Newark women plod in snow to plea for food – Vintage Print
![Newark women plod in snow to plea for food, [ca. 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c7/c7bf36b3e7cb-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Newark women plod in snow to plea for food. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Newark women plod in snow to plea for food
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Snow lies deep on the street in this view of Newark, New Jersey, where a line of women trudges forward to press their demand for food. The caption calls it a plea for food, and the subject headings place it among 1920 demonstrations over food relief, a time when rising prices and hard winters left many city households short of supplies. Photographs like this one came from the National Photo Company, which sold images to newspapers, so the scene was likely meant to reach readers quickly and make the hardship visible.
| Created / published | [ca. 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic. print. |
| Genre | Photographic. prints 1920. |
| Notes | Photo from Central News Photo Service. Nos. 6142, 10254S. National Photo Company Collection. |
| Subjects | Food relief--New Jersey--Newark--1920. Women--Political activity--New Jersey--Newark--1920. Demonstrations--New Jersey--Newark--1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,148 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167170 |
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