The storefront sign reads “Free Soup, Coffee and Doughnuts for the Unemployed.”
Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone
- 02/1931
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Full Citation: Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone; 02/1931; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/unemployed-men-queued-outside-a-depression-soup-kitchen-opened-in-chicago-by-al-capone/, March 29, 2026]
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