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Children listening to guitarist in large room
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Crowd of seated children listening to a guitarist performing in a large room.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Ethnic dance performance, International Night
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A couple perform an ethnic dance on International Night, with four costumed women standing behind them in a straw-filled cart.
Date:
1937
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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International Night celebration
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Man presents a bouquet of flowers to a girl on stage during International Night, as costumed performers look on.
Date:
1937
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Boys wearing hats and helmets
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Group of boys wearing headgear - some wearing leather football helmets - stand next to a street.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Girls in a sewing class
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Group of girls in a sewing class. A sewing machine is visible in the background.
Date:
July 1939
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Dr. Booth doing an eye examination on a patient
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Dr. Booth examining the eyes of an elderly African American man.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children playing musical instruments
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Group of children playing percussion instruments, accompanied by a woman playing piano.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Group of women in a classroom
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Group of women sitting in a classroom.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Park J. Group members discuss community organization efforts
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African American, Asian American and white "Park J. Group" community members, including a priest, discuss community organization efforts.
Date:
February 9, 1959
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Girl weaving on a loom in handicrafts class
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Girl weaving on a loom in a class taught by a WPA handicrafts instructor. Other girls at the table are doing different types of weaving.
Date:
1937
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Cover of Henry Booth House Annual Report for 1917
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Cover of Henry Booth House Annual Report for 1917.
Date:
1917
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children swimming at camp near a lifeguard
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Interracial group of children swimming at camp near a dock with a lifeguard overlooking.
Date:
1953
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Large group of children outside Henry Booth House
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Large group of children standing outside Henry Booth House.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Mexican children with a piñata and two men
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Large group of Mexican children posing with two men. The man at the right holds a rope attached to a piñata suspended overhead.
Date:
December 1938
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Teacher and children in garden
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Boy watering plants with a hose, and nursery school class and teacher standing next to the garden. The children are holding up leaf lettuce from the garden.
Date:
1941
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Woman holding newspaper on bench
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African American woman seated on a bench outdoors with a newspaper in her lap.
Date:
1948
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children walking with clean-up signs on street
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Children walking outside on neighborhood streets carrying shovels, a broom, and clean-up signs.
Date:
1949
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children with donkeys at camp
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Children posing with men astride two donkeys at camp.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children playing in concrete pipe segments in a play area
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Children playing in concrete drainage pipe segments in a fenced outdoor play area.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Teenagers playing ping-pong outside a building
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Teenagers playing ping-pong outside a building.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Hispanic women in an English class
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Group of Hispanic women in an English class.
Date:
1955
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Women preparing plates of food
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Group of women preparing plates of food on a table.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Adults and a child wearing traditional ethnic clothing
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Six adults and a child standing outside in traditional ethnic clothing.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Costumed adults enacting Christmas nativity scene
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Five adults in costumes enacting a Christmas nativity scene with the three wise men bearing gifts.
Date:
1934
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Women in costumes dancing on stage
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Four women dressed in costumes with flowers in their hair dancing onstage.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children and adults dressed in Mexican clothing dancing
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Two children and two adults dressed in Mexican traditional clothing dance onstage, accompanied by two musicians playing guitars.
Date:
1937
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Boys saluting with softball equipment
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Ten boys dressed in warm clothes saluting and holding softball equipment.
Date:
1937
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Youths in front of Henry Booth House
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Group of young people in front of Henry Booth House.
Date:
July 1940
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Woman and young children on a sidewalk
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A woman with a group of small children on a sidewalk.
Date:
July 1940
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Manual Training class projects, Henry Booth House
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Manual Training class projects from Henry Booth House displayed on a table.
Date:
1937
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Boys working in woodshop
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Six boys working in woodshop on individual projects.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Campers in front of Rose Inn, Lincoln Center Camp
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Four girl campers pose on the stairs in front of Rose Inn at Lincoln Center Camp.
Date:
July 1946
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Adults displaying checks
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Group of women and men holding checks in a fan-shape.
Date:
1949
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children playing on swings
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Children playing on swings in a fenced play area. Neighborhood buildings are visible behind them.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Christmas party with girls singing
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Group of children and teenagers seated at tables during a Christmas party, while a group of girls holding candles sings.
Date:
December 1951
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Teenagers and children at an indoor event
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A group of African American teenagers and children socializing at an indoor event.
Date:
June 1953
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Girls with a librarian
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Group of girls in a library with a librarian.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Costumed children performing in a patriotic pageant
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Costumed children performing with percussion instruments in front of an American flag during a patriotic pageant.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children dancing in a gymnasium
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Group of costumed children dancing in a large circle inside a gymnasium.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Henry Booth House, 1918 annual report
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First two pages of printed annual report for Henry Booth House. Includes photograph of young women wearing nursing uniforms in the Red Cross Surgical Dressing Class. Also includes opening paragraph of the annual report.
Date:
1918
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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A. Paul Holleb Youth Center dedication program
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Front and back of the Dedication Ceremonies program for the A. Paul Holleb Youth Center of Henry Booth House. A. Paul Holleb was a businessman and philanthropist who supported the Henry Booth House. The Youth Center was dedicated after his death in 1963.
Date:
December 12, 1964
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Henry Booth House schedule of activities
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Weekly summer schedule of recreational and educational activities taking place at three Henry Booth House locations on South Dearborn Street.
Date:
July 1956
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

Access:
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Henry Booth House flyer
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Printed flyer with a hand-drawn illustration sent to tenants of the public housing units served by Henry Booth House encouraging them to attend a meeting to discuss re-activating their Building Council. Drawing shows a building with graffiti and garbage littered about.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children playing in front of Henry Booth House
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Children playing in the street in front of Henry Booth House, located at the intersection of S. Union Avenue and 14th. Sections of sewer pipe are lined up along the street.
Date:
1937
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

Access:
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Boys at Camp Channing
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Group of boys and a man standing along a small river at Camp Channing.
Date:
1938
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Kindergarten boys with hammers and chairs
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Two young boys in a kindergarten class standing with hammers beside chairs made from wooden crates.
Date:
1931-1932
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children on a pier
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Five African American children wearing sashes pose on a pier.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Teenagers dancing at a party
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African American teenagers in formal clothing dancing at a party.
Date:
1951
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Children in uniforms performing in a gym
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Children in uniforms performing inside a gymnasium.
Date:
1951
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

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Boys in street with wooden scooters
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Four African American boys in the street with homemade wooden scooters.
Date:
1953
Collection:

Henry Booth House records

Access:
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