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Hull-House Photograph collection

This collection contains thousands of photographs and artworks that pertain to Jane Addams, the Hull-House settlement house, Chicago's Near West Side, and other topics related to the history of Hull-House.

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(Top photo) Two boys hanging out; (Bottom photo) Boy looking out window

Two photos: (Top) Boy lying on table gazing at boy sitting on floor at Hull-House Boys' Club; (Bottom) Boy sitting on radiator gazing out of a window at the Hull-House Boys' Club

1949

(Top photo) Boys meeting around a table; (Bottom photo) Two boys hang out next to jukebox

Two photos: (Top) Six boys and an advisor meet at a table in the Benito Juarez room at Hull-House Boys' Club (same photo as 0108_0133); (Bottom) Two boys hanging out next to a jukebox in the Benito Juarez room at Hull-House Boys' club

1949

Artist Jesús Torres hand-decorating a clay pot at Hull-House Kilns

Artist Jesús Torres hand-decorating a clay pot at Hull-House Kilns; a man is standing in the background wearing a smock

1925

Artist finishing a clay model of a Mexican cowboy on a horse at Hull-House Kilns

Unidentified artist finishing a clay model of a Mexican cowboy on a horse at Hull-House Kilns

1928

Boy playing carrom in Hull-House boys' game room

Boy (Sam) standing on table support to play carrom, a billiard-style tabletop board game using disks and cues, in Hull-House boys' game room

1930

Boys in cobbling class with instructor

Four boys at a cobbling class in Hull-House Boys' Club with instructor leaning over table

1901

Boys in cobbling class with instructor

Eleven boys at a cobbling class in Hull-House Boys' Club with instructor sitting at head of table

1904

Boys meeting around a table

Six boys and an advisor meet at a table in the Benito Juarez room at Hull-House Boys' Club; part of Adrian Lozano's mural "Progress of Mexico" (1940) is visible on the wall

1949

Boys reading in the Boys' Club library

Several boys, mostly older teens, sitting in the library at the Hull-House Boys' Club building, reading periodicals and books; along the walls are bookcases with glass doors and a fireplace

1907

Ceramics class

Fourteen adults in a ceramics class at Hull-House

1939

Ceramics kiln and objects

Man reaching into kiln with ceramic objects on table as part of Recreation Program at Hull-House

1939

Electrical Club learning how to wire a house

Two boys work on electrical system as part of Electrical Club at Hull-House Boys' Club

1906

Glazing ceramics

Man and two women glazing ceramics as part of Recreation Program at Hull-House

1939

Hull-House Kilns foreman Nick Fosco and another man lining a kiln with bricks

Hull-House Kilns foreman Nick Fosco handing a brick through a kiln doorway to another man relining the kiln from the inside

1928

Man sculpting clay pot at a potter's wheel at Hull-House Kilns

Unidentified man sculpting clay pot at a potter's wheel at Hull-House Kilns

1929

Music teacher at piano surrounded by large group of boys

Volunteer music teacher Martha Scott playing the piano at Hull-House Boys' Club, surrounded by 17 boys

1925

North facade of Hull-House complex looking east along Polk St

North facade of Hull-House complex from across Polk St. looking east; (from left) Smith (Children's) Building, Coffee House and Auditorium/Theater, Gymnasium and Hull-House Shops, Women's Club (Bowen Hall), Boys' Club; horse and cart parked on Polk St.

1898

Printing press class in Hull-House boys' club

Mr. Albert Fairbanks teaching a small group of young men in printing press class at Hull-House boys' club

1915

Student at pottery wheel

Male student at pottery wheel with female student working on clay sculpture as part of Recreation Program at Hull-House

1939

Twelve children waving sombreros outside a bus at Hull-House in connection with a trip to Hawthorn-Mellody Farms

Twelve children standing outside a bus on Polk Street, across from Hull-House, waving sombreros at the photographer. They have numbers pinned to their clothes. Several other children are visible inside the chartered bus, from Willett Motor Coach Company. Photo from either just before or after a trip to Hawthorn-Mellody Farms, a dairy farm, amusement park, and petting zoo in Lake County, Ill. In the background is a second bus.

1949