When Social Welfare Work was Young

- CSS Description
- Box 301 Folder 3 #MA-264 Drawing by W.H. Drake 2 copies in this folder See: Box 296 Folder 1 Photo 20 WHEN SOCIAL WEFARE WOORK WAS YOUNG. Free ice-water. Fountain erected about 1880 by the Berean Baptist Church at the corner of Bedford and Downing Streets, in the Ninth Ward. Notes the barefoot boy and the common drinking cups – now banned by law. Social welfare agencies now affiliated with the Greater New York Fund have led in the battle to improve social conditions since this fountain was erected. The Fund is engaged in its 1944 campaign to obtain from business its vital share of $22,250,000 required by 403 hospitals, health and welfare agencies. Hand written on back of one copy: #41 Tenement Houses Street scene around drinking fountain, 1884 Unused 1944
Item Information
- Title
- When Social Welfare Work was Young
- Date
- 1884
- Item Number
- 968
- Photograph Number
- MA-264
- Format
- illustrations
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Street Names
-
Bedford Street
Downing Street - Places
- New York (N.Y.)
- Topics
- Women; Public welfare; Men; Drinking fountains; Children
- Creators
- Drake, W. H. (William Henry)
- Box and Folder Number
- 620: 51
- CSS Description
- Box 301 Folder 3 #MA-264 Drawing by W.H. Drake 2 copies in this folder See: Box 296 Folder 1 Photo 20 WHEN SOCIAL WEFARE WOORK WAS YOUNG. Free ice-water. Fountain erected about 1880 by the Berean Baptist Church at the corner of Bedford and Downing Streets, in the Ninth Ward. Notes the barefoot boy and the common drinking cups – now banned by law. Social welfare agencies now affiliated with the Greater New York Fund have led in the battle to improve social conditions since this fountain was erected. The Fund is engaged in its 1944 campaign to obtain from business its vital share of $22,250,000 required by 403 hospitals, health and welfare agencies. Hand written on back of one copy: #41 Tenement Houses Street scene around drinking fountain, 1884 Unused 1944