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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 man reading a book at a senior center with other seniors playing cards in the background
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A man in a folding chair, reading a small book, likely at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House. In the background, four other seniors appear to be playing cards. A piano is against the wall.
Date:
November 6, 1968
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Accumulated garbage between buildings
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Two children looking down out of a window at garbage accumulated between buildings
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Alderman Johnny Powers
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Chicago Nineteenth Ward Alderman John "Johnny De Pow" Powers
Date:
circa 1900s-1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Anthony D'Andrea, Chicago politician
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Anthony D'Andrea, Chicago politician who ran for 19th Ward alderman in 1916-17 and 1920-21
Date:
circa 1921
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building stairway
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Apartment building stairway
Date:
circa 1900s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Architectural plan for new Parkway Community House - basement
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Architectural plan for basement of new Parkway Community House at 400 E. 67th St. by William F. Deknatel
Date:
1962-1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Architectural plan for new Parkway Community House - main floor and plot plan
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Architectural plan for main floor and plot of new Parkway Community House at 400 E. 67th St. by William F. Deknatel
Date:
1962-1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Architectural plan for new Parkway Community House - second floor
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Architectural plan for second floor of new Parkway Community House at 400 E. 67th St. by William F. Deknatel
Date:
1962-1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Architectural rendering of new Parkway Community House
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Architectural rendering of new Parkway Community House at 400 E. 67th St. by William F. Deknatel
Date:
1962-1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Attendees at Thanksgiving dinner event for seniors at Parkway Community House
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Five attendees at a dinner event in celebration of Thanksgiving at Parkway Community House; one woman is standing at the coat rack, another is standing talking to a man seated at the dinner table between a woman and a young girl.
Date:
November 1962
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Attendees at Thanksgiving dinner event for seniors at Parkway Community House
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Eight attendees sitting at the table at a Thanksgiving dinner event for seniors at Parkway Community House. One of the attendees is a young woman, the rest are seniors.
Date:
November 1962
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Attendees at Thanksgiving dinner event for seniors at Parkway Community House
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Nine seniors (eight women and a man) sitting in a row of chairs at a Thanksgiving dinner event at Parkway Community House. Seated on a bench against the wall, behind the man, is a young woman.
Date:
November 1962
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Attendees eating dinner at 1964 annual meeting of Parkway Community House
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Several attendees of 1964 annual meeting of Parkway Community House eating dinner around two tables.
Date:
1964
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Bas relief plaque featuring the likeness of Louise de Koven Bowen in honor of her service to Hull-House
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Photo of a bas relief plaque plaque featuring the likeness of Louise de Koven Bowen in honor of her service to Hull-House. The inscription reads, "Louise de Koven Bowen / President of the Board, Hull-House, 1935-44" with "OPUS COX-MCC 1948" signifying the sculptor, Nancy Cox-McCormack
Date:
1948
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Bas relief plaque featuring the likeness of Louise de Koven Bowen in honor of her service to Hull-House
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Photo of a bas relief plaque plaque featuring the likeness of Louise de Koven Bowen in honor of her service to Hull-House. The inscription reads, "Louise de Koven Bowen / President of the Board, Hull-House, 1935-44" with "OPUS COX-MCC 1948" signifying the sculptor, Nancy Cox-McCormack
Date:
1948
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy decorating a Christmas tree
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Boy decorating a Christmas tree at Hull-House
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy decorating a Christmas tree
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Boy in overalls stretching to put ornament near top of a Christmas tree at Hull-House
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy decorating a Christmas tree
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Boy places ornament near top of a Christmas tree at Hull-House
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy holding cigarette during the 1904 Chicago Stockyard strike
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Boy wearing overalls and a hat holding a cigarette during the 1904 Chicago Stockyard strike
Date:
1904
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy in bathroom
