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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection

Bethlehem Center and Howell House were church-related neighborhood houses serving the Pilsen area on the Near West Side. They provided religious, social services, and personal welfare assistance to an immigrant community composed predominantly of Bohemians, Poles, and Czechs. The two centers cooperated throughout their history, merging in 1961 as the Neighborhood Service Organization. The Neighborhood Service Organization, popularly known as Casa Aztlan, continues to serve the Pilsen area.

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Howell House windows
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Exterior corner windows of Howell House, taken by a member of the Howell Camera Club.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Labor Day at Mrs. Mayers
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Group of teenagers and young adults posing in yard and eating apples at a Labor Day event.
Date:
September 1923
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Man holding a baseball bat at the lakeshore
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Man holding a baseball bat in a batter's stance on a lakeshore.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Man performing with robot
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Man performing with robot on stage, probably at a talent show.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Man speaking at microphone at an event
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A man in a suit addresses a group at an event from behind a microphone, as three other men stand nearby.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Men in front of a booth with fudge for sale
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Three men standing in front of a booth where fudge is being sold.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Nativity scene presented by costumed children
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A Nativity scene is presented by costumed children. Three shepherd are at the left and the Holy Family with an angel watching over them are at the right. A young girl dressed as an angel stands at the center.
Date:
c. 1969
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Neighborhood rooftops
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Exterior view of neighborhood rooftops.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Painting garbage cans in an alley
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Group of community members painting garbage cans in an alley behind Loomis Street.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Parade float with queen and court
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Parade queen and her court riding along the street on a horse-drawn parade float past a crowd of onlookers.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Performers playing Katcha and the Devil pose on stage
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Performers cast as Katcha (left) and the Devil in "The Golden Spinning Wheel" pose onstage.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Play Club Mothers meeting announcement, Bethlehem Community Center
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Announcement for Play Club Mothers meeting to discuss a new play club for community mothers and children at the Bethlehem Community Center.
Date:
October 1954
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Playing miniature bowling in game room
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Children and teenagers playing miniature bowling in game room.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Pleasant Valley Farm field plan map
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Map of Pleasant Valley Farm included in "Chicago Congregational Family News" v. 3, no. 4, April 1954. The Chicago City Missionary Society ran the farm to allow inner city children an opportunity to work on a farm. BHNC sent approximately 30 children per year.
Date:
April 1954
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Portrait of C. D. B. Howell
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Portrait of Mr. C. D. B. Howell of Evanston.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Portrait of a young girl
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Portrait of a young girl wearing a smocked dress.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Raised walkway at Camp Gray
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View of raised walkway with fenced sides traversing a wooded area at Camp Gray. Two men are visible in the middle ground.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Reading newspapers and magazines in a library
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Boys and a man reading newspapers and magazines in library.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Room with booth tables and piano
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Room with booth tables and a piano. One wall of the room is decorated with a painting of a saxophone and musical notes.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Selling tostadas at an event
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Women selling tostadas to children at a community center event. A sign above them reads "TOSTADAS !muy bueno!".
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Serving dinner
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Adults and teenagers serving dinner. A cook in the foreground is carving meat.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Shooting basketballs at an event
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Person shooting a basketball at an event as others look on.Signs on the wall read "Basketball Throws 3 shots 5¢" and "2 Baskets out of 3 wins Prize".
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Sign for Southwest Central Community Council playground
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Sign for Southwest Central Community Council Playground Number 1. The playground area is fenced with chain link fencing, and a bench and sandbox are visible in the background.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Sketch from scrapbook, boat trip from Camp Gray
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Hand-drawn sketch from a scrapbook, depicting crowded accommodations on boat trip home from Camp Gray.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Street scene during a parade
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Street scene during a parade. Several horse-drawn vehicles pass crowds of onlookers along the street.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Street scene, cover of Howell House scrapbook
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Neighborhood street scene, mounted on cover of Howell House scrapbook.
Date:
c. 1905
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Summer staff of Bethlehem Center
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The summer staff at the Bethlehem Center sitting on stairs leading up to building doors, presumably the center's back door.
Date:
1963
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenage boy practicing archery on a lakeshore
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Teenage boy practicing archery with a bow and arrow on a sandy dune near a lake, possibly at Camp Gray.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenage boys hanging out at Bethlehem House
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Group of teenage boys hanging out at Bethlehem House.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenage boys performing acrobatic routine
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Group of teenage boys performing an acrobatic routine in a gymnasium in front of an audience.
Date:
April 21, 1925
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenage boys relaxing on couches in room with stereo
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Teenage boys talking and reading on couches in a room with a stereo.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenage girls meeting at Bethlehem Center
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Group of teenage girls meeting at Bethlehem Center
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenage group "The Play Boys"
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Group of teenage boys called "The Play Boys", wearing jackets and ties.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenager and children buying food at Bethlehem House event
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Teenager and children purchasing food at a Bethlehem House event.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers and adults at a dining event
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Teenagers and adults eating dinner together at a rectangular table at a dining event.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers and woman at entrance to Bethlehem Center
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Group of teenagers standing with a woman at the entrance to Bethlehem Center at 1853 S. Racine Avenue.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers around a piano
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Group of teenagers and young adults posing around a piano at Bethlehem House.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers in ethnic costume on a stage
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Group of teenagers and young adults dressed in ethnic costume stand on a stage in front of a curtain.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers on an outing in the woods
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Group of young adults on an outing in a forested area.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers outside of Howell House
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Teenagers, some on bicycles, gathered outside of Howell House.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers with a jukebox
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Two teenage boys standing next to a jukebox.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Two Couples at Playboy Dance
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Two couples posed in front of a Christmas tree at Playboy dance. Pictured left to right are: Ray Robles, Carmen Medina, Darlene Klein, and Bob Reyes.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Two young women singing next to piano
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Two young women singing from sheet music next to a piano.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Valentine Dance King and Queen
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King Joe Reyes and Queen Patsy Esquidida dancing in a gymnasium at a Valentine Dance.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Woman on Howell House rooftop
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Woman standing next to a wooden climbing structure on the roof of the Howell House building.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Woman with several babies in baskets
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Woman overlooking several babies in seated in baskets on a table outside a building.
Date:
c. 1935
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Women at craft bazaar
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Group of women examine jewelry and other goods displayed on tables at a craft bazaar.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Women at event with coffee and dessert
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Four women at an event with coffee service and desserts.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Women in a library
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Group of women seated on wicker chairs in a library.
Date:
1921
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Women in community center kitchen
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Group of women in a community center kitchen after making a meal. Stacks of dirty dishes and pots and pans are in the foreground.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center 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
Theme
Social Services & Settlement Houses
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