The history of the Kensington Soup Society / Kenneth W. Milano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milano, Kenneth W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kensington Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History.

Kensington Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Soup kitchens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Soup kitchens.

Charity organization--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Charity organization.

Poor--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Poor.

History.

Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History.

Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2009.

Summary:

In the Frigid Winter months of 1876-77, more than twenty-seven thousand people called on the Kensington Soup Society. The society had come a long way from its humble beginnings in 1844. By World War I, however, the need for charitable soup organizations had begun its rapid decline. Facing financial crunches and internal turmoil, the society struggled to keep the doors of its soup house open. Other soup kitchens in the area closed; the Kensington Soup Society became the last of its kind. From the society's birth to its place in today's world, Kenneth W. Milano dives deep into the soul of the Kensington Soup Society.

Contents:

The founding of the Kensington Soup Society

The early years of the soup society

managers and benefactors

Early homes of the Kensington Soup Society and the financing of the Crease Street Soup House

The running of the soup society

The soup house in the late nineteenth century

The Williamson Family and Coal Fund

World War I, the Great Depression and World War II

Changing shapes of the Kensington Soup Society.

ISBN:

9781596296244

1596296240

OCLC:

301705198

Publisher Number:

99934765111