The history of the Kensington Soup Society
By: Kenneth W. Milano.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781596296244
Subjects: Kensington Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History; Soup kitchens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History; Charity organization -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History; Poor -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History; Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History
Table of contents: title: The founding of the Kensington Soup Society; title: The early years of the soup society-managers and benefactors; title: Early homes of the Kensington Soup Society and the financing of the Crease Street Soup House; title: The running of the soup society; title: The soup house in the late nineteenth century; title: The Williamson Family and Coal Fund; title: World War I, the Great Depression and World War II; title: Changing shapes of the Kensington Soup Society.