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Every Little Helps: 1903
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 12:13pm.
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New York circa 1903. "Remember the poor: a Salvation Army Christmas box." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Ironically
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 12:36pm.
"Every little helps" is now the advertising slogan of a major UK supermarket chain.
A Penny is a Penny
Submitted by Natnasci on Sun, 12/26/2010 - 5:59pm.
I too found the phrase "every little helps" a bit odd. However after a quick search I found this for Wikipedia. It seems that it originates from a French proverb: "Un sou est un sou.
Idiomatic translation: Every little helps.
Literal meaning: A penny is a penny"
Query Christmas
Submitted by texas deb on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 7:07pm.
Yeah, what is it with the plant in the pot? Why is there a trash can sitting there? And how odd that the sign says "Every Little Helps" not every little BIT.
And Merry Christmas to all the Shorpy watchers.
A Christmas Clara
Submitted by aenthal on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 6:50pm.
I'd sure rather have that Clara Bartonesque woman, dressed like something out of a Dickens short story (and her two male chaperones), collecting for the Salvation Army in front of Target today. Her bonnet alone is priceless.
Coming up
Submitted by John.Debold on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 6:21pm.
That guy approaching looks like he's getting ready to find a coin in his pocket to donate.
Open Sky
Submitted by Nicholas West on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 5:55pm.
What strikes me immediately about this picture is how much simple open sky there was at this location in 1903 instead of the claustrophobic canyon madhouse it is today.
You Are Here
Submitted by capt subway on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 5:28pm.
Looking roughly north at the intersection of Broadway, 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue. That's the Sixth Avenue El.
Balanced like a seesaw
Submitted by Bink on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 5:11pm.
The boy to the left looks like he could be the son of the man to the right.
If the Christmas dinner is free
Submitted by joeyneutrino on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 4:01pm.
... then why are they asking people to pay for it?
And is that Stalin off to the right?
The Thought that Counts
Submitted by fanhead on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 3:56pm.
I would gladly throw a fiver in the kettle, but there seems to be a houseplant in it.
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