Shop Album Unknown Photographer In "Last Year's Work and This Year's Challenge", 76th Annual Report of AICP (1918-1919), page 12 bottom. Caption: Crawford Work Shops where many old, old men and women whom industry in general doesn't want "to be bothered with" are given a chance to do two things - (l) make a living,(2) make all sorts of quaint things for young, young childr en. Yes, and a third thing, to keep out of the dreaded almshouse.
Collection Name
Community Service Society records
Shelf Location
Box no. 299, Folder no. 31, Photograph no. 4288
Subjects
Workshops; Toys; Toy stores; Stores, Retail; Older people--Employment; Older men; Men; Clothing and dress; New York (N.Y.); Old Men's Toy Shop (New York, N.Y.); Crawford Work Shops (New York, N.Y.)
Format
photographs
Genre
photographs
Date
circa 1918
Note
Same room depicted in image no. 0528 of this digital collection. Address given as 28 West 51st Street.
Annotation on back: From Old Men's Toy Shop Album
1 extra print, also close-up of man by the window, #4287
Photographer unknown.
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/dj4c-mf39