Life, 1929-07-05 · page 29 of 41
Life — July 5, 1929 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **donor list** for *Life* magazine's Fresh Air Fund—a real charitable program that sent poor urban children to the countryside for holidays. The small **illustration shows two children**, likely representing the beneficiaries of this fund. The cartoon's implicit message is sentimental: these needy city kids deserve outdoor recreation and respite. The page lists hundreds of donors with contribution amounts (ranging from $1 to $100), creating a record of charitable giving. The context reflects early-20th-century Progressive-era social reform—the belief that urban poverty was a civic problem requiring middle- and upper-class philanthropy. The "fresh air" concept was literal: medical theory held that country air improved children's health. For modern readers, this shows how charitable fundraising once worked: personal, name-based, with public acknowledgment of donors. It's also a time capsule of class consciousness—wealthy Americans publicly supporting charity for "crowded, hot city" children.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
wo ¢ ae a > 5 oer fe Sle Ow Eke LIFE’S FRESH AIR FUND Lirt’s Frest Aim Funo has been in opera- tion for the past forty-two years. In that time it har expended $476,000.00 and has given a happy holiday in the country to $2,000 poor aity children. Twenty dollars, approximately, pays for such s holiday for some poor child from the crowded, hot city. Won't you help? Contributions (which are acknowledged in Live about four weeks after their receipt) should be made payable to Live's Fresn Ain Funo, and sent to 598 Madison Avenue, New York. Previously acknowledged ...... Miss Schneider, So. Orange, N. J. Mrs. Harris Whittemore, Nauga- tuck, Conn. ° Bill Conkling, Troy, N. Y. Donald & Oakley Dietz, New York Morley, Wood & Co., Philadelphia Mrs, Chas. A. Hambly, Newport HPS) cox Henry Blake, Quogue, L. I. Mrs. Henry S. Redmond, New York Anonymous, E. M. S. Mrs. Geo. S. Capelle, Jr. Wilming- ton, Del. .. ate H. M. Chapin, Cynwyd, Pa. Dr. J. C. Corbett, New York Dr. John A. Cobalan, Philadelphia W. H. Caldwell, Brooklyn Mrs, A. W. Elseeck, Greenfield, Mass Louis E. Shriver, Union Mills, Md. Mrs. W. H. Chapin, Springfield, Mass. Mrs. J. E. Cooper, New Britain, H. R. Seymour, Auburn, N. Y. “Happy Mrs. W. Dz Conn. Miss Av. Lyman, New York A Friend, Wilmington, Del Mrs. W. Wheeler, Remsenburg, I. W. J.B. Dorothea Allyn, Cambridge, Mass. G. B. Hollister, Corning, N. Y. Mrs. E. Kent’ Hubbard, Middle- town, Conn. Miss Bertha York Dorothy E. Joline, Tottenville, $. 1. Robert Collier, New York Frances H. Smith, White Plains Dr. Currier McEwen, Newark, N. J. has. A. Sweet, West Newton, Hubbard, Hartford, Pagenstecher, New Screen Metal W. S. Co. ncaster, Pa. Julia Galusha Whitcomb, New York Anonymous, Olean, N. Y. Mrs. E. M. Fassett, Sterling June- ton, Mass Tally-Ho Kennels, Flushing, L. C. ALG. Atlantic City Henry F. English, New Haven, Conn... C. 1. Hill, New York “In Memory of E. E. B.’ E. J. C., Palmer, Mass . Robert Bridges, New York... C. A. S. Cambridge, Mass Mr. and Mrs. Artl ur W. Dunning, Wilton, N. H. John J. Pickman, Lowell, Mass PLC. R, New York E. B. S., Rochester, N. Y. Me _taies Edgar Morris, ctham Ga 30, ie! Hulbert, E. Orange Mrs. Edgar Wade Abbott, Wash- ington, Conn. . coe $ 3,332.50 10.00 100.00 1.00 2.00 10.00 10.00 18.00 10,00 20.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 1.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 10,00 10.00 25.00 10.00 60.