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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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A Hull-House doll club
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Five girls in a Hull-House doll club sit alongside their advisor and a toddler at the end of a long table with dolls and sewing equipment
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Art class
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Exterior. Two young girls working at an easel while three others work on artwork held in their laps. Teacher stands in rear.
Date:
ca. 1920
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Art class in the garden at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Young Ramos family girl draws on easel while art teacher (with back to camera) looks at her work.
Date:
ca. 1920
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children around fire in Lansingh Cottage, Bowen Country Club
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Interior. Woman and seven girls seated by fireplace in Lansingh Cottage.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children drawing in garbage strewn alley
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Twelve children making drawings in garbage-strewn alley with large back staircase for Hull-House art class
Date:
1939
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children on swing, Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Close-up of Rita Marvin holding flowers.
Date:
ca. 1920s, 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Connie Belmont and Florence Scala
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Exterior. Connie Belmont and Florence Scala doing calisthenics on lawn in Rhythm and Dance class.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Cutting hair
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Exterior. Close-up of young girl getting a haircut.
Date:
1947
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Cutting hair after it has been cleaned
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Exterior. Young girl getting a haircut from man in straw hat and suit while woman and other children watch.
Date:
1947
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Dance in the garden at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Six young women in dance tableaux.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Dance tableaux in garden
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Exterior. Tableaux of six young women in Rhythms and Dance class.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


DeNancrede weekend
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Exterior. Four girls watch as Connie Belmont and Florence Scala do Calisthenics on lawn. Rhythm and Dance class. In back row are Miss Kutnik, Camil Irussi, and Ruby Jane.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Delores Toniati
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Exterior. Delores Toniati sitting in tire swing with back to camera.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Edith DeNancrede group
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Exterior. Six women on knees with heads bent back in rhythmic dance circle. Connie Belmont and Florence Scala are in striped swimsuits.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Florence Scala
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Exterior. Close-up of Florence Scala with head thrown back. Rhythm and Dance class.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Folk dancing at Bowen Country Club
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Interior. Girls and women folk dancing in Rosenwald Cottage. Audience is around edge of dance floor.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl and teacher in art class
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Exterior. Young Ramos family girl draws on easel while art teacher (in profile) looks at her work.
Date:
ca. 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl drawing in art class at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Young crouching girl from the Ramos family drawing on an easel.
Date:
ca. 1920
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl painting in art class at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Young girl with hair ribbon (facing left) painting on easel outdoors.
Date:
ca.1920
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl painting in garden
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Exterior. Young girl with hair ribbon (facing right) painting on easel outdoors.
Date:
ca. 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl with pinwheel
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Exterior. Young girl holding pinwheel.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girls around swimming pool with Miss Culver and Miss Lund
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Exterior. Girls seated around edge of empty swimming pool. Helen Culver, Thora Lund, and unidentified women stand in back.
Date:
ca. 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girls campfire in boys' camp arena
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Exterior. Younger and older girls in campfire arena of boys' camp with fire.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girls in ceramics class
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Girls working with clay in a Hull-House Art School ceramics class
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girls in cooking class
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Nine girls wearing aprons and headscarves in a cooking class at the Hull-House Labor Museum, most kneeling on benches
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girls in cooking class with instructor
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Eleven girls standing at tables in a cooking class at Hull-House Labor Museum with an instructor at the back table; a recipe for fruit cobbler is behind them on the chalkboard
Date:
circa 1910s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girls inside Lansingh Cottage at Bowen Country Club
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Interior. One young girl seated at desk and one seated in rattan chair in Lansingh Cottage.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girls receiving picnic bags from Miss Smith
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Exterior. Line of girls receiving picnic bags from Miss Smith near Smith Cottage.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Lansingh girls playing tennis
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Two Lansingh Cottage girls playing tennis in tennis court.
Date:
1939-07-31
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Learning to float
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Exterior. Young woman holds up screaming girl during swimming lesson.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Miss Kutnik
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Exterior. Miss Kutnik in swimsuit for rhythms strikes pose for camera. Rhythm and Dance class.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Mrs. Ippolita/Camil Irussi
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Exterior. Young woman in bathing suit with arms behind head. Rhythm and Dance class.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Music Cottage
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Exterior. Four young women at exterior entrance to the Music Cottage.
Date:
ca. 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Nature
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Exterior. Older girl showing pictures of two birds to group of younger girls seated in grass.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Nature class at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Older girl showing picture of a bird to group of younger girls sitting in circle in grass.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Nature walk with star-walking counselor
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Exterior. Female counselor taking young girls on nature walk.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Ruby Jane
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Exterior. Young woman in bathing suit striking dance pose. Rhythm and Dance class.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Seated girl in swimsuit
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Exterior. Girl in dark swimsuit seated on cushion outside.
Date:
ca. 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Sewing class
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Ten girls sit around a table in a Hull-House sewing class
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Sewing demonstration for visiting day at Labor Museum
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Three women and a girl in traditional clothing sewing for visiting day at Hull-House Labor Museum
Date:
1921-1936
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


She is an American!
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Exterior. Young girl holding pinwheel. From photograph: "She is an American! She, with her parents, cannot look to Europe or across the seas for her background. It is Aemrican -- for many generations. And yet…"
Date:
ca. 1920s, 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Sledding at Lilac Cottage
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Two girls on sled outside Lilac Cottage in winter.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Smith Cottage baby
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Exterior. On back of photograph: "By the time Grace realized that there was a camera and was registering her disgust, she was the Smith Cottage baby -- just five years."
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Three girls painting
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Three girls painting in Hull-House art class
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two young swimmers
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Exterior. Two young girls in wet swimsuits standing outside.
Date:
1939-07-31
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access