Image / 2,000 served a Thanksgiving dinner

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: 2,000 served a Thanksgiving dinner
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1938
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Two thousand homeless men and boys ate heartily of a Thanksgiving dinner they otherwise would not have had. The dinner was at the Union Rescue Mission, which served turkey with all the trimmings at its main hall, 226 South Main Street. Photo shows some of the diners, with Chief Chef Paul von Petzold helping dish up the food. In groups of 400 the diners attended a religious service and then took their places at the tables. Photo dated: November 24, 1938.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00041689
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 8139.
CARL0000045779
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/13195
Subject: Union Rescue Mission of Los Angeles
Missions--California--Los Angeles
Dinners and dining--California--Los Angeles
Homeless persons--California--Los Angeles
Thanksgiving Day
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.