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Boy in a bathroom with broken porcelain on toilet and holes in the wall
Date:
circa 1900s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago aldermen Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna and "Bathhouse" John Coughlin
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Chicago aldermen Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna and "Bathhouse" John Coughlin standing outside in formal attire with "County Democracy" badges
Date:
circa 1910s-1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley at a groundbreaking ceremony
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Richard J. Daley throws the first shovel of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony, possibly for a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; two men stand on the left and three, including Otto Kerner, on the right, and a large earth moving machine is behind them
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children and an adult instructor sitting at a long table at Parkway Community House
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Children and a woman sitting at a long table at Parkway Community House; the woman may be an instructor in crafts.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children arriving for an event at Parkway Community House
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A large group of children in formal attire with a few adults arriving for an event at Parkway Community House.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children decorating a Christmas tree at Parkway Community House
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Four children (three mostly obscured) decorating a Christmas tree at Parkway Community House.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children decorating a Christmas tree at Parkway Community House
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Four children (three mostly obscured) decorating a Christmas tree at Parkway Community House.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children in costume at an event, likely for Halloween, at Parkway Community House
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A dozen children in costume at an event, likely for Halloween, at Parkway Community House.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children in costume at an event, likely for Halloween, at Parkway Community House
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A dozen children in costume standing in line at an event, likely for Halloween, at Parkway Community House.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children playing in fire hydrant spray in the street, likely near Parkway Community House
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Several children playing in fire hydrant spray in the street, likely near Parkway Community House; a couple of adults are looking on in the background.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children sitting on a long cart
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Eleven children sitting on a long wheeled cart, holding wrapped gifts and waving at the camera; a few adults are standing nearby
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Christmas decorating event at Parkway Community House
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Women and children at a table with tree boughs and ornaments at a Christmas decorating event at Parkway Community House; in the background is a a girl decorating a Christmas tree.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Darts game during Carnival Day, part of Parkway Community House's 1961 "Clean Up Week"
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Two boys and a young woman outdoors participating in a darts game during Carnival Day during Parkway Community House's 1961 "Clean Up Week." The dart board is hanging on a brick wall next to a sign reading "Dart throw 5¢."
Date:
1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Departure for Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Women and children on street in front of Hull-House waiting to leave for Bowen Country Club.
Date:
ca. 1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Desk area at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Desk area at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; including a typewriter, wall clock, desk, and bulletin board with "Happy Thanksgiving" among the signs
Date:
1968-11-22
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Entryway to apartment building from indoor stairs
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An entryway to an apartment building as viewed from top of stairs indoors; mail boxes are on the wall to the right and a bare light bulb is suspended from the ceiling
Date:
circa 1900s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Entryway to apartment building from indoor stairs
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An entryway to an apartment building as viewed from top of stairs indoors; mail boxes are on the wall to the right and a bare light bulb is suspended from the ceiling
Date:
circa 1900s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
First Hull-House Kindergarten director Jenny Dow
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Photo portrait of a woman, likely Jenny Dow, later Jenny Dow Harvey, the first director of the Hull-House Kindergarten, wearing an embroidered dress and sitting on a couch
Date:
circa 1890s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Five board members at 1964 annual meeting of Parkway Community House
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Five board members at the 1964 Parkway Community House annual meeting; three men (John F. Boynton, Robert Page, and Maynard B. Cook, D.D.S.) are standing behind two women (Mrs. Ralph E. Pottker and Miss Betty Karger) seated at a table. All five are looking at a piece of paper Pottker is holding.
