Fresh Air Fund - Friendly Town
Title
Fresh Air Fund - Friendly Town
Subject
Environmentalism
Description
Founded in 1877, the Fresh Air Fund organization served as a non-profit outreach program for low-income, urban youths to gain access to country living. This button addresses the Friendly Town program, which enabled some families residing in small towns to host inner-city children from New York City in their homes.
Creator
The Fresh Air Fund
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
undated
Format
Button
Type
Physical Object
Collection
Citation
The Fresh Air Fund, “Fresh Air Fund - Friendly Town ,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 28, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/253.