Thousands Receive Free Meat From K and B, 1931 December
Abstract
Thousands of people are lined up for a meat give away in Christmas of 1931 by K. & B. Packing and Provision Company. Louis K. Sigman gave away an average of 60,000 pounds of meat annually from 1931 to 1941. The meat distribution was done in front of the Denver Post Building at Sixteenth and Champa streets, Denver, Colorado. During the first year distribution in 1931 a crowd of 10,000 people waited for hours to receive a five pound bag of meat. Fifty extra policemen had to be brought in for crowd control. This is a digital copy of the original photograph.
Dates
- 1931 December
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Extent
1 Items (digital image)
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs and papers about the Sigman family and the K. and B. Packing Company in Denver, Colorado. Louis K. Sigman and his sons Sam and Morris Sigman distributed free meat from their company during the depression from 1931-1940. Most of the material consists of digital images that were scanned from two scrapbooks.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
8143 x 5417 ppi color
Provenance
Donated by Sherrye Berger, the grand daughter of Louis K. Sigman and the daughter of Morris Sigman.
General
Title supplied by archivist.
Creator
- From the Collection: Sigman, Louis K., 1881- (Person)
- From the Collection: Berger, Sherrye Sigman (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository