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Sack race at Mother's Club Picnic for campers
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Group of boys racing in a sack race during the Mother's Club Picnic for campers.
Date:
1961
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Junior Dramatic Club Valentine Party, Van Buren Club
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Members of the Junior Dramatic Club behind a banquet table during their Valentine Party at the Van Buren Club.
Date:
c. 1940
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Group of boys at an archery lesson
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Large group of young boys, some dressed in scouting uniforms, watch a man give an archery lesson.
Date:
February 1964
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Drama club students in costume for Mary Poppins play
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Drama club students costumed as chimney sweeps and as Mary Poppins (holding umbrella) for a Mary Poppins play.
Date:
c. 1960
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Teenagers and adults rehearsing a play
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Group of teenagers and adults rehearsing a play onstage.
Date:
c. 1960
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys paddling canoes on river
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Boys paddling canoes on a river.
Date:
c. 1950
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Badminton at Mark Twain Adventure Camp
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Teenagers playing badminton at the Mark Twain Adventure summer camp.
Date:
July 1959
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Girls in hats they made in craft class at camp
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Girls modeling hats they made in craft class at summer camp.
Date:
c. 1960
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys eating outdoors at camp
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Group of boys eating outdoors on the grass at camp.
Date:
c. 1970
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Norbert Locke (Uncle Ned) and Bob Baron (Uncle Bob) of WGN-TV’s “Lunchtime Little Theater” directing a balloon-blowing contest between eight children at OTSC Christmas Party
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Norbert Locke (ringmaster Ned on Bozo's Circus) and another man direct a balloon blowing contest between eight children at the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) Christmas Party.
Date:
1958
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Children with Santa Claus
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Group of children holding presents surround Santa Claus.
Date:
1958
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Children performing at a Christmas Benefit Party
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Children dressed as American Indians perform onstage in front of an adult audience at a Christmas Benefit Party.
Date:
c. 1955
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Auguste Mathieu and others with Off-The-Street Club Christmas Benefit sign
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Auguste Mathieu (left), Bill Veck (from Chicago White Sox) and two other men pose with a boy holding a baseball bat in front of a sign for the Off-The-Street Club Annual Christmas Party Benefit.
Date:
December, 1959
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street Club campers with truck in wooded area
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Large group of day campers posing by an Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) truck in a wooded area.
Date:
c. 1950
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Boxer Andres Balderas with his Manager
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Boxer Andres Balderas posing with his manager.
Date:
1952
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Drawing Class
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A young girl poses with her arm upraised as other children seated at easels draw her, and an instructor looks on.
Date:
1915
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Woodworking in Manual Training Room
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Boy sawing a piece of wood in workshop of the Manual Training Room. Three other boys are working in background. Working in the Manual Training Room was a reward for good behavior.
Date:
c. 1920
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Children at a Thanksgiving meal
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Young boys and girls seated at two long dining tables for a Thanksgiving meal.
Date:
c. 1913
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys in the backyard of the Off-The-Street Club
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Six boys (in suits and caps) sitting on fence in backyard of Off-The-Street Club (OTSC). Sunflowers are growing along the fence.
Date:
1911
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Girl receives polio shot for "Safe on Third" rally
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Girl in scout uniform receives a polio shot from a man in suit, to promote the "Safe on Third" rally for the Infantile Paralysis Foundation. A priest, a man holding baseball bats, and other children are in the group.
Date:
April 19, 1957
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Children diving at new outdoor pool, Mark Twain Camp
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Children dive off the edge of a new outdoor pool at Mark Twain Camp at a signal from Executive Director Auguste Mathieu (at right). A crowd of invited guests seated on folding chairs looks on.
Date:
June 26, 1960
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street Club Baseball Team 1941
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The 1941 Off-The-Street Club Baseball Team, American League Champions for Chicago. Through understanding leadership, undesirable rivalry gives way to fair play and healthful recreation.
Date:
1941
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street-Club Summer Season flyer
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Off-The-Street-Club flyer announcing 1935 summer season programs. Includes dates of big athletic tournaments, and photos of the playground, baseball tournament winners, Boy Scout Troop 225, and the Harmonica Band.
Date:
1935
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street Club, 1000th Member
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Auguste Mathieu (right) shakes hands with the 1000th member of the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC).
Date:
c. 1940
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Game Room at camp
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Boys and girls reading and playing checkers in front of the fireplace in a game room at camp.
