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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

1922: SHARING THANKSGIVING WITH THE LESS FORTUNATE

Poverty will always be with us. Were this photo dated 1934 or 1935, a member of the Glover family might very well have been be seen waiting in that line. I remember my mother taking me to the second floor of the Colonial Fire Company on Liberty Street and Newkirk Avenue, where we picked up our share of dried peaches, dried apples, flour, powdered milk, and other "commodities" as they were called.

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