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Scrapbook/photo album created by the San Jose Exchange Club to document their Fourth Annual Toys for Joy drive in partnership with the San Jose Fire Department and Police Department. There is a history of the event on page 2: "The Toys for Joy, originated four years ago, and sponsored every year by the San Jose Exchange Club with the help of the San Jose Fire Dept. and Police Dept., has fast become a very special and substantial part of San Jose community life. The high interest of all public spirited people is shown in the enthusiastic cooperation which is extended to make this yearly project a huge success. The drive has a two-way effect, in that children who always have had a real Christmas are becoming very conscious of the joy of sharing their toys, old and new, with those who are less fortunate. New toys were gladly brought to the Theater Party and Doll House by the youngsters themselves. Thus, the great American spirit of love for our fellow man is given a practical and early opportunity to grow and develop in these willing youngsters. The benefit is two-fold.." One of 15 scrapbooks created by the Exchange Club of San Jose documenting the organization's community service projects in the 1950s.
Type
image
Identifier
678334DC-08FA-49BF-9E01-041920122180 2021-13-13
Subject
Charitable organizations Nineteen fifties (LCSH) Scrapbooks (LCSH) Men Community service Christmas Children Toys (LCSH) Gifts San Jose (Calif.). Fire Department Suits (Clothing) Neckties Poor persons Letters to Santa Claus Sleds & sleighs Santa Claus (LCSH) Tops (Toys) San Jose (Calif.). Police Department Bicycles & tricycles (LCSH) Women Dresses Fashion (LCSH) Christmas presents Christmas trees Shoes Hairstyles Studio Theatre (San Jose, Calif.) Automobiles--Models Plaid Flannel (LCSH) Shirts Dogs Mascots United States. Marine Corps (LCSH) Bulldogs Dollhouses KEEN (Radio station: San Jose, Calif.) Jeans (Clothing) Leather garments Buster Brown shoes Jackets Minardi, Robert Legg, Bert Massen, John Lafferty, Charles Bradford, Lowell Hutton, William Wahlberg, Nestor V Johnson, Loris Boucke, Robert D Winters, Robert Kramer, Jay Blackmore, Ray Pracna, Edward O'Day, James O'Brien, Lester Green, Paul Sharp, Ralph Davis, E. A Crosby, James Steele, Ed Sawyer, Gene Hathaway, Parker L Watson, Max Daykin, Dawn Gray, Dolores Brennan, Barbara Cleveland, Marie Brunette, John Pizzo, Joe Grigg, Charles Weber, Lloyd Doud, Lee
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