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Working for a Christian Social Order pamphlet
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Cover of "Working for a Christian Social Order" pamphlet published by The Woman's Home Missionary Society, sponsors of Marcy Center. The cover has a diagram representing the number of Jewish people living in Chicago. The inside tells the story of the Woman's Home Missionary Society's work.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Three boys in bathing suits being sprayed with garden hose
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Three boys in bathing suits being sprayed with a garden hose.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Anna Heistad and others having dessert
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Anna Heistad sitting at the head of a table with group of men, women, and children having dessert.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Boys outside Marcy Center with tin cans for salvage drive
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Group of boys outside the Marcy Center with tin cans they have collected in support of a World War II tin can salvage drive.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Children in classroom with blackboard and portrait of Elizabeth Marcy
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Large group of children in a classroom with a small blackboard and a portrait of Elizabeth Marcy hanging on the wall. Several of the children are holding their ears as if anticipating a loud noise.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teenager Rosie Drexler on Maxwell Street
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Local neighborhood teenager Rosie Drexler standing on Maxwell Street near a crate of fruit, with the market behind her. Drexler was a Jewish girl who considered Marcy Center her "second home". This photograph was used on the cover of "The Story of Marcy Center" pamphlet, authored by Drexler.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Group of adults
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Group of adults, probably staff members and volunteers, gathered for a portrait.
Date:
1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted
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Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted standing outside a building.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society members on a stage
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Eight African American women, members of the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, dressed for an event and standing on a stage.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Boy and girl playing chess
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Boy and girl facing off in a game of chess.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Women's Home Missionary Society
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Group of women outside the Marcy Center celebrating Mrs. Feldman's 25th anniversary with the Women's Home Missionary Society.
Date:
July 1, 1935
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Group of boys in scouting uniforms outside a building
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Group of youths standing outside of a building, with some wearing scouting uniforms and holding axes and backpacks.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Men with poultry crates, Maxwell Street market
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Men with poultry creates at the Maxwell Street market, including a butcher next to crates of turkeys.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Maxwell Street market scene with goods for sale in handbarrow carts
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View of the Maxwell Street market, with goods for sale displayed on handbarrow carts. A young black boy and awhite man stand in the foreground at the right.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Jewish girls gathered for Christian prayer
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Christian "prayer gang" composed of young Jewish girls who are seated on chairs in a room.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Adult students in Ms. Peterson's English class
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Group of adult students seated at writing desks in an English class. Teacher Ms. Peterson (standing at right) assists one of them.
Date:
c. 1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nativity Scene, Christmas Pageant
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Teen actors and actresses in costume pose in nativity scene at a Christmas Pageant.
Date:
December 1, 1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
The Story of Marcy Center pamphlet
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Cover of "The Story of Marcy Center" pamphlet telling the history and purpose of Marcy Center. Written by Rosie Drexler, a young woman from the neighborhood. The cover photograph is of Rosie Drexler.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Adults taking notes in a class
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Four adults seated in classroom chairs taking notes. Another adult, probably a teacher, stands in front of them.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teenage girls rolling out dough in a kitchen
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Group of teenage girls rolling out dough in a kitchen.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teenage boys on a ramp outside a camp building
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Group of teenage and younger boys standing on a wooden ramp in front of a camp building.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teenagers practicing dance steps
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Four African American teen girls and a young man practice dance steps.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Children and teenagers boarding a bus for a field trip
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Children and teenagers boarding a bus for a summer field trip.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Boys leaving for camp from Marcy Center
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Boys boarding open trucks outside the Marcy Center building on their way to camp.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teacher reading book to children
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Group of five African American students listen as a teacher reads to them from a picture book.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Young children at tables playing with toys
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Group of young children playing with puzzles and toy cooking utensils while seated around tables. Two women teachers are standing behind the children.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Dr. Lucinda Rita examining boy's ear, Marcy Center Clinic
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Dr. Lucinda Rita using an instrument to examine a young teen boy's ear during a school medical exam at the Marcy Center Clinic.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Costumed children in the "Pied Piper of Hamlin"
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Group of children cast in a production of the "Pied Piper of Hamlin" pose in costume on stage at the Rock River Conference Gymnasium in Marcy Center.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center volunteers and neighborhood residents
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Group of Marcy Center volunteers and neighborhood residents posing in the street.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Reading newsletter in adult education class
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Group in an adult education class reading and discussing a newsletter.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Medical clinic patients in waiting room with a nurse
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Three patients at the medical clinic speak with a nurse in the clinic's waiting room.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children playing on the Marcy Center playground
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Group of children wearing coats and hats play on the Marcy Center playground during kindergarten recess.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Young servicemen with Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted and Miss Campbell
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Group of fourteen young men, some of whom are Marcy Center staff members, seated with Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted and Miss Campbell before they go off to serve in World War I. A row of trophies is in front of them.
Date:
c. 1916
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Crowd of men on Maxwell Street
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Large crowd of men on Maxwell Street.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Maxwell street crowd on Easter Sunday
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On the largely Jewish Maxwell Street, street peddlers and merchants line the street on Easter Sunday, with crowds gathered around them.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Market scene on Maxwell Street
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Market scene on Maxwell Street with vendors selling live poultry from makeshift stands (right foreground).
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Man grinding horseradish, Maxwell Street
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Man grinding horseradish in front of J. Goldberg's store on Maxwell Street, with customers watching.
Date:
July 10, 1921
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Jewish boys with push cart in the Maxwell Street market
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Three Jewish boys pose in front of their push cart on Maxwell Street, with adult shoppers and stores visible behind them.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children performing with Maypole at the Marcy Center
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Children and teenager performing around a Maypole with streamers in front of an audience in the playground area at the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1945
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children from the Marcy Center Nursery School
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Group portrait of a class of children at the Marcy Center Nursery School.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nurse taking the pulse of sick child in a clinic bed
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A nurse wearing a face mask takes the pulse of one of two sick children resting in a clinic bed. The other child has an ice bag on their head.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
English Party
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Group of adults and a child behind a table with cookies and samovar tea urn at an English party.
Date:
c. 1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Boys in basement gymnasium
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A large group of boys, many with dirty clothes and faces, posing in a basement gymnasium.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Maxwell Street market scene
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Street scene in the Maxwell Street area. At left is a male vendor with a food cart. Two women work at a wooden stall at right. A brick tenement building is visible in the background.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Outdoor play yard behind a building
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View from above of a fenced play yard behind a three-story brick building. A number of children are playing in the yard.
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
North Lawndale map showing location of Marcy Center
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Hand-drawn and mimeographed map of part of the North Lawndale Community Area (#29) prepared by William Kaufman. Map indicates location of Marcy Center at 1539 S. Springfield Ave., as well as several area features.
Date:
November 1, 1932
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Folder with a menorah on the cover
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Small invitation-size folder with a menorah on the cover. Text inside includes a Bible quote of Isaiah 9:2 and the following text: Jewry today is in a sea of turmoil. The powers of darkness have increased the stumbling block to prevent the Light.
Date:
c. 1935
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Baseball game in forest preserve
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Children playing a baseball game in a forest preserve.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Women working on clay craft projects
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Group of women seated at a table working on clay craft projects.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Three boys with a dog
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Three African American boys crouched in front of an open doorway with a dog.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access

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