Date:
1964
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Five girls perform a dance at a family night program at Parkway Community House
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Five girls, members of the Junior Girls Club, wearing tunics perform a dance at a family night program at Parkway Community House.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Five girls perform a dance at a family night program at Parkway Community House
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Five girls, members of the Junior Girls Club, wearing tunics perform a dance at a family night program at Parkway Community House.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Five young men on stage at an event at Parkway Community House
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Five young men on stage at an event at Parkway Community House; they are standing side-by-side, wearing caps with birds on the front. On the right is a woman in a dress. Several members of the audience are in the photo.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Four girls perform a skit at a family night program at Parkway Community House
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Four girls perform a skit at a family night program at Hull-House's Parkway Community House. One girl is lying asleep on a mattress while the other three are walking away.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Four photos connected to Parkway Community House
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Four photos connected to Parkway Community House; three relate to the move from Washington Park neighborhood to West Woodlawn and the fourth is from a "Tom Thumb Wedding" event at the day camp
Date:
1963
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Four senior women (left to right: Mrs. Margliano, Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Ferugie, and Mrs. Sebastiano) working on crafting projects
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Four senior women (left to right: Mrs. Margliano, Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Ferugie, and Mrs. Sebastiano) working on a crafting projects with pot holder looms, likely at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Four seniors playing cards at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House
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Four seniors, two men and two women, playing cards at a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; one of the men is reaching in to pick up a trick
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Four seniors sitting at a table at an event
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Four seniors sitting at a table at an event, likely at Hull-House or a senior center affiliated with Hull-House; all have coffee cups in front of them. The man is smoking a cigar
Date:
circa 1950s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Four teen girls Thanksgiving dinner event for teens at Parkway Community House
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Four teen girls sitting on a bench against a wall at a dinner event in celebration of Thanksgiving at Parkway Community House. Two other young women are partially visible seated on either side of them. One of the set tables is in the photo.
Date:
circa 1962
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Girl and boy sitting on bed
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A girl and boy sitting next to each other on the side of the top bunk of a bunk bed; wall behind them has peeling paint or plaster
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Graduation photograph of Jane Addams Strangeman, Jane Addams' godchild
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Graduation photograph of Jane Addams Strangeman, Jane Addams' godchild, standing next to a chair
Date:
June 1921
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Group of older adults seated in chairs
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Group of older adults seated in chairs
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access

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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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93 Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) 77 Parkway Community House (Chicago, Ill.) 54 Hull House Association (Chicago, Ill.) 8 Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 7 Wiley, Miss 4 Breshko-BreshkovskaiÕ°a, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934 4 Breshkovsky, Catherine, 1844-1934 4 Deknatel, William Ferguson (1907-1973) 4 Trumbull Senior Center (Chicago, Ill.) 3 Bowen, Joseph T. (-1911) 3 Bowen, Louise de Koven, 1859-1953 3 Smith, Mary Rozet, 1868-1934 3 Starr, Ellen Gates, 1859-1940 2 Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957 2 Breckinridge, Sophonisba P. (Sophonisba Preston), 1866-1948 2 Cox-McCormack, Nancy, 1885-1967 2 Esposito, Mr. 2 Harvey, Jenny Dow, 1867-1904 2 Smith, Eleanor, 1858-1942 2 Swing, Elizabeth (Betty) Storrs, -1915 1 Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939 1 Baligan, Mike 1 Bernard, Miss 1 Birchfield-Flinn, Marietta V. 1 Boerner, Bert 1 Britton, Gertrude Howe, 1868-1951 1 Byron, William F. 1 Carr, Charlotte E. (Charlotte Elizabeth), 1890-1956 1 Coughlin, John Joseph, 1860-1938 1 D'Andrea, Anthony, 1872-1921 1 Durante, Oscar, 1869-1945 1 Esso Repertory Theatre 1 French, Myrtle Merritt, 1886-1970 1 Guinta, Joe 1 Jacobs, William 1 Jane Addams Senior Center (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Jans, Paul, 1917-1984 1 Jennison, Florence Tye (1900-1985) 1 Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932 1 Kenna, Michael, 1858-1946 1 Keyser, Lida (?-1940) 1 Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932 1 Mack, Julian W. (Julian William), 1866-1943 1 Martin, Mrs. M 1 McCormick, Maud Warner, 1867-1945 1 McCormick, Sr., Alexander Agnew, 1863-1925 1 Neighborhood House (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Nicholes, Anna E., 1865-1917 1 North, Helen 1 Pelham, Laura Dainty, 1849-1924 1 Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. The Dumb Waiter 1 Powers, John, 1852-1930 1 Reymont, Ethel Louise Tyrrell (1893-1985?) 1 Robins, Margaret Dreier, 1868-1945 1 Sikes, Madeleine Wallin, 1868-1955 1 Sorrentino, Anthony 1 South Deering Senior Center (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago