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Off-The-Street Club records

The Off-The-Street Club (OTSC), Chicago's oldest boys and girls club, is a club for children and young adults located on Chicago's west side. The collection pertains to OTSC programs and activities.
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Fall Program flyer for Girls' classes, Off-The-Street Club
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Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) flyer to attract girls to register for a fall program of music, athletic, social and educational classes.
Date:
October 11, 1939
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access


National and local organizational memberships, Off-The-Street Club
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Flyer showing national and local organizations to which the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) belongs. A photograph of the Off-The-Street Club building is included.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access


Off-The-Street Club annual benefit flyer
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Flyer for the fifteenth annual benefit given by the Advertising Men of Chicago, a primary fundraising group for the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC). The benefit event featured a baseball game at White Sox Park and a stage show of comedy, music and a movie.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access


Off-The-Street Club flyer
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Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) flyer with photographs of exterior of club building at 1346 W. Van Buren Street, the OTSC Band, children being served Thanksgiving dinner at two dining room tables, and an unidentified man.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access


Off-The-Street Club flyer with free War Fund movie ticket
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Off-The-Street Club flyer with a free ticket to a movie launching their War Fund Drive. The flyer also includes a request for donations of paper, magazines, and cardboard boxes, an announcement of a volleyball tournament for high school girls, and a message from the library.
Date:
c. 1943
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access


Off-The-Street Club organizational chart flyer
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Flyer with organizational chart describing structure of the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) and the programs it offers. Includes a drawing of OTSC entrance.
Date:
c.1940
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access


Off-The-Street-Club Summer Season flyer
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Off-The-Street-Club flyer announcing 1935 summer season programs. Includes dates of big athletic tournaments, and photos of the playground, baseball tournament winners, Boy Scout Troop 225, and the Harmonica Band.
Date:
1935
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access


Thanksgiving Dinner flyer, Adventurers Club
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Flyer for a Thanksgiving Dinner served to needy children from the Chicago area, hosted by and held at The Adventurers Clubin downtown Chicago. The program included entertainment and volunteer club members could stay and eat dinner after the children, for a fee.
Date:
November 23, 1950
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access


Trails of Chicagoland nature film flyer
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One page flyer for 16mm nature movie by Auguste Mathieu, available for screening with accompanying lecture.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access