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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 marble fireplace in Hull-House
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A marble fireplace in Hull-House with bare walls around it
Date:
circa 1965
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A marble fireplace in Hull-House
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A marble fireplace in Hull-House with bare walls around it
Date:
circa 1965
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A piano quintet performing at Hull-House Music School
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Five musicians perform a piano quintet at Hull-House Music School; a fireplace visible in back of the room
Date:
circa 1930s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A singer and a guitar player at Hull-House Mexican Fiesta
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Two men, a singer (left) and a guitarist, perform at 1939 Hull-House Mexican Fiesta; on the fireplace behind them is a plaque featuring Jane Addams and signs reading "Music courtesy Casa Pan-America" and "Curios courtesy Artes de Mexico;" above them is a painting of a dancing couple
Date:
circa 1939
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A woman and four young children on a couch during a Hull-House Christmas party at the Jane Addams Center
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A woman and four young children sitting on the left side of a couch during a Hull-House Christmas Party at the Jane Addams Center; on the left is the back of a woman standing next to the adjacent desk, which has a black rotary phone on it.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A woman and four young girls on a couch during a Hull-House Christmas party at the Jane Addams Center
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A woman and four young girls sitting on the right side of a couch during a Hull-House Christmas Party at the Jane Addams Center; the woman's face is obscured by the girl on her lap.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A woman and small child sitting on a staircase in neighborhood near Hull-House
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A young woman and small child with a blanket around them sitting on an outdoor staircase in a neighborhood around Hull-House; another girl is sitting next to them
Date:
circa 1890s-1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A woman and three children at a Hull-House Christmas event or rehearsal
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A woman and three children at Hull-House Christmas event or rehearsal with a Christmas tree in the background
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A woman and two girls sit on folding chairs in front of a Christmas tree at a Hull-House Christmas party
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A woman and two girls sit on folding chairs in front of a Christmas tree at a Hull-House Christmas party
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A woman enters the Conrad Center, one of the Senior Centers of Metropolitan Chicago
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A senior woman about to enter the glass door of the Conrad Center, one of the Senior Centers of Chicago that affiliated with Hull House Association in 1968
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A woman sips tea or coffee from a cup during a Hull-House senior citizens club meeting in the Residents Dining Hall
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A woman sips tea or coffee from a cup during a Hull-House senior citizens club meeting in the Residents Dining Hall; a woman sits to her right and a man to her left. They are across the table from those in #0456_5485
Date:
1954
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


A woman sips tea or coffee from a spoon during a Hull-House senior citizens club meeting in the Residents Dining Hall
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A woman sips tea or coffee from a cup during a Hull-House senior citizens club meeting in the Residents Dining Hall; three other women are in the photo, seated alongside her at the table. They are across the table from those in #0456_5486
Date:
1954
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Actor Russ Tamblyn, his wife Elizabeth Kempton, and film producer Michael Todd, Jr. at the Chicago premiere of the film West Side Story at the Michael Todd Theatre. The premiere was a benefit for Hull-House
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Actor Russ Tamblyn, his wife Elizabeth Kempton, and film producer Michael Todd, Jr. at the Chicago premiere of the film West Side Story at the Michael Todd Theatre. Tamblyn played the major role of Riff in the film. The premiere was a benefit for Hull-House. An unidentified woman is in the background
Date:
1962-02-20
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Actor in king costume from Hull-House Theatre production
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Actor in king costume from Hull-House Theatre production, standing backstage; another actor with heavy face makeup, holding a violin, is behind the king
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Actor on stage in a production of "Valley Forge" at Hull-House Theatre
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Date:
February 1940
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Actors in a production of "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme" at Hull-House
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Five members of the Marionettes dramatic group posing in full costume on the set of the play "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme" by Molière at Hull-House; actors include Margie Shea Lehman and William J. Granata, whose nickname was "The Greek" (right)
Date:
1921-1930
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Ada Hicks and Robert Hicks, former co-directors of Bowen Country Club, standing under a bell during Bowen Country Club's 50th Anniversary celebration
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Ada Hicks and Robert Hicks, longtime married residents of Hull-House and co-directors of Bowen Country Club from 1938-1958, standing in a wooden frame under a bell during 50th Anniversary celebration of Bowen Country Club; Ada Hicks has her hand on the handle
Date:
1962-06-24
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult Education citizenship class
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Five men in suits and 5 women in dresses in Hull-House adult education citizenship or English class pose for a photo
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult Education home economics class
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Eight women participating in Hull-House adult education home economics class
Date:
circa 1930s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult art class
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Six students at easels, five seated and one standing, working on still life drawings and paintings in Hull-House adult art class
Date:
1940-1948
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult education English class
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Three men sitting in Hull-House English class in front of American flag, taking notes.
Date:
1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult education English class
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Three men sitting in Hull-House English class in front of American flag.
Date:
1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult education at Hull-House
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Seated woman holding piece of paper, instructing man wearing glasses and holding hat at Hull-House
Date:
circa 1939
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult painting class
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Seven students at easels in Hull-House adult art class
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult painting class with seated boy as model
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Five adults at easels creating sketches and paintings of seated boy in Hull-House adult art class, with another adult standing next to student at left
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adult sewing and knitting group at Hull-House
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Eight women in a sewing and knitting group at Hull-House; two in the foreground are standing at a table cutting fabric, three in the middle are sitting at a small table knitting and hand stitching, and three in the back are at sewing tables
Date:
circa 1940
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


