1917 Ad New York Improve Poor Condition Christmas Kids - ORIGINAL THB1 XAF7 This 70+ year old Item

This 70+ year old Item is rated Very Fine +++

John the Evangelist giving back the ring that King Edward the Confessor of England had given to him when Saint John was disguised as an elderly beggar

13 x 10 cm

He was born in Philadelphia where he studied until graduation and then went to Europe and made his home in London

Dimensions: Approximately 6 x 7

1917 Ad New York Improve Poor Condition Christmas Kids - ORIGINAL THB1 XAF7 This 70+ year old ItemThis is an original 1917 black and white print ad for the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (AICP). The charitable organization began in the 1840s in New York City with its focus on aiding the deserving poor and providing moral uplift. The organization's directors were the city's richest people, who believed that people were poor not due to external or environmental factors, but rather to some innate character fault within