Columbia University LibrariesOld Men's Toy Shop Album -- Old Men in Toy Shop
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- #5016 From: Old Men's Toy Shop Album Unknown Photographer In "A.I.C.P. 1921"; 78th Annual Report (1920-1921), page 11 bottom. Caption: OLD MEN'S TOY SHOP: To the man who has been told time and again by emplorers that he is "too old" to work, "too old to be bothered with," the Old Men's Toy Shop is a god-send. Here he is given the chance to earn an honest living, to be self-supporting - above all, to keep his self-respect. In "After Three Score Years and Ten," by William H. Matthews, Director Family Welfare Department, AICP. Undated. In AICP Publications, 1916-1923, #22. Probably published in 1922 or 1923. Picture facing page 23. Caption: Just doing their best in the shop every day. With a pride in the work that helps pay their way.
Item Information
- Title
- Old Men's Toy Shop Album -- Old Men in Toy Shop
- Date
- circa 1920
- Item Number
- 612
- Photograph Number
- 5016
- Format
- photographs
- Corporate Designation
- New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Annotation on Back
- From: Old Men's Toy Shop Album
- Places
- New York (N.Y.)
- Topics
- Workshops; Toys; Toy making; Older people--Employment; Older men; Men
- Names
- Old Men's Toy Shop (New York, N.Y.); Crawford Work Shops (New York, N.Y.)
- Box and Folder Number
- 618: 34
- CSS Description
- #5016 From: Old Men's Toy Shop Album Unknown Photographer In "A.I.C.P. 1921"; 78th Annual Report (1920-1921), page 11 bottom. Caption: OLD MEN'S TOY SHOP: To the man who has been told time and again by emplorers that he is "too old" to work, "too old to be bothered with," the Old Men's Toy Shop is a god-send. Here he is given the chance to earn an honest living, to be self-supporting - above all, to keep his self-respect. In "After Three Score Years and Ten," by William H. Matthews, Director Family Welfare Department, AICP. Undated. In AICP Publications, 1916-1923, #22. Probably published in 1922 or 1923. Picture facing page 23. Caption: Just doing their best in the shop every day. With a pride in the work that helps pay their way.