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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.
Showing 1901 - 1950 of 2182 Records
Two women at the South Deering senior center holding crafting flowers
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Two women at the South Deering senior center sitting at a table holding crafting flowers
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two women dancing an Italian tarantella and a man playing a zampogna, likely during the 1940 Hull-House Fall Festival
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Two women (identified as Theresa DeGrazia's mother and godmother) dancing an Italian tarantella and a man (DeGrazia's uncle) playing a zampogna, likely during the 1940 Hull-House Fall Festival; in the background are three children and a man, identified as Dr. Ippolito
Date:
1940-05-24
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two women in traditional Greek clothing at Hull-House 1951 Spring Carnival
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Two women in traditional Greek clothing in the Hull-House Coffee House during the 1951 Spring Carnival
Date:
circa 1951
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two women singing at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Two women standing in the front of a room singing at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" social event; they are flanked by two United States Navy sailors in uniform. A sailor and a woman are sitting on a table tennis table, watching
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two women sitting in chairs at Hull-House
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Two women sitting in chairs at Hull-House, smoking cigarettes
Date:
1945-1949
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


Two women view 1941 creche
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Two women view 1941 Hull-House creche
Date:
1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two women walking out of Hull-House
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Two women walking out of Hull-House through a doorway with another woman in a smock leaning against the wall
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two young boys (Frederick and William Deknatel), sitting on couch
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Two boys sitting on couch; on left, Frederick Brockway Deknatel, who would become an art history professor at Harvard, and on right, William Ferguson Deknatel, who would become an architect and planner and Hull-House trustee; their parents were Hull-House residents Frederick H. and Wilfreda Brockway Deknatel
Date:
November 1908
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two young boys on tricycle
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Two young boys on a tricycle in the Hull-House playground
Date:
circa 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two young men work on a puzzle
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Two young men work on puzzle in a Recreation Department program at Hull-House
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two young people peer between slats of a decorated crate at Hull-House
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A boy and girl peer down between wooden slats in a decorated crate that appears to be lying on its side, with cloth hanging down at the front; in front of the crate is paper reading (on the left) A PAGE FROM KING ARTHUR'S COURT and (on the right) the words RECESSES OF
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two young performers in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" production at Hull-House
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A young woman and young man in fairy costumes in a production of William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Hull-House Auditorium
Date:
May 1929
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two young women at a Hull-House Christmas party at Jane Addams Center
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Two young women standing at a Hull-House Christmas party at Jane Addams Center; strands of garland and a bookshelf are in the background.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two young women dancing at a Hull-House Christmas party at Jane Addams Center
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Two young women dancing at a Hull-House Christmas party at Jane Addams Center; strands of garland and a bookshelf are in the background.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Unidentified actor in loud striped suit on stage in a production of "The Threepenny Opera" at Hull-House Theater
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Unidentified actor on stage in a production of "The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill at Hull House Theater; he's wearing a loud striped jacket and tie, and eyeglasses hypnotic lenses
Date:
1964
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Unidentified man speaks at the 1949 Hull-House Associates Dinner
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Unidentified man speaks at a lecturn at the 1949 Hull-House Associates Dinner in the Residents' Dining Hall; a microphone on a stand is to his right; flowers, a glass of water, and ashtrays are on the table along with the lectern. Seated to the speaker's right is Hull-House vice president Marshall Field III
Date:
1949-05-01
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Union members picket Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Several union members picket Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home; one sign reads "Bad Faith at Hull House Assn" and another reads "Social workers deserve more than charity!"
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Union members picket Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Several union members picket Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home; one sign reads "Would Hull House board members work for our salaries?" and another, partially obstructed, reads "Social workers deserve more than charity!"
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Union members picket Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Several union members picket Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home; one sign reads "Would Hull House board members work for our salaries?" and another reads "This Adams sure ain't like Jane Addams."
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Union members picket Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Several union members picket Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home; one sign reads "Would Hull House board members work for our salaries?" and another, partially obstructed, reads "Social workers deserve more than charity!"
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Union members picket Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Several union members picket Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home; one sign reads "Would Hull House board members work for our salaries?" and another reads "This Adams sure ain't like Jane Addams."
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Union members picket Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Several union members picket Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home; one sign reads "Bad Faith at Hull House Assn" and another reads "Social workers deserve more than charity!"
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and civilian women at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Eleven United States Navy sailors and six civilian women at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and civilian women dancing in pairs and socializing in the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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United States Navy sailors and civilian women dancing in pairs (front) and socializing in the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and civilian women dancing in pairs and socializing in the Hull-House Residents' Dining Room during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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United States Navy sailors and civilian women dancing in pairs (front) and socializing in the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and civilian women dancing in pairs in the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Over 20 pairs of United States Navy sailors and civilian women dancing in the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and civilian women in a game room at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Several United States Navy sailors in uniform and civilian women in a game room at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event; they are sitting on and standing around a table tennis table
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and civilian women in pairs at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Four United States Navy sailors in uniform and four civilian women in formalwear at the top of a short stairway at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event; the sailor and woman in front are holding hands
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and civilians - mostly women - fill the Hull-House coffee house during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Dozens of United States Navy sailors in uniform and civilians in formalwear - almost all women - fill the Hull-House coffee house during an "Entertaining the Navy" event; sandwiches are on buffet tables on the left side of the photo
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and civilians in a game room at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Around twenty United States Navy sailors in uniform and several civilians in a game room at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" event; two sailors are playing table tennis
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and women on the terrace outside the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Dozens of United States Navy sailors in uniform and women socializing on the terrace outside the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" social event, many sitting on the stone benches
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors and women on the terrace outside the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Dozens of United States Navy sailors in uniform and women socializing on the terrace outside the Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall during an "Entertaining the Navy" social event, many sitting on the stone benches
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors in Hull Mansion during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Sixteen United States Navy sailors in uniform at the bottom of the stairway outside the reception room in Hull Mansion during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors in a Hull-House library during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Ten United States Navy sailors in uniform and three women in a library at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" social event; six of the sailors and two of the women are sitting at tables and most are writing on the back of photos
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors in a Hull-House library during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Ten United States Navy sailors in uniform and three women in a library at Hull-House during an "Entertaining the Navy" social event; most of the sailors are sitting at tables and writing on the back of photos
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors in a conga line with several women in the Hull-House Courtyard during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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Five United States Navy sailors, in uniform, in a conga line with six women in the Hull-House Courtyard during an "Entertaining the Navy" social event
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors in the Hull-House reception area alongside women in formal wear during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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More than a dozen United States Navy sailors, in uniform, form a line snaking through the reception room at Hull-House, alongside several women in formalwear, in a line on the stairwell during an "Entertaining the Navy" social event; the sailor and young woman in front are holding hands
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


