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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 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


Boy playing piano at Hull-House Music School
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Boy playing piano while reading sheet music at Hull-House Music School
Date:
March 1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Boy playing piano at Hull-House Music School
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Boy playing piano while reading sheet music at Hull-House Music School
Date:
March 1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Boy sitting at piano opening sheet music at Hull-House Music School
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Boy sitting at piano opening sheet music at Hull-House Music School
Date:
March 1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Boys on Hull-House staircase playing bells
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Seven boys, members of the bell-ringer group at Hull-House Music School, standing on staircase at Hull Mansion rehearsing for the 1958 Hull-House Christmas concert
Date:
1958-12-13
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children playing wood block-type instruments at Hull-House Music School
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Seven children - four standing behind three sitting - playing instruments consisting of a wood block with a piece of metal or wood attached to the top, and a mallet. Photo taken in front of a fireplace at Hull-House Music School.
Date:
1958-12-13
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children standing in front of Hull-House Music School fireplace
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Six children holding bracelets or ornaments standing in front of a fireplace at Hull-House Music School
Date:
1958-12-13
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children's Chorus rehearsing at Hull-House Music School
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A woman (standing, right) directs members of a children's chorus (seated) at Hull-House Music School
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children's choir practicing at Hull-House Music School
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Sixteen children stand around a piano, singing, with a woman seated in a chair playing the piano, her back to the camera
Date:
1958-12-13
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Children's piano quintet
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Five boys and girls playing in a piano quintet with the pianist in the back and four violinists in the foreground
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Classical music trio at Hull-House Music School
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Three young woman - a pianist, a cellist, and a violinist, playing classical music at Hull-House Music School
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Four girls performing at Hull-House Music School
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Four girls performing at Hull-House Music School; from left: one at the piano, two standing and singing, and one standing playing violin
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Four members of the Adezio family performing at Hull-House Music School
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Antonetta (Nettie) Adezio (at music stand) and her children Carmen (cello), Eleanor (piano), and Louis (at music stand, violin) performing at Hull-House Music School; Nettie Adezio was a singer
Date:
circa 1940
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Four members of the Adezio family performing at Hull-House Music School
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Antonetta (Nettie) Adezio (at music stand) and her children Carmen (cello), Eleanor (piano), and Louis (at music stand, violin) performing at Hull-House Music School; Nettie Adezio was a singer
Date:
circa 1940
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Four members of the Adezio family posing at Hull-House Music School
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Four members of the Adezio family posing at Hull-House Music School. From left: Antonetta (Nettie), voice, Eleanor (seated), piano, Carmen, cello, and Louis, violin
Date:
circa 1940
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Four musicians at Hull-House Music School
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Four musicians at Hull-House Music School: (standing, from left) a young woman holding a viola or violin, a young woman, and a young man holding a violin; and a young woman sitting at a piano
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Four musicians perform at Hull-House Music School
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Four musicians perform at the Hull-House Music School, playing (from left) two violins, cello, and piano
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl playing piano while another girl watches
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Girl playing piano at Hull-House Music School while another girl, standing to the left of the piano bench, watches; other students are in the background
Date:
1924-1928
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl playing violin at Hull-House Music School
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Girl (Charlotte White) standing and playing violin at Hull-House Music School
Date:
1950-1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl playing violin at Hull-House Music School
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Girl (Charlotte White) standing and playing violin at Hull-House Music School
Date:
1950-1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Girl practicing piano at Hull-House Music School
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Girl (Rita Rotunno) practicing piano at Hull-House Music School
Date:
1950-1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Hull-House Music School Chorus group photo
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Around 50 adults, members of a Hull-House Music School Chorus, pose standing and sitting for a group photo at Hull-House Music School. The leader of the group, Mrs. Hazel Koos, is seated at the piano in the center. Several of the singers are holding papers.
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Hull-House Music School Chorus group photo
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Around 50 adults, members of a Hull-House Music School Chorus, pose standing and sitting for a group photo at Hull-House Music School. The leader of the group, Mrs. Hazel Koos, is seated at the piano in the center. Several of the singers are holding papers.
