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Bridges and viaducts: Laramie Ave. Viaduct; Loomis St. Bridge; Michigan Ave. Bridge; Michigan Ave. Viaduct (Folder 108)
Bridges and viaducts: Laramie Ave. Viaduct; Loomis St. Bridge; Michigan Ave. Bridge; Michigan Ave. Viaduct. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
1972
Two Couples at Playboy Dance
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.
1958
Teenager and children buying food at Bethlehem House event
Teenager and children purchasing food at a Bethlehem House event.
1950
Reading newspapers and magazines in a library
Boys and a man reading newspapers and magazines in library.
1960
Teenage boys relaxing on couches in room with stereo
Teenage boys talking and reading on couches in a room with a stereo.
1960
Boys eating in camp dining hall
Two African American boys eating in a dining hall, likely at summer camp. Other children and a man are visible behind them.
1960
Men in front of a booth with fudge for sale
Three men standing in front of a booth where fudge is being sold.
1955
Club worker in chicken room
Young girl sweeping the floor in the Bethlehem Community Center chicken room, with a number of young chickens behind her.
1955
Bethlehem Center junior staff at display tables
Three young men wearing sweatshirts with a "Bethlehem Center Junior Staff" logo stand next to display tables with a woman who examines a pamphlet. Behind them are signs reading "Bethlehem Community Center - Building Jr. Staff Leaders".
1959
Children playing checkers and doing puzzles
Children at a table playing checkers and doing jigsaw puzzles.
1945
Children talking with Santa Claus
Two children seated on the floor talk with Santa Claus.
1940
Teenagers in ethnic costume on a stage
Group of teenagers and young adults dressed in ethnic costume stand on a stage in front of a curtain.
1930
Girls playing game in gymnasium
Girls dressed in athletic clothing play a game in a gymnasium.
1930
Throop Street, Pilsen
View to north of nineteenth century buildings on the west side of South Throop Street, just north of West Cullerton Street. 1920 South Throop Street is at the left.
1981
18th Street, Pilsen
View looking east along West 18th Street, from east of the intersection with South Racine Avenue. The sign for the Cuernavaca Restaurant (1158 West 18th Street) is visible at the left of the image. A bakery, the Panaderia El Paraiso is next to that. Other businesses line both sides of the street.
1981
Bridges and viaducts: La Salle St. Bridge; La Salle St. Viaduct; La Salle St. Underpasses; S. Loomis St. Bridge (Folder 91)
Bridges and viaducts: La Salle St. Bridge; La Salle St. Viaduct; La Salle St. Underpasses; S. Loomis St. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
1970
Bridges and viaducts: Addison St. Bridge; Argyle St. Bridge; S. Ashland Ave. Bridge; Belmont Ave. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge; Chicago Ave. Bridge; Cortland St. Bridge; N. Damen Ave. Viaduct; N. Des Plaines St. Viaduct (Folder 105)
Bridges and viaducts: Addison St. Bridge; Argyle St. Bridge; S. Ashland Ave. Bridge; Belmont Ave. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge; Chicago Ave. Bridge; Cortland St. Bridge; N. Damen Ave. Viaduct; N. Des Plaines St. Viaduct. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
1972
Children outdoors in playground
Children playing outdoors on slides and playground equipment.
1955
Sign for Southwest Central Community Council playground
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.
1955
Boys eating watermelon on a hillside
Group of boys with a man, eating watermelon on a hillside in the country.
1950
Painting garbage cans in an alley
Group of community members painting garbage cans in an alley behind Loomis Street.
1958
Group of teenagers standing together
Group of teenagers standing together. Two are holding small cases.
1950
Shooting basketballs at an event
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".
1960
Selling tostadas at an event
Women selling tostadas to children at a community center event. A sign above them reads "TOSTADAS !muy bueno!".
1960
Dancing at a Block Party
People dancing in the street to the music of a live band during a block party.
1959
Bethlehem Center building
View of the Bethlehem Center in 1959. The three story red-bricked building at 1853 S. Racine Avenue was founded as a settlement house in 1884 for the immigrants of Chicago's Lower West Side and Pilsen neighborhoods.
1959
Boys playing catch in alley
Two boys playing catch in alley, with another looking on.
1960
Man speaking at microphone at an event
A man in a suit addresses a group at an event from behind a microphone, as three other men stand nearby.
1960
Girls in a playhouse
Two girls seated in a playhouse.
1930
Girls holding up bibs they made
Group of girls holding up bibs they made in a sewing class.
1940
Civics class for Bohemian men
Group of Bohemian men and older boys sitting on chairs facing a teacher and blackboard during a civics class.
1913
Children with Bohemian Settlement House banner and flag
Group of boys and girls standing outdoors in front of a Bohemian Settlement House banner. One of them holds an American flag.
1910
Howell House and neighborhood buildings
View of building rooftops in the Howell House neighborhood, with the Howell House building behind them.
1920
Children dancing in a circle with women watching
Large group of young children dancing in a circle in a room with fireplace as women watch.
1910
Boys in a first aid demostration
Boys in scouts uniforms applying bandages and slings to other boys in a first aid demonstration.
1930
Children and teacher outside a building
Group of children standing with a teacher outside a building.
1940
Bridges and viaducts: Cicero Ave. Viaduct; Congress St. Bridge; Damen Ave. Bridge; Dan Ryan Expressway (Folder 115)
Bridges and viaducts: Cicero Ave. Viaduct; Congress St. Bridge; Damen Ave. Bridge; Dan Ryan Expressway. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
1973
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 121)
Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken. This folder includes images of W. Chicago Ave., W. Division St., W. North Ave.,N. Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive), N. Michigan Ave., N. Wabash Ave., N. State St., N. Dearborn St., N. Clark St., N. La Salle St., N. Halsted St., W. Division St., N. Milwaukee Ave., N. Des Plaines St., W. Erie St., W. Division St., N. Milwaukee Ave., W. Chicago Ave., S. Canal St., S. Ashland Ave., N. Ashland Ave., W. Wacker Dr., E. Wacker Dr., W. Adams St., E. 92 St., E. 95 St., E. 100 St., E. 106 St., S. Torrence Ave., E. 130 St., W. Kinzie St., plaques.
