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Adrian Scheltes collection

The Adrian Scheltes collection contains photographs either taken by or collected by Scheltes while he was the Supervisor of Counsel and Guidance for the Blind from the Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Accordion player
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A man sitting on a piano bench playing an accordion. He is facing away from a piano which is placed against a wall.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Adrian Scheltes speaking to a class
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A teacher standing in front of seven students who are sitting at desks. The desks are organized in a half circle in front of a blackboard.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Arnold Schwinn Co. bicycle assembler
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A man in an apron putting parts of a bicycle together. He is standing next to a table with bicycle parts on it. Three other people are working around him.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Attorney Charles F. Armstrong
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Attorney Charles F. Armstrong holding a briefcase in one hand and paperwork in the other, standing in front of a wooden door with the words "Charles F. Armstrong Attorney" on it. A woman stands next to him holding papers. Both people are smiling.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Bartender
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A bartender pouring a drink into a glass at a bar. Bottles of liquor and glasses are along the wall behind him.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Basketball team
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Six young boys and their coach are standing in a gymnasium. Three boys in front are holding a basketball. Each of them are wearing white shirts. Their coach stands behind them.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Blind student and teacher
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A student and a teacher are standing on opposite sides of a table. A large globe is on the table. Both men are touching the same area of the globe.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Concert singer Margaret Peterson
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A professional photo of Margaret Peterson looking up and to the left. She is photographed from the torso up and is standing in front of a black backdrop.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Concert singer Margaret Peterson
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A professional photo of Margaret Peterson in a floor length gown. She stands under a spotlight and in front of a black backdrop, looking up and to the left.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Darkroom technician, Memorial Hospital of DuPage County
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A man standing in a darkroom developing x-rays. He's wearing scrubs. The wall behind him is lined with pipes and metal tools.
Date:
1952
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A man in a white shirt and tie sits at a desk in an office recording on a dictaphone. There are two other rooms behind him.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A man in a white shirt and tie sits at a desk using a dictaphone. Behind him there's a coat rack with a jacket and a calendar on the wall.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A man sitting at a desk using a dictaphone. The floor is checkered and there is a single locker against the wall behind him.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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a woman sitting at a desk using a dictaphone. Two others are speaking at a desk behind her. There is a small fan on the wall in front of her.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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Woman sitting at a desk in an office, speaking into a dictaphone. There are several empty desks and file cabinets against the wall behind her.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A women in a white blouse and skirt sitting at a desk listening to a dictaphone recording.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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Woman in an office sitting at a desk. There is a window behind her with the blinds pulled up, she's listening to a recording on a dictaphone.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A woman sitting at a desk typing on a dictaphone. On her desk is a telephone and other miscellaneous office supplies.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A man in a white shirt and tie sits at a desk listening to a recording on a dictaphone. There is a drawer open at his desk and rows of file cabinets next to him. Behind him are windows with the blinds pulled down.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A woman wearing glasses sits at a desk using a dictaphone. Her desk is covered in metal wire bins filled with paperwork. Behind her there are windows with the blinds pulled down.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A woman in a white blouse and sunglasses sitting at a desk using a dictaphone. Two other women are working behind her. One of them is working at a desk and the other is going through file cabinets placed against the back wall.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Dictaphone operators
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A man in a suit and tie types while listening to a dictaphone recording.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Drill press operator
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A man wearing a soft cap pulling a lever down on a drill press.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Elgin State Hospital, switchboard operator
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A man sits in front of a switchboard. He is speaking into a headset and plugging wires into the switchboard.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Evening class at Tilden High School, shaper machine demo
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Two men using a shaper machine together. Each man is pulling a different lever.
Date:
1948
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Evening class at Tilden High School, shaper machine demo
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Two men using a shaper machine together. Both men have a hand on the same lever. The man on the left is teaching the other man how to use the machine.
Date:
1948
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Flower arranger
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A man wearing glasses arranges flowers at a table. Behind him there are shelves on the wall lined with different vases.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Hospital paging system
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A woman sits at a desk with paperwork in her hands. A man is behind her and bent over. Another woman is standing to the right and also looking down at the papers.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Inland steel assemblies worker
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A man sitting on a raised platform. Part of an assembly line is in front of him with four large buckets on it.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
John Pine at Hastings College seminar
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A man stands in front of an audience of young men sitting at desks with textbooks on them. The man is smiling and holding the leash of his service dog. The dog is a german shepherd and is laying on the ground near its owner's feet.
Date:
1948
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Larry Johnson, disk jockey
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A man in a suit and tie reading paperwork written in braille at a table. There is a microphone hanging above the center of the table. A magazine is propped up on the table.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Laundromat owner
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A man posing in front of large washing machines. There are several laundry carts lined up in front of the machines.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Laundry workers
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A man folding laundry at a long table. The piles of folded laundry sit in front of him on the table and on the floor behind him. There is also a pile of unfolded clothes on the right side of the table.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Laundry workers
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Two women in bandanas and dirty aprons handling dirty laundry that is in a giant metal bin.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Man demonstrating a shaper tool
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A man presses wood together using a shaper tool. Four men are gathered around him to watch the demonstration.Three of these men are wearing suits and ties and the fourth is wearing jeans and button down shirt.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Man reading a book
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A man sits at a wooden desk. He is wearing a suit and tie and reading a book written in braille. Behind him there is a bookcase full of books.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Man standing over a table
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A man stands over a table. He is flipping through a stack of papers.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Manufacturing workers
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A man uses a long metal tool with a wooden handle to work on a round metal object. The object is set on a wooden box. Several more of the same object sit on the table next to the box.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Masseuses
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A woman massages a man's head. The woman is standing behind him and looking over her shoulder at the camera. The man being massaged is sitting in a chair and is partially hidden by a low wall.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Masseuses
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A woman massages a man's head while looking over her shoulder at the camera. The man's face and body is hidden behind a curtain.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Masseuses
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A man massages another man's leg. The man being massaged is laying on a cot. There is an open door behind the two men with an "Exit" sign above the door.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Masseuses
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A woman massages a man's shoulders. The man is sitting in a chair and his face is hidden by a low wall.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Masseuses
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A man massages another man's shoulders. The man being massaged is laying down with his eyes closed and the masseuse is standing next to his head looking down at him.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Masseuses
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A woman massages the back of a man's head with her fingertips. She is looking over her left shoulder at the camera. The man's face is hidden by a low curtain.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Masseuses
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A woman massages the back of a man's head with her fingertips. The man being massaged is sitting in a chair behind a curtain.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Men assembling identification tags
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Three men assemble ID tags The men are sitting at a table divided in the middle by shelves. Two of them sit on the right side of the table and the third sits on the left. A large crowd of men stand around them watching. A sign next to the table reads "National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. October 5th to 12th".
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Naval ordnance plant work
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A smiling man is seated at a table working. There is a pile of bolts and a large metal machine on the table. Another man is seen in the background looking at the smiling man.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Norman Robinson on the phone at his desk
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Man in suit and tie on telephone, sitting at a desk that has piles of paperwork on it.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Pepsodent assembly line worker
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A man in a white lab coat is standing in front of an assembly line. In front of him on the assembly line is a cardboard box with the words "Pepsodent Tooth Paste".
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access
Piano tuner
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Man is using a tool to tune a piano. Another man is also holding onto the tool and helping turn it.
Date:
ca. 1948-1955
Collection:
Adrian Scheltes collection
Access:
Public access

Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Library of the Health Sciences)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Library of the Health Sciences, Chicago
Theme
Health Sciences History
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