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 Life Miss Barbara Hersey, Pelham Manor Mrs. Marie V. Z. Keehn, Canandai- Mrs, Isabella Brandow, New York Frank E. Bruns, Brooklyn Mrs. Wm. Elmer, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 7 E. S. H. McCauly, Beaver, Pa... Middletown, James Conn, oe C. J. Bell, Ossining .. Mrs. Wm. Kommer, Philadelphia. Friend, Buffalo V. B. Reid, Scarsdale David Ninde, Durham, N. H. Samuel H. Ordway, New York Charles De Zemler, New York Mrs. Jos. H. McGuire, New York A. L. Goodrich, Hanover, N. H. Louise Schwier, Schenectady E. K. T. Gordon Gordon, New York F. R. K., New York Mrs. E. H. Herskovitz, New York In Memory of P. W. L. Ernest C. Wills, New York F. W. Rounds, Woonsocket Miss Louise B. Scott, New York Mrs, H. H. F., Philadelphia Milton F. Baringer, Philadelphia J. F. P., New York C. V. Meserole, New York D. Young, Chas. A. Tyler, Phileceipnia Thornhill, Sayville, N. George Whitney, Jr, Wane, Li Robt. Bacon Whitney, Westbury, Li Martha Phyllis Whitney, Westbury Elizabeth B. Whitney, Westbury Mrs. Henry ©. Havermeyer, Mah- wah, N. J. Mrs. Barton Haselton, Rome, N. Y. Wm. C. Hungerford, New Britain F. L. Gallagher, Troy, N. Y. Erdman Harris, New York Mrs. Chas. E. Angle, Rochester, N.Y... Cash, New Bedford Mrs. Frederick George, Watertown, N.Y. . Mrs. Alexander " Nelidow, New York W. M. S., New York . Elisha P. Dodge, Newport, R. 1 Joshua M. Holmes, Philadelphia. Mrs. A. F. Buhler, Garden City Prescott, Benjamin W. & Thomas Childs, Jr., Holyoke, Mass Mrs. J. A. Swenson, Concord, N. H. J. H. Postlethwaite, New York Theo. Fremd, Rye, N. Y. A. Spencer, Jr. Hartford. . Mrs. H. B. Robb, Haverford, Pa P. C. Sargent, Winchester, Mass Anonymous, Philadelphia 5.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 1.00 25.00 20.00 100.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 1,00 40.00 10,00 14.00 50.00 20.00 5.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 Mrs. Allison Dodd, Bloomfield, N. J. H. B. M. N.Y. Anonymous, F. J. Z Saidee R. Sandford, Plainfield, N. J. Robert W. Parsons, Kennebunk, Me. Miss Emma C. Watkins, New Bed- «io . . Hanover, N. H. Meer A. Stern, Rochester . R. W. D., Brookline Anonymous, R. C., Brooklyn Russell E. Burke, New York George H. Leigh, New York F. P. Warren, Yonkers M. F. Millikan, New York L. R. Nash, Westport, N. Y. W. D. J. A. S. Livesey, New York... In Memory of James N. Dickey, June 19, 1918 Whitman Danielson, Putnam, Conn. D. Rushton, Wynnewood Eva Wilson, New York Mrs, Bernard R. Green, Washington Charles Sherwood, — Watertown, Conn. From a Friend, E. Z. Mrs. J, Wm. Wood, Chester, Pa W. S. Stone, Braintree, Mass D. C. H., Flushing George H. Nutt, George School, Pa. A. G. Thorn, New York Norma B. McNab, New Rochelle Mrs. L. A. Kinney, Rockport, Mass F. A. Merrill, Boston Mrs. G. D. Spackman, Coatesville, Pa, Mrs. C. P. Cook, Merion, Pa Edmund H. Carpenter, Woodbury, mily G. Hopkinson, Merion, Pa Robert E. Smith, Mauch Chunk, Pa. Frederick L. Holman, Merchantville, N. J. Miss Helen Ives Driggs, Waterbury, Conn, Miss K: Aycrigg, Stamford, Conn Anonymous, Philadelphia Amy Hart Trafford, Westport Fac- tory, Mass Mrs. Arthur P. Williams, Bellows. Falls, Ve. Harry Werner Co., New York Stephen & Jane Whitcomb, Amherst, Mass. Willis M. Thayer, Hartford McKay, Buffalo Herbert H. Blizzard, Audubon, N. J. “Francis” Charles D. Thoms, New York Miss J. T. Brooks, Salem, O. Mrs. B, van H, Schultz, Center Lov- ell, Me. Wm. L: Rech, Irvington, N. J. In Memory of F. W. J. and N.N. J. L. C. B. E. Wilson, New York A. B. Ryan, E. Orange, N. J. C. H., Shelter Island Heights. . Mt. Mansfield Maple Merchants, Stowe, Vt. C. W. Desmond, Oradell, N. J. Mrs. George Lilly, Anderson, Ind Anna Bogert, New York ... Miss Ella Marie Lilly, Anderson, Ind, Mrs. H. C. Carpenter, New York Mrs, E. J. Sadler, Scarsdale Mrs. Herman Griffin, Cobourg, Ont. Ethel E. Penniman, Kalamazoo Dr. A. ¥. Salomon, New York Mrs. Emily S. Prentis, New London, Mrs. J. T. Snyder, Pelham Manor In Memory of Fitch W. Smith Mrs. George Herth, Scarsdale In Memory of Kitty Hershey... The Six McWains (Continued on Page 33) 10.00 1.00 40.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 100.00 10.00 20.00 5.00 10,00 6.00 5.00 5.00 20.00 20.00 5.00 40.00 5.00 40.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.90 25.00 25.00 5.00 200.00 6.00 comicbooks.com