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Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture 1900-1959

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Under the School Lunch Program, a cooperative activity by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the local welfare organizations, foods held in surplus by the Secretary of Agriculture are made available to children in low-income areas of a big industrial city.
Youngsters at a summer camp in Virginia eat a nutritious lunch. July 1941.
Pittsburgh schoolchildren enjoy a free lunch made possible by surplus farm products.
Dishwashers at school, washing the dishes after lunch, Kent Co. Md.
Part of the surplus apple crop goes into applesauce for free school lunches. The relief agency receiving the apples from the Government has the applesauce made by relief workers at one of its central kitchens.
Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Young blond child eating with a glass of milk.
Family of five with limited income. Breakfast #1: Stewed prunes, whole wheat porridge, top milk, toast, milk, and coffee.
A Hot School Lunch for Every Child
A class of underweight children being properly fed under the direction of the nutrition teacher, Franklin County, Alabama. 1927.
A Week's Supply of Vegetables and Fruits for an Average Family.
A Week's Supply of Cereal Foods for an Average Family.
A Week's Supply of Fat and Fat Foods for an Average Family.
A Week's Supply of Milk Meat and Similar Food for an Average Family.
A Week's Supply of Sugar and other Sweets for an Average Family.
Adult female administering Cod Liver Oil to an infant in a high chair.
School Boy and School Girl