Founded in 1891, The Union Rescue Mission at 226 South Main Street, Los Angeles, will again feed approximately 2,000 of the Skid Row needy with full-scale turkey dinners on Thanksgiving Day as it has done traditionally for many many years. Photo shows Jim, a chef, engaged in the roasting process with some of the turkeys to be served. The Union Rescue Mission is the largest Skid Row rehabilitation Gospel mission in the United States. Photo dated: November 18, 1967.
Union Rescue Mission of Los Angeles Missions--California--Los Angeles Homeless persons--California--Los Angeles Dinners and dining--California--Los Angeles Thanksgiving Day--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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