Photograph
Townsend Club Convention
| Wisconsin attendees at the 6th annual convention of Townsend Clubs, June 30-July 4, 1941. The convention was held in Buffalo, New York. The Townsend Club movement advocated a two hundred dollar per month pension to be paid to every person over sixty years of age as a way of ending the Great Depression. The pensions were to be financed by a 2 percent sales tax. |
| Image ID: | 33584 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1941 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Buffalo |
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| State: | New York |
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| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6432 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 18 inches |
| Men |
| Women |
| Social problems |
| Portraits, Group |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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