1969 Press Photo Mayor Victor H. Schiro with Mrs. Alicia Howard: Food Stamps

Mrs. Alicia Howard, the first New Orleans resident to buy food stamps, talks with Mayor Victor H. Schiro as she, with forms in order, prepares to make her purchase. The food stamp program was inaugurated today in New Orleans in ceremonies at Total Community Action headquarters on Dryades st.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.