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The photograph depicts a truck filled with logs chained to the truck bed. A man stands by the cab of the truck. Other men are seen standing on the mountain of chopped wood in the background. Men at ground level are chopping wood.

The wood was…

The photograph depicts a mountain of chopped wood, with men on the pile stacking wood. Men at ground level are chopping wood. The wood was distributed to the needy through the City Welfare Dept.

The photo looks north into the city center. The…

The photograph depicts scrip laborers gathering wood from a wood pile and placing it into a Golden Transfer Co. truck for distribution to the needy. A Chesapeake & Ohio box car is in the background. The location in unidentified.

This may have…

The photograph shows a mountain of chopped wood stacked high, with five men standing on the pile at various levels, and another standing in front.

The photograph depicts a snow removal crew of scrip laborers, filling truck beds with snow.

The photo was taken on the north side of the street in front of the Pettersch Block, looking southeast toward Seward Avenue NW.

The large brick…

The photograph depicts a snow removal truck with a conveyor belt, and scrip laborers in front of the Waters Building at 159 Ottawa Avenue NW. A sign for Kate's Cafeteria Home Cooking advertises a business in the basement of that large furniture…

The photograph depicts a snow removal with a conveyor belt, and scrip laborers in front of the Smith's Auto Laundry at 228 Ionia Avenue NW.

This view looks south on Ionia Avenue NW. The tall building at the northeast corner of Lyon Street NW and…

The photograph depicts a snow removal with a conveyor belt, and scrip laborers in front of the Mapes-Nebelius Cadillac Co. at 246 Ionia Avenue NW.

This view looks north to Michigan Street and beyond. The large building at the northeast corner of…

The photograph depicts a snow removal crew pitching snow into multiple trucks on an unidentified city street. A Texaco filling station is behind the trucks. The truckloads of snow would be dumped into the Grand River and were quickly refilled during…

The photograph depicts a scrip labor snow removal team pitching snow into multiple trucks on an unidentified city street.