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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 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
A co-ed volleyball game in Hull-House gymnasium
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A volleyball game in Hull-House gymnasium with men and women; a young woman on the far court near the net has just hit the ball
Date:
March 1952
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
A co-ed volleyball game in Hull-House gymnasium
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A volleyball game in Hull-House gymnasium with men and women; a young woman in front of the net has just hit the ball
Date:
March 1952
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
A group of Greek wrestlers at Hull-House gymnasium
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Two men engaging in Greek wrestling while nine shirtless men watch in a semicircle
Date:
circa 1900s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Adult women playing volleyball
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Five adult women playing volleyball at Hull-House 
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys lifting weights
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Two boys lifting weights in a Hull-House rec room
Date:
1957
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys lifting weights
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Two boys lifting weights in a Hull-House rec room
Date:
1957
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
Building a pyramid of children
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An adult man helps a boy to the top of a four-tier pyramid of children at a party at Hull-House, with many children and adults looking on
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Ceramics class
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Fourteen adults in a ceramics class at Hull-House
Date:
1939-07-12
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Ceramics kiln and objects
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Man reaching into kiln with ceramic objects on table as part of Recreation Program at Hull-House
Date:
1939-07-12
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children trimming a Christmas tree
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A group of children decorating a Christmas tree in Hull-House game room
Date:
1946-1947
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Glazing ceramics
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Man and two women glazing ceramics as part of Recreation Program at Hull-House
Date:
1939-07-12
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Group photo of the Centaurs men's basketball team
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Group photo of The Centaurs, a men's basketball team affiliated with Hull-House; four standing in back, three sitting on a bench in front with man in middle holding a basketball
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Gymnasium at Hull-House
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Gymnasium at Hull-House with tall windows, some equipment, and young people along the far wall
Date:
circa 1890s-1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Hull-House basketball team
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Six members of the Hull-House basketball team posing with coach Robert W. Teeter, Hull-House director of men's and boys' classes; player in center is holding ball with HH JRS '07 written on it
Date:
1907-1908
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Hull-House gymnasium
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Gymnasium at Hull-House with gymnastics equipment, basketball hoop, and running track
Date:
circa 1890s-1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Men playing basketball
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Several young men playing basketball at Hull-House gymnasium, with player in center dribbling
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Men playing basketball
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Several men playing basketball at Hull-House gymnasium, with player in center jumping for a rebound
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Men playing basketball
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A group of men playing basketball at the Hull-House gymnasium; Nick Palumbo is in the foreground (back to camera)
Date:
circa 1930s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Men playing basketball
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Three men fight for control of the basketball in a game at Hull-House gymnasium; on the right is Nick Palumbo
Date:
circa 1930s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Student at pottery wheel
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Male student at pottery wheel with female student working on clay sculpture as part of Recreation Program at Hull-House
Date:
1939-07-12
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Wrestlers in Hull-House gymnasium
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Two young men wrestle on a mat in Hull-House gymnasium with another man kneeling at the side of the mat and spectators in the background
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Wrestlers in Hull-House gymnasium
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Two men wrestle on a mat in Hull-House gymnasium with spectators in the background
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Wrestlers in Hull-House gymnasium
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Twelve young men, likely wrestlers, pose for a group photo in Hull-House gymnasium
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Wrestlers shaking hands in Hull-House gymnasium
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Two young men shake hands following or prior to a wrestling match, with a coach or referee between them 
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
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
Young men in basketball practice
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Ten young men in the Hull-House gymnasium standing in a line front to back with their arms up, passing a basketball up and down the line
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young men in basketball practice
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Ten young men in the Hull-House gymnasium standing in a line front to back with their arms up, passing a basketball up and down the line
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young men playing basketball
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Several young men playing basketball at Hull-House gymnasium, with two players jumping for a rebound
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young men playing basketball
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A young man jumps for a lay-up with others down court at Hull-House gymnasium
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young men playing basketball
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A young man dribbles the ball upcourt in a basketball game at Hull-House gymnasium
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young men playing basketball
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Several young men playing basketball at Hull-House gymnasium, with player on left handling the ball
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young men playing basketball
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Young men playing basketball in the Hull-House gymnasium
Date:
March 1954
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young men playing basketball
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A group of young men playing basketball at the Hull-House gymnasium, most are under the basket with the basketball high above them
Date:
1940-1948
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young women at a club meeting
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Thirteen young women at a Hull-House club meeting sit at a table, most looking at the young woman on the far right holding a piece of paper
Date:
1944-1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access

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Geographic Location: Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)   Subject Topic: Recreation   Remove all  

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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