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Bridges and viaducts: Laramie Ave. Viaduct; Loomis St. Bridge; Michigan Ave. Bridge; Michigan Ave. Viaduct (Folder 108)
131 Images
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.
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Application for aid
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Application for aid to the Chicago City Missionary Society. Shows range of activities undertaken by Church-run settlement house. Includes attendance figures for programs.
Date:
c. 1915
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
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
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
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
Boys eating in camp dining hall
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Two African American boys eating in a dining hall, likely at summer camp. Other children and a man are visible behind them.
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
Club worker in chicken room
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Young girl sweeping the floor in the Bethlehem Community Center chicken room, with a number of young chickens behind her.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Bethlehem Center junior staff at display tables
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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".
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Children playing checkers and doing puzzles
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Children at a table playing checkers and doing jigsaw puzzles.
Date:
c. 1945
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Children talking with Santa Claus
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Two children seated on the floor talk with Santa Claus.
Date:
c. 1940
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
Girls playing game in gymnasium
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Girls dressed in athletic clothing play a game in a gymnasium.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Throop Street, Pilsen
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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.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
18th Street, Pilsen
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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.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ashland Ave. and Belmont Ave. (Folder 3)
37 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Ashland Ave. Bridge (1914, 1938); N. Ashland Ave. Bridge (1936, 1951, 1953 [aerial view with Webster St. Bridge], 1975); Belmont Ave. (1917, 1924, 1941, 1953, 1976, undated)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: La Salle St. Bridge; La Salle St. Viaduct; La Salle St. Underpasses; S. Loomis St. Bridge (Folder 91)
69 Images
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.
Date:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
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)
83 Images
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.
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker 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
Children outdoors in playground
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Children playing outdoors on slides and playground equipment.
Date:
c. 1955
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
Boys eating watermelon on a hillside
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Group of boys with a man, eating watermelon on a hillside in the country.
Date:
c. 1950
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
Group of teenagers standing together
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Group of teenagers standing together. Two are holding small cases.
Date:
c. 1950
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
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
Dancing at a Block Party
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People dancing in the street to the music of a live band during a block party.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Bethlehem Center building
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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.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Boys playing catch in alley
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Two boys playing catch in alley, with another looking on.
Date:
c. 1960
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
Girls in a playhouse
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Two girls seated in a playhouse.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Girls holding up bibs they made
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Group of girls holding up bibs they made in a sewing class.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Civics class for Bohemian men
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Group of Bohemian men and older boys sitting on chairs facing a teacher and blackboard during a civics class.
Date:
1913
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Children with Bohemian Settlement House banner and flag
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Group of boys and girls standing outdoors in front of a Bohemian Settlement House banner. One of them holds an American flag.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Howell House and neighborhood buildings
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View of building rooftops in the Howell House neighborhood, with the Howell House building behind them.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Children dancing in a circle with women watching
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Large group of young children dancing in a circle in a room with fireplace as women watch.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Boys in a first aid demostration
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Boys in scouts uniforms applying bandages and slings to other boys in a first aid demonstration.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Children and teacher outside a building
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Group of children standing with a teacher outside a building.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 2 (Folder 52)
34 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 2 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 117)
110 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Fullerton Ave. Bridge; Glenlake Ave. and Lake Michigan; Grand Ave. Viaduct; Halsted St. Viaduct; Humbolt Park Lagoon; Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive Viaduct (at Randolph); 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.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker 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
Children eating together at Bethlehem House
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Group of children eating at Bethlehem House with a woman supervising.
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
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
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
Children learn about cerebral palsy
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John Mastersen, a wheelchair-bound man with cerebral palsy, speaks with a class of young people. Two of the students hold signs from the group "United Cerebral Palsy" advertising a fundraising march.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Girls decorate hula hoops
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A group of girls decorate hula hoops with paper flowers. An adult is visible helping in the background.
Date:
c. 1965
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Children and adults at outdoor music performance
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A crowd of children and adults wearing coats stands outside to listen to a performance by musicians playing guitar, trumpet and violin.
Date:
c. 1969
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

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