Help Us Acquire

Title

Help Us Acquire

Description

Newspaper ad asking for people to buy company stock in Octavia Hill Association reads "Help US Acquire Ownership or Management of Property Like This and rid the city of a menace by replacing it with a sanitary home that will yield a profit at a small rental." The ad makes sure to emphasize that in addition to doing humanitarian work, it functions like any other business and brings in money.

Creator

Octavia Hill Association

Source

Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries

Date

c. 1910

Contributor

Kate MacDonald

Rights

Courtesy of Temple University Libraries

Original Format

Paper

Files

Help_Us_Acquire.jpg


Citation

Octavia Hill Association, “Help Us Acquire,” Philly Immigration, accessed March 26, 2023, http://phillyimmigration.nunncenter.net/items/show/397.