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Nurses working for the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service in New York City took these snapshots, which show their lives and the lives of the families they cared for in the 1930s.
“Bobby and his parents. His daddy lost his job as a supervisor in a publishing company early in the Depression. Savings all went. Finally, he got a ‘white collar’ job with the Emergency Work Bureau, and struggled along. Henry Street was able to help tide the family over with emergency financial aid and free milk as well as nursing care. The coming of beer brought work for Mrs. B”
The Emergency Work Bureau Committee that helped young Bobby’s father find work was a joint effort of various charities and social service organizations, including Catholic Charities and Jewish Social Service Association, to address the problems of unemployment created by the Depression.
The “coming of beer” mentioned in the title refers to the end of Prohibition in 1932.
Courtesy U.S. National Library of Medicine
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