Date:
c. 1960
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Bicycling at summer camp
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Adolescent boys and girls on their bicycles under a sign for the Noah Van Cleef "1958" Trail at summer camp.
Date:
1958
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street-Club members appearing on Morris B. Sachs Amateur Hour
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Page from a booklet with photograph of a group of Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) members with musical instruments. From left to right they are: Nanci Venti, the two Lamb sisters, Mary Zick, Lawrence Laine, Frank Perrelli, Sam Racina, George Rico and Frank Alfano. The musicians performed on the Morris B. Sachs Amateur Hour on May 18, 1941 as a publicity event.
Date:
1941
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Halloween Performers
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Group of children in Halloween costumes posing by corn stalks.
Date:
1951
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Teenage girls and woman making Easter baskets
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Group of teenage girls with an older woman making Easter baskets with colored eggs in them.
Date:
1954
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys looking at a stamp collection
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Group of six boys looking at a stamp collection.
Date:
c. 1960
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Children in an Off-The-Street Club camp truck
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Group of children posing in a new Off-The-Street Club truck donated to transport campers.
Date:
July 7, 1947
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Girls on bunkbeds in camp cabin
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Girls seated on bunkbeds in a cabin at summer camp.
Date:
c. 1970
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys performing acrobatics at Christmas Benefit Party
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Boys in white shorts and tee-shirts perform acrobatics on a stage while musicians play behind them at a Christmas Benefit Party.
Date:
1958
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Teens listening to a young man speaking
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Group of teenagers, seated outdoors on logs, listen as a young man speaks.
Date:
1963
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Gypsy Children
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Gypsy boy and girl posing in room filled with plants and a parrot cage.
Date:
c. 1915
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Entering a building through a window
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Person climbing through a window opening to enter a building.
Date:
c.1910
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys serving spaghetti to community members
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Three young boys in chef's hats serve spaghetti from a large pot to three women while three teens with bread plate, pitcher, and dish stand behind them.
Date:
February 20, 1957
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Derby Car Race, Off-The-Street Club
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Two boys in soap box derby cars race outdoors while others watch.
Date:
June 1941
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street Club, Cub Scouts at Fire Station
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Boys from Den 2 Cub Scout Troop stand next to fire truck ladders during a visit to a fire station. One boy is climbing while a man holds the ladder.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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The Good Turn, Boy Scout Troop 225 newsletter
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"The Good Turn" newsletter published by Boy Scout Troop 225, which was the second troop to be formed in Chicago (in 1911). The newsletter included a block print by Scout Sylvester and a sampling of semaphore signals to learn.
Date:
January 26, 1931
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Thanksgiving Dinner flyer, Adventurers Club
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Flyer for a Thanksgiving Dinner served to needy children from the Chicago area, hosted by and held at The Adventurers Clubin downtown Chicago. The program included entertainment and volunteer club members could stay and eat dinner after the children, for a fee.
Date:
November 23, 1950
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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High School students distribute toys to Off-The-Street Club children
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Five New Trier High School students distribute donated toys to Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) children during a Christmas party.
Date:
c. 1960
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Children receiving presents from Colonel Mathieu
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Group of children receiving donated Christmas presents from Colonel Mathieu near Christmas Tree
Date:
December 1, 1962
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Young girls in costumes performing on stage
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Group of young girls in costumes performing onstage. They are all wearing large ruffled bonnets and holding homemade tambourines.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Auguste Mathieu bags fruit for Off-The-Street Club members
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Auguste Mathieu and two teens packing grocery bags with oranges donated for Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) members.
Date:
January 4, 1962
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street Club annual benefit flyer
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Flyer for the fifteenth annual benefit given by the Advertising Men of Chicago, a primary fundraising group for the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC). The benefit event featured a baseball game at White Sox Park and a stage show of comedy, music and a movie.
Date:
1918
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Picking toys at Christmas party
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Children choosing toys off a table at Christmas party.
Date:
1958
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Auguste Mathieu and children with bags of donated presents
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Auguste Mathieu standing with four children in a sea of National Food Store shopping bags containing donated Christmas presents.
Date:
December 1964
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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August Mathieu and two others outdoors with camera
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Photographer Auguste Mathieu and two others outdoors with a large format camera.
Date:
c. 1924
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Auguste Mathieu with certificate of appreciation
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Auguste Mathieu (right) accepts a framed certificate of appreciation declaring him "Mr. Off-The-Street-Club" presented by a man and a woman.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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