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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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(Top photo) Two boys hanging out; (Bottom photo) Boy looking out window
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Two photos: (Top) Boy lying on table gazing at boy sitting on floor at Hull-House Boys' Club; (Bottom) Boy sitting on radiator gazing out of a window at the Hull-House Boys' Club
Date:
1949
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
(Top photo) Boys meeting around a table; (Bottom photo) Two boys hang out next to jukebox
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Two photos: (Top) Six boys and an advisor meet at a table in the Benito Juarez room at Hull-House Boys' Club (same photo as 0108_0133); (Bottom) Two boys hanging out next to a jukebox in the Benito Juarez room at Hull-House Boys' club
Date:
1949
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 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
Baseball game across the street from Hull-House Boys' Club
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A large group of boys and young men watches a baseball game in a lot across Polk Street from Hull-House Boys' Club and Bowen Hall
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boy playing carrom in Hull-House boys' game room
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Boy (Sam) standing on table support to play carrom, a billiard-style tabletop board game using disks and cues, in Hull-House boys' game room
Date:
circa 1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys doing homework
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Six boys at a long table doing homework at Hull-House Boys' Club
Date:
circa 1910s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys in cobbling class with instructor
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Four boys at a cobbling class in Hull-House Boys' Club with instructor leaning over table
Date:
1901-1910
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys in cobbling class with instructor
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Eleven boys at a cobbling class in Hull-House Boys' Club with instructor sitting at head of table
Date:
1904-1913
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys making baskets
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Three boys weaving wicker baskets in basement of Hull-House Boys Club building with female instructor behind them
Date:
circa 1930s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys meeting around a table
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Six boys and an advisor meet at a table in the Benito Juarez room at Hull-House Boys' Club; part of Adrian Lozano's mural "Progress of Mexico" (1940) is visible on the wall
Date:
1949
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys playing billiards in Boys' Club game room
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Groups of boys playing at several billiard and caroms tables at north end of Hull-House Boys' Club game room
Date:
1900-1910
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Boys reading in the Boys' Club library
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Several boys, mostly older teens, sitting in the library at the Hull-House Boys' Club building, reading periodicals and books; along the walls are bookcases with glass doors and a fireplace
Date:
1907
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
Club meeting for older boys
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Eight young men and an advisor sit around a table in the Benito Juarez room at Hull-House Boys' Club; Adrian Lozano's mural "Progress of Mexico" (1940) runs the length of the room
Date:
circa 1940s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Club meeting in a Boys' Club room
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Ten boys sitting around a table at a meeting in a Hull-House Boys' Club room; a book with the letters P S B on the cover is propped up in the center of the table
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Electrical Club learning how to wire a house
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Two boys work on electrical system as part of Electrical Club at Hull-House Boys' Club
Date:
1906-1915
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Four photos from Hull-House Kilns
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Four photos from Hull-House Kilns posted on a sheet
Date:
circa 1920s-1950s
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 of young men watch instructor demonstrate liquid air
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Group of 11 young men watch instructor (Dr. Thorson) demonstrate "liquid air" at Hull-House Boys' Club; Joe Calliendo identified at far left
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Hull-House Kilns foreman Nick Fosco and another man lining a kiln with bricks
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Hull-House Kilns foreman Nick Fosco handing a brick through a kiln doorway to another man relining the kiln from the inside
Date:
circa 1928
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Hull-House complex with full Halsted St. and Polk St. facades
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High angle photo of Hull-House complex looking southwest, including entire Halsted St. and Polk St. facades; many cars parked on streets
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Hull-House complex with full Halsted St. and Polk St. facades
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High angle photo of Hull-House complex looking southwest, including entire Halsted St. and Polk St. facades; many cars parked on streets
Date:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
James Sylvester instructs boy playing piccolo during Hull-House Boys' Club band class
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James (Jimmy) Sylvester, bandleader and Hull-House music instructor, seated holding pencil, instructs boy playing piccolo as many other boys holding instruments look on during a band class in the game room of Hull-House Boys' Club
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Man sculpting clay pot at a potter's wheel at Hull-House Kilns
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Unidentified man sculpting clay pot at a potter's wheel at Hull-House Kilns
Date:
circa 1929
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Men working on clay figures
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Two men working on clay figures in Hull-House ceramics program
Date:
circa 1930s-1940s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Music teacher at piano surrounded by large group of boys
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Volunteer music teacher Martha Scott playing the piano at Hull-House Boys' Club, surrounded by 17 boys
Date:
circa 1925
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
North facade of Hull-House complex looking east along Polk St
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North facade of Hull-House complex from across Polk St. looking east; (from left) Smith (Children's) Building, Coffee House and Auditorium/Theater, Gymnasium and Hull-House Shops, Women's Club (Bowen Hall), Boys' Club; horse and cart parked on Polk St.
Date:
1898-1907
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Pen drawing of north facade of Hull-House complex
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Small pen drawing of north facade of Hull-House complex as viewed from across Polk St. From left: Smith Building, Hull-House Theatre and Coffee House, Gymnasium, Bowen Hall, Boys Club building
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Printing press class in Hull-House boys' club
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Mr. Albert Fairbanks teaching a small group of young men in printing press class at Hull-House boys' club
Date:
ca. 1920
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
Twelve children waving sombreros outside a bus at Hull-House in connection with a trip to Hawthorn-Mellody Farms
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Twelve children standing outside a bus on Polk Street, across from Hull-House, waving sombreros at the photographer. They have numbers pinned to their clothes. Several other children are visible inside the chartered bus, from Willett Motor Coach Company. Photo from either just before or after a trip to Hawthorn-Mellody Farms, a dairy farm, amusement park, and petting zoo in Lake County, Ill. In the background is a second bus.
Date:
1949
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Two boys playing checkers
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Two boys playing checkers in game room at Hull-House Boys' Club
Date:
1957
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Two boys playing checkers
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Two boys playing checkers in game room at Hull-House Boys' Club
Date:
1957
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Two boys playing checkers
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Two boys playing checkers in game room at Hull-House Boys' Club
Date:
1957
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Two boys with jukebox in Hull-House boys' game room
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Two boys in Hull-House boys' game room; boy on left is pressing button on jukebox while boy on right, kneeling on folding chair, looks on
Date:
1940-1949
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
West facade of Hull-House with vacant lot in foreground
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West facade of Hull-House, including (from left) Boys' Club, Mary Crane Nursery with playground, and Jane Club; cracked, vacant lot with man walking south in foreground
Date:
circa 1940s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young adult group discussion on free speech
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Seven young men and a young woman with advisor (Mr. Mulligan?) at Hull-House to discuss free speech
Date:
1958
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young man at woodworking table
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Young man (Mike Falano?) using woodworking grinder in Hull-House Boys' Club basement
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young man reading in Boys' Club library
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A young man reading at a large table with a globe on it in the Hull-House Boys' Club Library; along the walls are bookcases with glass doors
Date:
1907-1927
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young man weaving thatch into wooden frame
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Young man (Peter Vrouvas?) at Hull-House Boys' Club weaving thatch into a wood frame, possibly for chair; another boy woodworking in background
Date:
circa 1920s-1930s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Young man working a printing machine at Hull-House Industrial Arts Shop
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Young man working a printing machine at Hull-House Industrial Arts Shop
Date:
1916-1925
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access

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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