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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 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 lifting boy
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Exterior. Adult lifting boy on his back while other boys watch at Camp French.
Date:
ca. 1946
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 poolside at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Line of adults posed by pool. Thora Lund is second from right. Last person on right is Robert (Bob) Hicks.
Date:
ca. 1930
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Anna May Cook
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Exterior. Young girl, Anna May Cook, in chair swing pushed by two boys.
Date:
ca. 1946
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy climbing up slide
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Exterior. Boy climbing up playground slide.
Date:
ca.1930
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy diving
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Exterior. Boys diving into pool while other boys swim.
Date:
ca. 1946
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy hanging from rope swing at Camp French
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Exterior. Boy hanging on rope swing.
Date:
ca.1946
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy in wading pool
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Exterior. Young boy sitting cross-legged in inflatable wading pool.
Date:
ca. 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy jumping into pool
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Exterior. Boy holding nose while leaping into swimming pool.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy on rope swing
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Boy on rope swing. Two children wait on ladder for turn.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy on rope swing at Camp French
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Exterior. Boy swinging on rope swing.
Date:
ca. 1946
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy playing horseshoes at Camp French
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Exterior. Boy playing horseshoes with boys swinging in background.
Date:
ca. 1946
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy playing in sand
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Exterior. Boy in striped shirt in sandbox.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy playing in water along stream bank
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Exterior. Boy playing with string and homemade boat on creek bank.
Date:
ca. 1920s, 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys and girls in pool
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Exterior. Children in swimming pool, two with inner tubes.
Date:
ca. 1946
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys diving from edge of pool
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Exterior. Boys diving into swimming pool from edge. Women standing by ladder is yelling.
Date:
ca. 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys in outdoor shower
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Exterior. Eight boys in swimsuits pose in outdoor pool shower. Chucky Casale is third from left. Albert Sauceda is in back row left.
Date:
ca. 1946
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 on wooden playground equipment
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Exterior. Boys playing on swing made from logs.
Date:
ca. 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys playing in sand
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Exterior. Five young boys playing in sandbox.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys swimming in pool
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Exterior. Boys swimming in pool. Two boys on diving board. Women spectators in background.
Date:
ca. 1946
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys with rope swing at Camp French
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Exterior. One boy on rope swing while others wait turn.
Date:
ca. 1946
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
By the pool's edge
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Exterior. Swimmers leaning over edge into swimming pool.
Date:
ca. 1920s
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 at edge of swimming pool
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Exterior. Children at edge of pool and inside near the edge.
Date:
ca. 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children holding hands
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Interior. Young children holding hands in a circle.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children in pool at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Children playing with ball in pool.
Date:
ca. 1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children in swimming pool
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Exterior. Children swimming and playing in pool.
Date:
ca. 1951
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children in swimsuits at edge of pool
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Exterior. Children wearing swimsuits seated at edge of pool with feet dangling.
Date:
ca. 1910s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children on playground slide
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Exterior. Four children lined up on playground slide.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children on swing, Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Close-up of Rita Marvin holding flowers.
Date:
ca. 1920s, 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children playing in pool
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Exterior. Children playing in swimming pool.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children playing in wading pool
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Exterior. One girl and two standing boys splashing in square wading pool.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children playing in water
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Exterior. Children splashing and playing in swimming pool.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Children swimming in old swimming pool
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Exterior. Group of children swimming and splashing in swimming pool.
Date:
ca. 1940s
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
Delores Toniati
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Exterior. Delores Toniati sitting in tire swing with back to camera.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Diving into swimming pool
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Exterior. Campers diving into swimming pool from edge while others watch.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Edge of swimming pool
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Exterior. Children playing in water at pools edge.
Date:
ca. 1951
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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