A crowd of unemployed Americans demonstrate asking the City Council for work and relief during the Great Depression. The crowd, many who are CWA workers (Communications Workers of America) and others, including Communists, fill the street in front of the Minneapolis City Hall (350 S 5th St, Minneapolis, MN 55415, United States) and Courthouse area. Police move the crowd back from the buildings. The crowd is seen beating a man dressed in a black overcoat. The beaten man is then escorted away to safety by a policeman and another man.
Hospital maternity ward care in the 1930s. Row of bassinets at the division of Pediatrics, Henry Ford Hospital (2799 West Grand Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48202, Wayne County, Michigan, United States), Detroit. Nurse removes infant from one of the bassinets. She reads the identification card on crib. The nurse places an infant on the table. The nurse weighs and bathes the infant. The nurse disinfects the baby after bath. She dresses the infant afterwards. Nurse takes the baby to a room to be with his mother.
Nurse attends to child suffering from tuberculosis in crib at Henry Ford Hospital (2799 West Grand Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48202, Wayne County, Michigan, United States), in Detroit. The nurse removes the girl’s shoes. She measures the child’s height and weight using a stadiometer. The nurse checks the child’s pulse on the bed. The nurse undresses and covers the child with bed sheet. Mother seated on chair next to the child. Doctor examines child's ear, mouth and chest. He looks at X-Ray pointing to spots in lungs. Doctor examines child's chest and heart with stethoscope. Eye examination of child using chart with animals.
Diphtheria and Smallpox vaccination at the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit (2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202, United States). A nurse disinfects a boy’s upper arm. A doctor inoculates the boy with Smallpox vaccine. The nurse puts cotton and band aid on the boy’s upper arm. The doctor and nurse clean the boy’s lower arm with disinfectants. Doctor injects Diphtheria vaccine on the boy. Nurse assists doctor.
United States wheat harvested for Allied Forces. A horse cart pulls wheat harvester on dirt road in wheat fields at Walla Walla, Washington. Farmer seated on the harvester. (World War II period).
Reporters type at an office in Washington DC. 'United States Wheat Acreage' chart on the wall. Reporters type on typewriter, the effect on farms during of European war.
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