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Boy with lifesaver aboard "Elizabeth Monroe Smith" steamship
- Related Essay
- Soupy Island: Fresh Air and Hot Soup at a Delaware River Playground
- Street Address
- Red Bank, NJ
- Creator Name
- Philadelphia Record
- Date Created
- July 14 1939
- Description
- A young boy is posing with a lifesaver labeled "Elizabeth Monroe Smith" aboard the steamship that is headed down the Delaware river to visit the Sanitarium (Soupy Island) in Red Bank, NJ.
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection (V7: 3197 / 1937-1939 / Sanitarium Association of Philadelphia)
- Tags
- Boys, Children (people by age group), Delaware River, Philanthropic organizations, Poverty, Recreation, Sanitarium Association of Philadelphia, Ships
- Topics
- Health, Public & Social Life, Social Reform & Philanthropy
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