View of a Strip District shanty town, where unemployed and homeless men found shelter in shacks in the foreground. Penn Avenue is in the background. A sign on the shack advertises the sale of "washing fluid," and notes that "Profits Go To Father Cox."
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Subjects
Strip District (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Poverty--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Great Depression.; Depressions--1929--United States.; Dwellings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Identifier
695.0831.FC
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
