Title from caption on object: “Santa Claus Feeds the Hungry”

December 25, 1936

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

ACME Newspictures

Publisher

Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA)

Publisher, est. 1902

This is a photograph of a crowded soup kitchen. The image shows a line of individuals waiting to receive food at a large industrial kitchen setting. On the left, several servers wearing white uniforms are preparing and distributing meals from large metal pots. The individuals in line are wearing a mix of hats and overcoats. The background consists of a dimly lit space with visible pipes and a simple utilitarian design suggestive of an institutional or community aid setting. The overall scene conveys a sense of communal effort and the act of distributing essential services.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.8 × 21.8 cm (6 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.7 × 23.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.302

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper right printed in black ink on applied label: mau 211; center Acme copyright stamp in red ink perpendicular; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: A6542; center right stamped in purple ink inverted: REF. DEPT. / 12-29-36 / N.E.A.; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite underlined: ✓ / NY City; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper: 375018 / SANTA CLAUS FEEDS THE HUNGRY / HUNGRY DOWN-AND-OUTERS STANDING ON THE / SERVING LINE TO GET THEIR FREE XMAS TURKEY / DINNER SERVED AT THE MUNICIPAL LODGING [underlined in graphite] / HOUSE AT 25TH ST. AND THE EAST RIVER, NEW / YORK CITY, DEC. 25. (NY) / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 12/25/36

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