Date:
circa 1920s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Hull-House Music School students practicing
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A woman at a large piano gives a music lesson; a girl sits next to her at the piano while three young violinists play and seven others stand around the piano
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Hull-House music instructor Guido Tardi leading large chorus outdoors
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Hull-House music instructor Guido Tardi (right) leads a large chorus outdoors in front of a brick wall.
Date:
1940
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Instruction at Hull-House Music School
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Hull-House Music School instructor Howard Swanson (left) watches as four students rehearse
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Instruction at Hull-House Music School
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Hull-House Music School instructor Howard Swanson (left) watches as four students rehearse
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Instructor leading a children's singing class
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Hull-House Music School instructor Margaret Kniffke stands in front of a group of children sitting in chairs in a singing class
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Man giving a violin lesson to boy at Hull-House Music School
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Seated man giving a violin lesson to a standing boy with sheet music on a stand at Hull-House Music School
Date:
1909-1910
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Piano quintet and singers at Hull-House Music School
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A pianist and four violinists playing at Hull-House Music School with three women - likely singers - sitting on the left, a man standing next to the pianist, and a woman - likely the instructor - standing near the strings
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Piano quintet playing at Hull-House Music School
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A piano quintet playing Schubert's "Trout Quintet" at Hull-House Music School; the performers - three women and two men - are playing (from left) violin, viola, piano, double bass, and cello
Date:
1937-1941
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Piano quintet playing at Hull-House Music School surrounded by young people
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Piano quintet composed of young adults playing in Hull-House Music School with nine young people sitting and standing around them
Date:
1938-1940
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Trio in rehearsal at Hull-House Music School
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Three young women practicing at Hull-House Music School with instructor and school director Nesta Smith (standing next to piano)
Date:
1944-1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two girls playing piano and boy playing violin at Hull-House Music School
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Two girls sitting on a piano bench playing while reading sheet music, with a boy standing behind and to the left of them playing violin during a recital at Hull-House Music School
Date:
1940-1948
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Violin lesson at Hull-House Music School
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Two girls in a violin lesson at Hull-House Music School; a blackboard with musical staff lines is in the background
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Violinist and pianist playing at Hull-House Music School while violinist Nesta Smith observes
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Boy (center) playing violin while a woman sits at a piano and another woman, future Hull-House Music School director Nesta Smith, rests her elbows and violin on the piano
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Violinists and pianist at Hull-House Music School
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Young woman (right) playing the violin next to three other violinists, standing to her right, and a man playing the piano in front of them
Date:
1940-1948
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Women in singing class at Hull-House Music School with Eleanor Smith at piano
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Hull-House Music School founder and director Eleanor Smith sits at a grand piano with seventeen women in a singing class standing next to it
Date:
1920-1928
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young boy playing piano at Hull-House Music School
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Young boy (Leo Pappas) playing piano at Hull-House Music School - from above
Date:
circa 1938
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young boy playing piano at Hull-House Music School
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Young boy (Leo Pappas) playing piano at Hull-House Music School
Date:
circa 1938
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young boy playing piano at Hull-House Music School
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Young boy (Leo Pappas) playing piano at Hull-House Music School
Date:
circa 1938
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young boy playing piano at Hull-House Music School
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Young boy (Leo Pappas) playing piano at Hull-House Music School - from above
Date:
circa 1938
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young boy playing piano at Hull-House Music School
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Young boy (Leo Pappas) playing piano at Hull-House Music School - full body side angle
Date:
circa 1938
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young man conducting group of string players
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Young man (Karl Piltz) standing with baton, conducting a group of thirteen violin, viola, and cello players at Hull-House Music School
Date:
1939-1942
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young man playing violin at Hull-House Music School
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Young man playing violin next to an upright piano at Hull-House Music School
Date:
March 1953
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young violinists at Hull-House Music School
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Two boys play violin at Hull-House Music School, with a girl, also in the rehearsal or lesson, in the background
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Young woman playing violin as four other musicians look on
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Young woman (right) playing the violin as three other violinists, standing to her right, and a man sitting at the piano in front of them watch her
Date:
1945-1947
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access