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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
Adults poolside at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Line of adults posed by pool. Thora Lund is second from right. Last person on right is Robert (Bob) Hicks.
Date:
ca. 1930
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy climbing up slide
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Exterior. Boy climbing up playground slide.
Date:
ca.1930
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy playing in water along stream bank
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Exterior. Boy playing with string and homemade boat on creek bank.
Date:
ca. 1920s, 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys' basketball champion team with coach
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Six members of the Hull-House boys' basketball team the Comets, 1923 champions, with coach Robert Hicks in back; all wearing white tank tops, boy in front holding basketball with "Comets Champs 23" written on it
Date:
1923
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys' gymnastics class in Hull-House gymnasium
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Ten boys standing in a line in a gymnastics class led by Andrew Kovach in the Hull-House gymnasium; the smallest boy, directly behind the instructor (far left), is Wallace Kirkland, Jr.
Date:
1927-1932
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys' gymnastics class in Hull-House gymnasium
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Young men in a gymnastics class at the Hull-House gymnasium, with small groups standing in line as one boy each poses with the rings, high bar, pommel horse, and vault table
Date:
circa 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys' gymnastics class in Hull-House gymnasium
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Ten boys standing in a line in a gymnastics class led by Andrew Kovach in the Hull-House Gymnasium; the smallest boy, directly in front of the instructor (far right), is Wallace Kirkland, Jr.
Date:
1927-1932
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
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
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
Horseshoes
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Exterior. Two boys playing horseshoes.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Hull-House Tuesday Evening Club testing the teeter-totter
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Exterior. Group of women on and near seesaws.
Date:
n.d.
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
Log Swing, Camp French
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Exterior. Boys at Camp French pose on a log swing.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Mrs. Scavelli and son
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Exterior. Two boys on tire swing. Mrs. Scavelli holding swing.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Playground at main camp at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Boys playing baseball in playground area.
Date:
ca. 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Rosenwald observes swimming from other side of the fence
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Exterior. Boy in swimsuit shivering while young boys look through wire fence.
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
Seesaw, Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Small child on seesaw.
Date:
ca. 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Seesaws at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Six women by seesaws.
Date:
ca. 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
Wet children in bathing suits
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Exterior. Three wet children in swimsuits.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young man on pommel horse in Hull-House gymnastics class
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Young man on pommel horse in Hull-House gymnastics class, with eight young men shoulder-to-shoulder in line and the instructor, Robert Hicks, at left
Date:
circa 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access

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Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Alternative Title
Hull House Photograph collection; Jane Addams Memorial collection
Theme
Social Services & Settlement Houses
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