1973
Children on a slide in playground
Children playing on a slide in a fenced playground, with two women watching them.
1955
Teenagers around a piano
Group of teenagers and young adults posing around a piano at Bethlehem House.
1950
Women in community center kitchen
Group of women in a community center kitchen after making a meal. Stacks of dirty dishes and pots and pans are in the foreground.
1960
Women at craft bazaar
Group of women examine jewelry and other goods displayed on tables at a craft bazaar.
1960
Women at event with coffee and dessert
Four women at an event with coffee service and desserts.
1960
Board members meeting
Group of adults seated around a table for a board meeting.
1960
Hanging new drapes in the Play Club
A man on a ladder hangs new drapes made by Play Club mothers in the Play Club, as a woman advises him.
1960
Bethlehem Center Basketball team
Group portrait of the Bethlehem Center basketball team on the court.
1960
Valentine Dance King and Queen
King Joe Reyes and Queen Patsy Esquidida dancing in a gymnasium at a Valentine Dance.
1955
Summer staff of Bethlehem Center
The summer staff at the Bethlehem Center sitting on stairs leading up to building doors, presumably the center's back door.
1963
Boys athletic group performing in gymnasium
Boys athletic group wearing shorts, hats, and kerchiefs performing in a gymnasium in front of an audience.
1930
Girls in ethnic costume dancing on stage
Girls dancing on stage in ethnic costumes.
1930

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71 Children 42 Adults 22 Communities 21 Events 18 Recreation 15 Buildings 12 Bethlehem Center (Chicago, Ill.) 11 Food 10 Education 10 Music 9 Athletics 9 Clubs 9 Dancing 9 East Europeans 9 Howell House (Chicago, Ill.) 9 Mexicans 8 Holidays 7 Movable bridges 7 Teenagers 6 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 6 Playgrounds 5 African Americans 5 Cities and towns 5 Theater 4 Bridges--Abutments 4 Bridges--Foundations and piers 4 Costume 4 Parties 4 Warehouses 4 Watchtowers 3 Architecture 3 Automobiles 3 Bridges--Deterioration 3 Bridges--Floors 3 Ceilings 3 Columns, Concrete 3 Concrete beams 3 Concrete walls 3 Floors, Concrete 3 Handicraft 3 Iron and steel bridges 3 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 3 Office buildings 3 Piano 3 Santa Claus 3 Social Welfare 3 Storage facilities 3 Streets 3 Underpasses 3 Women 2 Acting 2 Advertising 2 Aerial views 2 Apartment houses 2 Art 2 Basements 2 Boilers 2 Boxes 2 Camps 2 Carpets 2 Citizenship 2 Commercial art 2 Community 2 Construction and demolition debris 2 Construction workers 2 Desks 2 Doorways 2 Employees 2 Filing cabinets 2 Food service 2 Meetings 2 Office equipment and supplies 2 Office furniture 2 Singing 2 Space heaters 2 Trucks 1 Activity programs in education 1 Aerial photographs 1 African American children 1 Animal feeding 1 Automobiles--Tires 1 Awards 1 Babysitting 1 Bankers 1 Barges 1 Bas-relief 1 Basketball 1 Boats and boating 1 Books and reading 1 Bowling games 1 Bricks 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Design and construction 1 Bridges--Inspection 1 Cerebral palsy 1 Checkers 1 Child care services 1 Children's furniture 1 Children's rooms 1 Civic improvement--Citizen participation 1 Clocks and watches 1 Coal-tar products 1 Cold storage 1 Cold-storage lockers 1 Commercial buildings 1 Commercial strips 1 Community centers 1 Communties 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Cracking 1 Concrete masonry 1 Concrete--Cracking 1 Containers 1 Conversation 1 Cookware 1 Corridors 1 Couples 1 Cranes, derricks, etc. 1 Dampness in basements 1 Dance 1 Dining rooms 1 Dinners and dining 1 Discussion 1 Docks 1 Driveways 1 Dwellings 1 Expansion joints 1 Express highways 1 Factories--Location 1 Factories--Restrooms 1 Fire sprinklers 1 Food--Storage 1 Furnaces 1 Garages 1 Gas cylinders--Storage 1 High-rise apartment buildings 1 House cleaning 1 Industrial buildings 1 Jukeboxes 1 Land use--Maps 1 Libraries 1 Litter (Trash)--Prevention 1 Loading and unloading 1 Materials handling 1 Medical care 1 Musical instruments 1 Organization 1 Organizations 1 Parcel post 1 Parking garages 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Picnics 1 Plaques, plaquettes 1 Playground 1 Playhouses 1 Public Schools 1 Public buildings--Restrooms 1 Puzzels 1 Railroad tracks 1 Railroad trains 1 Railroads 1 Railroads--Freight 1 Refuse and refuse disposal 1 Religion 1 Religious Services 1 Restaurants 1 Roads--Maintenance and repair 1 School children 1 Signs and signboards 1 Soft drinks 1 Steel I-beams 1 Stores, Retail 1 Teenage boys 1 Traffic regulations 1 Trampolines 1 Tunnels 1 Type-writers 1 Vocational Education 1 Warnings 1 Water-pipes--Valves 1 Windows 1 Wood poles 1 Wooden bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Young adults 1 Youth