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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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Photo portrait of Joseph T. Bowen, namesake of Joseph T. Bowen Country Club
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Photo portrait of Joseph T. Bowen, namesake of Joseph T. Bowen Country Club
Date:
circa 1900s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Senior man sitting at a table with a place setting in front of him
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Senior man sitting at a table with a place setting in front of him, likely at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
Date:
circa 1950s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Senior men playing shuffleboard
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Four senior men playing shuffleboard on an outdoor deck
Date:
circa 1930s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Senior woman finger painting
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Senior woman standing over a table finger painting
Date:
circa 1940s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Senior woman teaching children how to tell time
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A senior woman teaching four young children how to tell time using a clock; they are all seated at child-height tables; in the background is a chalkboard
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Senior woman wearing a jacket and head scarf at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Senior woman wearing a jacket and head scarf seated at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; behind her another woman is standing and writing something; behind them is a bulletin board with cut-out leaves
Date:
1968
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Senior women reading
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Six senior women sitting in folding chairs in two rows, all facing the same direction, reading from fastened sheets of white paper, perhaps scripts. They are likely at Hull-House or a senior center.
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Senior women reading
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Four senior women sitting and reading from fastened sheets of white paper, perhaps scripts. They are likely at Hull-House or a senior center.
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seniors in a drama group reading through a play
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Five seniors in a drama group reading through a play, likely at Hull-House. Two women are sitting at a card table, the other woman and two men are standing
Date:
1962
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seniors outdoors at a barbecue
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Several seniors outdoors at a barbecue, along with a few younger adults; one senior man is at the grill putting a burger on a plate with others in line behind him. Unclear location with many trees
Date:
circa 1950s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seniors playing cards at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Three seniors playing cards at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; another man is reading a newspaper on a couch against the wall
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seniors playing cards at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Three seniors playing cards at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; one of the women is smoking a cigarette
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seniors playing the card game Rack-o
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Four seniors (three women and a man) sitting at a table playing the card game Rack-o
Date:
circa 1950s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seniors singing in a chorus
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Twelve seniors (eleven women and a man) singing in a chorus, eight are standing behind four seated, likely at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; several are holding song books titled "Songs for America"
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seniors square dancing at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Several seniors square dancing at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; two of the men are wearing cowboy hats and flannel shirts. A woman on the left appears to be playing piano.
Date:
November 1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seniors with coffee and cookies
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Four seniors (three men and a woman) sitting at a table with coffee, likely at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; one of them is Mr. Esposito. In the foreground is a tray with cookies and coffee ewers. Others are sitting and standing in the background. Also in the background are a box fan, book shelf, and upright piano
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Three people in a stage production at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Three people in a stage production at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; likely a Nativity play (one is dressed as an angel and another appears to be a shepherd). At least two audience members are in the photo.
Date:
circa 1950s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


To Camp, 1927
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Exterior. Young boy sitting on suitcase on sidewalk in front of Hull-House waiting to leave for Bowen Country Club.
Date:
1927
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two girls with puppets on each hand at the Hull-House 1942 Associates Annual Dinner
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Two girls with hand-made puppets on each hand looking at each other at the Hull-House 1942 Associates Annual Dinner
Date:
1942-05-21
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two senior men sitting at a table with coffee
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Two senior men sitting at a table with coffee, likely at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; one of them is Mr. Esposito. In the background are a box fan, standing globe, and bookshelf
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two senior women rolling dough
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Two senior women rolling dough, likely at Hull-House or a senior center affiliate with Hull-House
Date:
circa 1950s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two seniors with food and drink at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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A senior man and woman with food and drink at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; on the wall behind them is a bulletin board
Date:
1968
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two women at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Two women sitting at a card table at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two women at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Two senior women standing and talking at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two women talking at a senior center affiliated
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Two woman seated in chairs, talking at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; Mike Baligan and Miss Bernard are in the background.
Date:
circa 1950s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


William Jacobs artwork, cityscape with bridge
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Lithograph likely by William Jacobs of an abstract cityscape with a bridge
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Woman at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Woman at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Woman at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Woman in polka-dot dress sitting with her right hand on her left shoulder at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Woman at an event at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Senior woman sitting at a table at an event at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House, with a man sitting next to her; in the background are men playing cards, a typewriter, bulletin board, and a coffee service
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Woman playing cards at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Woman playing cards at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House. A man is sitting by the wall in the background.
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Woman sitting on couch at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Senior woman sitting on a couch at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; a desk is in the background
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Woman speaking or performing with several other seniors looking on
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Woman standing speaking or performing with several other seniors looking on sitting at tables around her (one other woman is standing), likely at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House. She is holding paper, possibly a script, beside her
Date:
February 1962
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Woman talking into a microphone at an event at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Woman standing and talking into a microphone at an event at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House. On the left is a chalkboard on an easel with the letters INETIES and what appear to be streamers; on the right is a table with a bowl on it and a folded chair. A 1962 calendar and a speaker are hanging on the window frame behind her.
Date:
February 1962
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Woman with two young children
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Photo portrait of a woman, possibly Jenny Dow, the first director of the Hull-House Kindergarten, with two young children
Date:
circa 1890s-1900s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Women at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Several women at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House. In the foreground is a woman wearing a hat and floral scarf sitting at a card table; in the background other women are sitting at tables. Behind them are large plants and large windows.
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Women at a table with knitting supplies at a senior center
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Two women sitting at a table with knitting supplies, likely at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House. Another woman's arms are visible in the photo.
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Women working with textiles at the Trumbull Senior Center
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Five women at a table working with textiles at the Trumbull Senior Center. One is standing, measuring cloth; another is reading a large piece of paper, perhaps instructions
Date:
February 1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Women working with textiles at the Trumbull Senior Center
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Five women at a table working with textiles at the Trumbull Senior Center
Date:
February 1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Women working with textiles at the Trumbull Senior Center
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Nineteen women at four tables working with textiles at the Trumbull Senior Center
Date:
February 1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Women working with textiles at the Trumbull Senior Center
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Ten women at a table working with textiles at the Trumbull Senior Center
Date:
February 1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young man standing next to a brick wall, watching a circus
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Young man with left hand on hip and right hand on wooden crate, wearing a knit cap, standing next to a brick wall, watching a circus
Date:
circa 1920s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young woman with a cardigan draped over her shoulders
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Young woman indoors with a cardigan draped over her shoulders.
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young woman with a cardigan draped over her shoulders
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Young woman indoors with a cardigan draped over her shoulders, looking at the camera; behind her is a large window with shutters.
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access