Description
The photograph is double sided. The front side of a photograph depicts Monsignor Charles Owen Rice standing in front of the Saint Joseph’s House of Hospitality in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Accompanying Rice are two young boys, Dukey Pratt and Willie Hyatt. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality is a living space for homeless men located in the Hill District of Pittsburgh founded in 1937 by the Catholic Radical Alliance. Monsignor Charles Owen Rice was a notable director. The photograph is from 1943. The back side of the photograph has yellow note that reads House of Hospitality. Below that, written in pen, is “me Skip, Dukey Pratt & Willie Hyatt HoH 1943. On the side of the photograph are the numbers 546E.
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
