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Work of the Priest

Tags: 1930s, Father John Hayes, Illinois, labor, Mundelein, National Catholic Welfare Conference, NCWC, priest study clubs, SAD, Social Action Department, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Summer School for Social Action, worker rights

Worker in field

Farm workers in a field use short handled hoes to harvest crops, location unknown.

Worker in lettuce fields

Worker in the lettuce fields near Colorado River

Worker with crates

A farm worker stacks crates of harvested grapes at unidentified location.

"Mortaria family, 8 Downing St., N.Y., making flowers wreaths. The Little three-year-old on left was actually helping, putting the center of the flower into the petal. . ."

Photograph courtsey of the
Library of Congress
National Child Labor…

World War I Ruins

Tags: Relief, World War I

World War I-era American Red Cross cookstove

Tags: 1920s, American Red Cross, World War I

WPA.jpg

A Works Progress Administration (WPA) Poster. The WPA was one of the more popular New Deal initiatives.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

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