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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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Hull-House board president Alma Petersen stands between Harold Ickes and Marshall Field III holding a plaque honoring Louise de Koven Bowen at the 1949 Associates Dinner
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Hull-House board president Alma Schmidt Petersen, center, holds a plaque with a relief portrait Louise de Koven Bowen in profile, and the inscription "Louise de Koven Bowen, President of the Board Hull House 1935-44." She is standing between former US Secretary for the Interior Harold Ickes and Hull-House vice president Marshall Field III, at the 1949 Associates Dinner in the Residents' Dining Hall
Date:
May 1949
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Hull-House board president Alma Petersen stands between Harold Ickes and Marshall Field III holding a plaque honoring Louise de Koven Bowen at the 1949 Associates Dinner
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Hull-House board president Alma Schmidt Petersen, center, holds a plaque with a relief portrait Louise de Koven Bowen in profile, and the inscription "Louise de Koven Bowen, President of the Board Hull House 1935-44." She is standing between former US Secretary for the Interior Harold Ickes and Hull-House vice president Marshall Field III, at the 1949 Associates Dinner in the Residents' Dining Hall
Date:
1949-05-01
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Louise de Koven Bowen and Hull-House board president Alma Petersen holding a bas relief plaque in Bowen's honor during the 1949 Hull-House Associates Dinner
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Hull-House president, treasurer, and longtime patron Louise de Koven Bowen (left) sitting next to then-Hull-House board president Alma Petersen (standing, right) in front of a brick fireplace during the 1949 Associates Dinner at Hull-House Residents Dining Hall; Bowen and Petersen are holding the bas relief plaque made in Bowen's honor, positioned just below the plaque of Jane Addams hanging above the fireplace
Date:
May 1949
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Louise de Koven Bowen looking at a plaque honoring her
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Hull-House president, treasurer, and longtime patron Louise de Koven Bowen looking at a plaque honoring her, which is mounted to a wall in the Residents' Dining Hall. She is resting her arm next to a flower bouquet on a cabinet.
Date:
1948-1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Louise de Koven Bowen looking at a plaque honoring her
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Hull-House president, treasurer, and longtime patron Louise de Koven Bowen looking at a plaque honoring her, which is mounted to a wall in the Residents' Dining Hall. She is resting her arm next to a flower bouquet on a cabinet.
Date:
1948-1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Louise de Koven Bowen looking at a plaque honoring her
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Hull-House president, treasurer, and longtime patron Louise de Koven Bowen looking at a plaque honoring her, which is mounted to a wall in the Residents' Dining Hall. She is resting her arm next to a flower bouquet on a cabinet.
Date:
1948-1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Louise de Koven Bowen standing outside Lilac Cottage at Bowen Country Club with dozens of visitors forming a semicircle around her
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Hull-House president, treasurer, and longtime patron Louise de Koven Bowen standing outside her cottage (named Lilac Cottage) at Bowen Country Club, with dozens of men, women, and children forming a semicircle around her and the front of the cottage
Date:
circa 1930s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two photos from the 1949 Hull-House Associates Dinner
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Two photos from the 1949 Hull-House Associates Dinner - (top) unidentified man addressing attendees; (bottom) Harold Ickes, Alma Schmidt Petersen (holding plaque honoring Louise de Koven Bowen), and Marshall Field III
Date:
May 1949
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access