United States Navy sailors in the Hull-House reception area alongside women in formal wear during an "Entertaining the Navy" event
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More than a dozen United States Navy sailors, in uniform, form a line snaking through the reception room at Hull-House, alongside several women in formalwear, in a line on the stairwell during an "Entertaining the Navy" social event; the sailor and young woman in front are holding hands
Date:
circa 1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Used clothing store for sale
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Corner of a building with "This business for sale" (sic) painted on window, and below that, "A real buy - sickness". A sign taped below reads "Used clothing for all the family / bought sold exchanged"
Date:
circa 1890s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Viola Sills (Spolin) directing members of the Hull-House Junior Theatre Group in a rehearsal of "The Brave Little Tailor"
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Date:
1939
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Violin lesson at Hull-House Music School
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Two girls in a violin lesson at Hull-House Music School; a blackboard with musical staff lines is in the background
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Violinist and pianist playing at Hull-House Music School while violinist Nesta Smith observes
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Boy (center) playing violin while a woman sits at a piano and another woman, future Hull-House Music School director Nesta Smith, rests her elbows and violin on the piano
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Violinists and pianist at Hull-House Music School
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Young woman (right) playing the violin next to three other violinists, standing to her right, and a man playing the piano in front of them
Date:
1940-1948
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Visitor to Hull-House showing a card trick to two girls
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Unidentified visitor to Hull-House, likely an entertainer, in a three-piece suit and wearing a carnation, sitting in a chair holding fanned-out playing cards; two girls (Anna Siciliano and Mildred Suppo) are standing next to him, each pulling a card
Date:
circa 1930s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Waiting in the Music School for lessons
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Several girls waiting for lessons at the Hull-House Music School
Date:
1905-1910
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Wall with signs and table in Hull Mansion
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Wall with handwritten signs above a small table in Hull-House
Date:
circa 1890s-1910s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Wayne McMillen addresses attendees at 1941 Hull-House Annual Dinner
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University of Chicago social work professor Wayne McMillen (standing) addresses attendees at 1941 Hull-House Annual Dinner in Bowen Hall. Seated to his right are Hull-House president and treasurer Louise DeKoven Bowen and director Charlotte Carr
Date:
1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Weaving class at Hull-House Labor Museum
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Two women at a weaving class at the Hull-House Labor Museum
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


West facade of Hull-House with vacant lot in foreground
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West facade of Hull-House, including (from left) Boys' Club, Mary Crane Nursery with playground, and Jane Club; cracked, vacant lot with man walking south in foreground
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access