Community Service Society Photographs

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.