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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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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


Boy holds tray with plate of food at Hull-House nursery school
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Young boy holds tray with a plate of food at Hull-House nursery school; additional bowls of food are set out on a short table next to him
Date:
1930-1935
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Boy washing floor at Hull-House nursery school
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Boy washing the floor at Hull-House nursery school with a white rag and watering can
Date:
circa 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Boys in cooking class
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Boy in chef's hat and apron with mixing bowl in boys' cooking class at Hull-House Labor Museum, with two other boys in the background
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Child looking up chimney for Santa Claus
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Child in pajamas at Hull-House sitting on a small chair, holding a lighted candle, looking up a chimney for Santa Claus; two Christmas stockings and a Christmas tree are on the right of the photo
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Child looking up chimney for Santa Claus
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Child wearing a robe at Hull-House sitting on a small chair, holding a Santa Claus doll, looking up a chimney for Santa Claus; a lighted candle is at his feet, two stockings are on either side of the fireplace, and Christmas tree is on the right
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children at Hull-House nursery school
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Dozens of young children in Hull-House nursery school, most sitting on the floor, facing general direction of the camera, some standing, seated at tables, and a boy on the right is on a rocking horse
Date:
ca. 1930
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children doing laundry by hand
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Five children in Hull-House kindergarten washing towels by hand in basins set on tables and placing them on a drying rack
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children in front of Mary Crane Nursery
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Nine young children side-by-side in the Mary Crane Nursery courtyard at Hull-House; four on tricycles, one on a bicycle, one on a scooter, two in toy cars, and one standing
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children in kindergarten class
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Eleven young children playing with blocks and crafts in a kindergarten class at Hull-House; one teacher is sitting with them while another is standing next to the open door
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children in nursery school
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Nine young children engaging in individual activities at Hull-House nursery school
Date:
1930
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children playing with blocks
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Young children sitting on the floor playing with wooden blocks in a large room at Hull-House; a girl in the center of the photo is standing with a tall stack of blocks
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children reading at Hull-House nursery school
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Young children on the floor reading picture books at Hull-House nursery school
Date:
circa 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children washing dishes in nursery school
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Five children at two short tables washing and drying dishes while a sixth child looks on from a chair at Hull-House
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Circle dance in Hull-House nursery school courtyard
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Five children and two adult women in coats holding hands in a circle dance, with another child on a tricycle looking on, in the courtyard of the Mary Crane Nursery building at Hull-House
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Cleaning at Hull-House nursery
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In a room at the Hull-House nursery, a young girl is sweeping, a woman appears to be scrubbing the floor, a boy stands next to an aquarium, a girl is in a rocking chair at a table with a bird cage, and a girl is standing next to a window
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Edna Dean Baker addresses mothers and children at Hull-House nursery
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Edna Dean Baker (standing, left) of the National College of Education in Evanston, addresses seated group of mothers, some with children, at the Hull-House nursery
Date:
circa 1920s-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


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


Lincoln Park Zoo trip
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Several young children and a teacher from Hull-House looking into a cage during a trip to Lincoln Park Zoo
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Meal time at Hull-House nursery school
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Children in line while a woman in an apron serves them plates of food from a cart at Hull-House nursery school
Date:
circa 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Mothers and children arriving at Hull-House nursery school
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Several mothers with their children in the double doorway inside the Hull-House nursery school; most are wearing coats and hats
Date:
1930-1935
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Mothers and children on way to Hull-House nursery school
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Seven mothers walking their young children through the Mary Crane Nursery courtyard on their way to nursery school at Hull-House; all are wearing coats and most are wearing hats
Date:
1930-1935
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 study flower table at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Nature study and Flower table stationed under tree with bulletin board. Back of photo: "The sign warns campers to beware of areas marked by red flags. The nature study gal marked poisoning areas before camp started."
Date:
n.d.
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


Teacher reading to young children
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A teacher reads a picture book to two young children on the floor in the Hull-House nursery school
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Teacher with large group of young children
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Teacher sitting on the floor with around 20 young children, making hand gestures; one girl sits on a chair behind them next to a fireplace
Date:
1930-1935
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Three children eating at small table
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Three children sitting in chairs, eating at a small table at Hull-House; some photos are on the wall
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Three children woodworking
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Three children woodworking with tools around a table at Hull-House; boy on right standing on chair with hacksaw
Date:
circa 1910s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two boys in cooking class
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Two boys in chefs' hats standing at a table in a boys' cooking class at Hull-House Labor Museum
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


William Jacobs's art class at the Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Young boys in William Jacobs's art class in garden. Jacobs is in rear left of photo.
Date:
ca. 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


William Jacobs's art class in garden at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Young boys in William Jacobs' art class in garden. Jacobs is leaning over student on right.
Date:
ca. 1920
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Women and children at a Hull-House nursery fall festival
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Three women in chairs and seven children sitting on the floor during a fall festival at Hull-House nursery; gourds and other produce abound
Date:
1930-1931
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young girl holding bowl of food at a meal counter
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Young girl at Hull-House standing next to a low meal counter holding a bowl of food ; additional food and bowls are on the counter in the window
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young girl in a high chair
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Young girl in a high chair at Hull-House with a bowl on the tray, reaching for a small plate of food being handed to her by an adult
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access