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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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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
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
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 a dragon costume on stage at Hull-House Halloween party
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Hull-House Head Resident Charlotte Carr points at children in a dragon costume during a Hull-House Halloween party; Hull-House instructor Guido Tardi is standing in the center of the photo and Hull-House secretary Kennicott Brenton is seated next to Carr
Date:
1939-10-31
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 in painting room
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Six children painting and drawing in an art room at Hull-House
Date:
1938-1947
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
Children's costume contest at Hull-House Halloween party
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Hull-House Head Resident Charlotte Carr (seated, right) on stage with 15 children wearing masks for a costume contest at a Hull-House Halloween party
Date:
1939-10-31
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children's costume contest at Hull-House Halloween party
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Hull-House Head Resident Charlotte Carr on stage with several children in a costume contest at a Hull-House Halloween party
Date:
1939-10-31
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
Girls club in Bowen Hall
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Large group of young women standing in formation at the center of Bowen Hall at Hull-House with crowd seated along the walls
Date:
1904-1913
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Hull-House - Children
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Dolls under a parasol on the beach
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Jenny Dow and Hull-House Kindergarten class
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Hull-House Kindergarten, with approximately 24 young children seated around tables; Kindergarten director Jenny Dow is seated in the center, with another teacher standing on the right
Date:
1889-1893
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
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
Winner of the Box Mask Contest at Hull-House Halloween party
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Winner of the 1939 Hull-House Halloween party "Flat Mask Contest." From left: standing man holding megaphone talking to standing boy holding "box mask," Hull-House Head Resident Charlotte Carr (seated), and Hull-House secretary Kennicott Brenton (seated)
Date:
1939-10-31
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Winner of the Flat Mask Contest at Hull-House Halloween party
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Winner of the 1939 Hull-House Halloween party "Flat Mask Contest." From left: standing boy holding mask of a man with a moustache, Hull-House Head Resident Charlotte Carr (seated), and Hull-House secretary Kennicott Brenton (seated)
Date:
1939-10-31
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

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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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