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TitleNo. 267, Edison Film, Poor Algy, 5 October 1905.

Date Created1905

DescriptionEdison Manufacturing Company.

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TitleWhittier House -- Second Annual Report

Date Created1895

DescriptionThe Annual Reports of Whittier House, of which this is the Second, include reports on all Whittier House programs and activities, including the kindergarten, sewing school, legal assistance for the...

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TitleBedminster village post office and poor house, 1901

Date Created

DescriptionThe Bedminster village post office and poor house at the corner of Route 202 and Main Street. Note the fire ring.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePoor Robin's Dream, Commonly Called Poor Charity

Date Created1700-1799

DescriptionEnglish broadside ballad, printed and sold at the printing office in Bow Church Yard, London.

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TitleThe poor voters song

Date Created1844-12-31

DescriptionPoem from New Jersey Freeman about the way the poor voted during the 19th century. "So they offered me a bribe...my vote is not mine." Political parties use to gain votes by buying them.

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TitleTwenty-Seventh and Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of Whittier House Social Settlement

Date Created1922

DescriptionThe Whittier House Social Settlement, the first settlement house in New Jersey, was established in Jersey City, N.J. in 1894. Founded by Cornelia Foster Bradford, who would remain with the...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleCold water O how sweet

Date Created1844-07

DescriptionPoem from the New Jersey Freeman about the social conditions a poor family. It compares the healthful influence of nature's beverage, water with the poisoning effects of intoxicating drinks.

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TitleSunday Chronicle (Paterson, NJ) Vol. 13, No. 49, January 4, 1942

Date Created1942

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleSunday Chronicle (Paterson, NJ) Vol. 11, No. 32, March 19, 1939

Date Created1939

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleCover of An Outline of Poverty in Middlesex County, N.J., by Georgina M. Smith, publication of the Middlesex County Economic Opportunities Corporation, July 1967.

Date Issued1967-07