3-010-419 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Henrietta Mielke giving iron ring to contributor, 22 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). Henrietta Mielke (b. 1897) giving a ring to a man. Her father, Henry Mielke was a store owner and member of the "Gold for Iron" (Gold fur Eisen) organization which gave iron rings to people in exchange for gold and jewels which were used to support the German war effort during World War I. Photograph probably taken outside? Mielke's store located on Second Avenue at the corner of 87th Street in New York City.