Adults and children at a Hull-House Christmas party at Jane Addams Center
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A woman talks to a girl holding a Barbie-type doll as two other girls and a woman look on at a Hull-House Christmas party at Jane Addams Center; several other attendees are in the background.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adults and children seated outdoors at the closing activity for Parkway Community House's 1962 day camp
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Dozens of adults - mostly women - and children seated in folding chairs in an audience at the closing activity for Parkway Community House's 1962 day camp; a few adults are standing on the periphery
Date:
1962
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Adults stuffing stockings for Hull-House Christmas party
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Four adults stuffing stockings for Hull-House Christmas party
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Anacleta Vara and Philip M. Hauser look at an urban renewal map of Chicago's Near West Side during a Hull-House Citizen Participation Dinner
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Anacleta Vara (left) and University of Chicago professor of sociology Philip M. Hauser look at an urban development map of Chicago's Near West Side at the Hull-House Citizen Participation Dinner; Hauser was the speaker for the event
Date:
1958-02-25
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Angels at Christmas program
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Four young women in angel costumes with swords for a Hull-House Christmas program
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Angels at Christmas program
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Four young women in angel costumes with swords for a Hull-House Christmas program
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Approximately 26 women posing at the 1941 Lilac Ball at the Stevens Hotel
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Approximately 26 women posing at the 1941 Lilac Ball, a benefit for Hull-House at the Stevens Hotel (now the Hilton Chicago), with a few men in the back
Date:
1941-05-24
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Architectural drawing of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and UICC buildings
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Architectural drawing of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, including Hull Mansion and Residents' Dining Hall, with Circle Center (now Student Center East) and top of University Hall; parking lot east of Halsted Street in foreground
Date:
1963
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


Arnold L. Fields on stage in a production of "The Threepenny Opera" at Hull-House Theater
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Close-up press photo of Arnold L. Fields on stage in a production of "The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill at Hull House Theater
Date:
1964
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Around 21 young women gathered for a "spring activity," posing next to a grocery store, likely near the Hull-House Jane Addams Center
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Around 21 young women pose for a group photo next to a grocery store, likely near the Hull-House Jane Addams Center; they are in two rows, gathered for a "spring activity."
Date:
circa 1950s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Around 21 young women gathered for a "spring activity," posing next to a grocery store, likely near the Hull-House Jane Addams Center
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Around 21 young women pose for a group photo next to a grocery store, likely near the Hull-House Jane Addams Center; they are in two rows, gathered for a "spring activity."
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Around 21 young women gathered for a "spring activity," posing next to a grocery store, likely near the Hull-House Jane Addams Center
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Around 21 young women pose for a group photo next to a grocery store, likely near the Hull-House Jane Addams Center; they are in two rows, gathered for a "spring activity."
Date:
circa 1960s-1970s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Art studio at Hull-House
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Art studio at Hull-House with several paintings along the wall and two sculptures, one of which is in front of an open curtain in the foreground
Date:
circa 1910s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Art studio at Hull-House
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Art studio at Hull-House with several busts and paintings; an art exhibit room with chairs is visible through the doorway
Date:
circa 1900s-1920s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Artist Jesús Torres hand-decorating a clay pot at Hull-House Kilns
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Artist Jesús Torres hand-decorating a clay pot at Hull-House Kilns; a man is standing in the background wearing a smock
Date:
1925-1929
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Artist Jesús Torres throwing a clay pot at a potter's wheel in a Hull-House art classroom
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Artist Jesús Torres throwing a clay pot at a potter's wheel in a Hull-House art classroom
Date:
circa 1929
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Artist Maryette Charlton and Elizabeth Gruse, photographed by artist Margo Hoff
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Artist Maryette Charlton and Elizabeth Gruse, photographed by artist Margo Hoff. Photo taken for and used in the 1951 Charlton-Gruse art exhibit at Hull-House
Date:
October 1951
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Artist finishing a clay model of a Mexican cowboy on a horse at Hull-House Kilns
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Unidentified artist finishing a clay model of a Mexican cowboy on a horse at Hull-House Kilns
Date:
circa 1928
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Attendees along the wall at the 1941 Lilac Ball at the Stevens Hotel
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Seven people - six in chairs and a woman on the left standing - along a wall at the 1941 Lilac Ball, a benefit for Hull-House at the Stevens Hotel
Date:
1941-05-24
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access