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Girl with doll
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Exterior. Girl sitting in grass playing with doll.
Date
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ca. 1910s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Three girls with dolls
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Exterior. Three girls playing with dolls in the grass.
Date
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ca. 1910s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Girls playing volleyball
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Exterior. Large group of girls playing volleyball and watching in playground.
Date
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ca. 1910s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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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
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ca. 1920s, 1930s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Two young swimmers
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Exterior. Two young girls in wet swimsuits standing outside.
Date
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1939-07-31
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Swimming in the pool at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. View of swimming pool with swimmers and spectators.
Date
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1951
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Playground at main camp at Bowen Country Club
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Exterior. Boys playing baseball in playground area.
Date
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ca. 1920s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Swing
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Exterior. Two girls on chair swings.
Date
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n.d.
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Mrs. Scavelli and son
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Exterior. Two boys on tire swing. Mrs. Scavelli holding swing.
Date
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n.d.
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Boy diving
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Exterior. Boys diving into pool while other boys swim.
Date
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ca. 1946
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Public access
Boy playing horseshoes at Camp French
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Exterior. Boy playing horseshoes with boys swinging in background.
Date
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ca. 1946
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Boys with rope swing at Camp French
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Exterior. One boy on rope swing while others wait turn.
Date
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ca. 1946
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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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
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ca. 1930
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Young women with kite string
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Exterior. Two young woman holding string. May be flying a kite.
Date
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ca. 1946
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Young men playing basketball
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A young man jumps for a lay-up with others down court at Hull-House gymnasium
Date
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circa 1940s-1960s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Men playing basketball
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A group of men playing basketball at the Hull-House gymnasium; Nick Palumbo is in the foreground (back to camera)
Date
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circa 1930s-1960s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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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
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1923
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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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
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circa 1920s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
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
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circa 1920s-1930s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Bethlehem Center Day Camp flyer
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Image
Announcement flyer for Bethlehem Center summer day camp, with hand-drawn illustrations.
Date
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June 1, 1951
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Teenagers around a piano
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Image
Group of teenagers and young adults posing around a piano at Bethlehem House.
Date
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c. 1950
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Bethlehem Center Basketball team
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Image
Group portrait of the Bethlehem Center basketball team on the court.
Date
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c. 1960
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Young men singing
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Image
Group of young men singing outdoors.
Date
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c. 1935
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Raised walkway at Camp Gray
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Image
View of raised walkway with fenced sides traversing a wooded area at Camp Gray. Two men are visible in the middle ground.
Date
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c. 1920
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray, p. 1
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Image
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray on the topic of "Adapting Personality to Social Environment". Page 1 lists the lectures scheduled for each day.
Date
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c. 1925
Collection
:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Celebrated Annual Apple-Fight
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Image
Hand-drawn cartoon by Ed Teska with a text narrating annual Apple Fight event.
Date
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1927
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray, p. 3
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Image
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray on the topic of "Adapting Personality to Social Environment". Page 3 provides details on transportation and costs.
Date
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c. 1925
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Girl and lifeguard
Image
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Exterior. Girl stepping into swimming pool holding lifeguard's hand. Lifeguard is counselor Bill Dougherty.
Date
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n.d.
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Learning to float
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Exterior. Young woman holds up screaming girl during swimming lesson.
Date
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ca. 1930s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Girls and rope swing
Image
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Exterior. Two girls, one on rope swing.
Date
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ca. 1946
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
On the diving board
Image
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Exterior. Campers on diving board at swimming pool.
Date
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ca. 1946
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Eleven boys in swimsuits
Image
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Exterior. Eleven boys in swimsuits pose in line. Fourth boy is Albert Sauceda; eighth boy is Chucky Casale.
Date
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ca. 1946
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Storm damaged tree and swimming pool
Image
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Exterior. Storm damage: broken tree branch leaning over swimming pool.
Date
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ca. 1950s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Wrestlers in Hull-House gymnasium
Image
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Two men wrestle on a mat in Hull-House gymnasium with spectators in the background
Date
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circa 1940s-1950s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Wrestlers in Hull-House gymnasium
Image
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Twelve young men, likely wrestlers, pose for a group photo in Hull-House gymnasium
Date
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circa 1940s-1950s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Young men playing basketball
Image
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A group of young men playing basketball at the Hull-House gymnasium, most are under the basket with the basketball high above them
Date
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1940-1948
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Children trimming a Christmas tree
Image
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A group of children decorating a Christmas tree in Hull-House game room
Date
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1946-1947
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Ceramics class
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Fourteen adults in a ceramics class at Hull-House
Date
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1939-07-12
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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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
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1939-07-12
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Flour-blowing contest (?) Camp Reinberg, Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Image
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Flour-blowing contest (?) for girls, an activity at one of the 10-day summer outing camps directed by the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare, at Camp Reinberg in Deer Grove Forest Preserve, near Palatine. (Info supplied by Trailside Museum of Natural History, FPDCC)
Date
:
1938
Collection
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access
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Public access
Pleasant Valley Farm field plan map
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Image
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
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April 1954
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Children watching a hay baler, Pleasant Valley Farm
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Image
Group of children watching men and teenagers using a hay baler in a field at Pleasant Valley Farm.
Date
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1955
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Couple dancing at a party
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Image
A couple dances in the center of an applauding group of people at an event. A Christmas tree is visible behind them.
Date
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c. 1940
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Children on a beach in swimming costumes
Image
Image
Group of children dressed in swimming costumes on a beach, possibly at Camp Gray.
Date
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c. 1915
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Sketch from scrapbook, boat trip from Camp Gray
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Image
Hand-drawn sketch from a scrapbook, depicting crowded accommodations on boat trip home from Camp Gray.
Date
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c. 1920
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray, p. 2
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Image
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray on the topic of "Adapting Personality to Social Environment". Page 2 provides a sample day's itinerary.
Date
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c. 1925
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
"Streamlined Maintenance," Roberts Mann, ca. 1940s
Image
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Memo on the impact of World War II and park maintenance activities
Date
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ca. 1940-1950
Collection
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access
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Public access
Daily Attendance Report, Bethlehem Community Center
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Image
Daily attendance report of the Bethlehem Community Center to the Council of Social Agencies of Chicago. Shows daily participation in various sports teams.
Date
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February 1950
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Labor Day at Mrs. Mayers
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Image
Group of teenagers and young adults posing in yard and eating apples at a Labor Day event.
Date
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September 1923
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
Teenage boys hanging out at Bethlehem House
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Image
Group of teenage boys hanging out at Bethlehem House.
Date
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c. 1950
Collection
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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access
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Public access
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