Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone

Item

Title

Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone

Description

A group of men wearing coats and hats stand in a line in front of a storefront. The storefront sign reads "Free Soup, Coffee and Doughnuts for the Unemployed." This Chicago soup kitchen was opened by Al Capone.

Date, date span, or circa acceptable

February, 1931

File name

National Archives Identifier: 541927
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/541927

Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Source

Series: Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1900 - ca. 1950
Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003

Subject

Great Depression, Chicago

Rights

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted
Use Restriction(s): Unrestricted

Item sets

Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone