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Mrs. Bella Iveson pours formula for baby Rose Marie in kitchen at 111 Washington Ave
- Related Essay
- The Old Swedes Public Housing Plan, 1939-40: City Politics Sink a Federal Project
- Street Address
- 111 Washington Ave
- Creator Name
- Philadelphia Record
- Date Created
- 1939
- Description
- Caption reads: LIVING here is "too expensive" considering lack of comforts and environmental influences, say Mrs. Iveson as she pours formula for baby (Rose Marie, 4 months old) in kitchen which serves for everything but sleeping. The house is 70 years old, built of brick, looks out on freight trains on Washington ave., on debris covered lot on which two similar dwellings were pulled down recently before they fell down, on hodge-podge of crazy board fences. Mrs. Iveson pays $10 monthly rent. Coal, gas, elec
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection (V7: 2902 / 1938-1940 / Old Swede's Housing Project)
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