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Children playing on a slide with a woman assisting
Young children playing on a slide in an outdoor playground as a woman assists them.
1960

Hyde Park townhouses
View of landscaped area at the rear of townhouses located on the south side of East 55th Street just east of South Kenwood Avenue.
1967

Museum of Science and Industry
View of the Museum of Science and Industry from the south, including part of the North Pond.
1978


University Apartments, Hyde Park
View of the University Apartments located at 1451 East 55th Street, showing the two 10-story towers and a playground area.
1971

Summer programming for Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Newsletter providing details of summer programs offered by the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club.
1969

Kenwood Community Study Center flyer
In 1962, the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club opened the first study center for grade school children in the city of Chicago. They opened this second location in 1963 at the First Baptist Church at 5039 S. Greenwood Avenue. It provided tutoring and homework help for neighborhood children.
1963

Woman reading in chair at art exhibition
Woman at an art exhibition reading in a chair shaped like a human figure.
1962

Campers making bamboo fishing poles
Campers and camp counselor making bamboo fishing poles.
1962

Distributing hats at Hyde Park Neighborhood Club booth
A man and woman at an outdoor booth from Hyde Park Neighborhood Club hand out 'san pan' hats to children and adults gathering nearby.
1958

Women making pancakes on a griddle
Two women stand behind a griddle flipping pancakes as a teenage boy watches.
1960

Using card catalog in Kenwood Study Center
An African American woman helps an African American boy use a card catalog at HPNC's Kenwood Study Center.
1960

Teenage boys with a car
Two teenage boys next to a car. One is putting air in the tires, while the other leans against the car smoking a cigarette.
1960

Young men around a car with the hood open
Seven young men posing around a car in a garage with the hood open. They are part of a club headed up by Albert Garleck. A small sign attached to a post at left reads "Members Only".
1960

Boys playing on a small crib on wheels, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Three boys playing on a small crib on wheels at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (HPNC) indoor tot lot.
1959

Young boy standing atop a slide
Young boy standing atop a slide at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club's (HPNC) tot lot.
1960

Frei Otto exhibit, Museum of Science and Industry
Exhibition of the work of German architect Frei Otto, installed on the grounds outside the Museum of Science and Industry.
1972

University Park Apartments, Hyde Park
View looking east along East 55th Street, at the two buildings comprising the then newly-built University Park Apartments (1451 East 55th Street).
1967

Pioneer Co-op apartments
View showing the entrance area and balconies of the Pioneer Co-op apartments at 5427-5437 South Dorchester Avenue. The logo for the co-op movement, two triangle-shaped trees in a circle, is visible on the wall of the building at the far left.
1976

Museum of Science and Industry
View of the Museum of Science and Industry and North Pond in Jackson Park.
1980

Community activities, 1972 (Folder 603)
Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Mayor Richard J. Daley's campaign for a cleaner Chicago reached out to students in Chicago's schools and made them part of the Junior Citizen's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago. 1972 community activities at: John Addams, Annunciata, Bethlehem Lutheran, Orville T. Bright; Grissom; St. Francis de Paula; St. Francis de Sales, and George Washington schools; Armour, Hurley, Nativity of Our Lord, Queen of the Universe schools; Bradwell, Faulkner, Horace Mann, Our Lady of Peace, and St. Bride schools; Joseph Brennemann, Andrew Carnegie, William C. Goudy, Isabelle O'Keefe, St. Cyril, and George B. Swift schools; Bryn Mawr School; Kate S. Buckingham; Charles P. Caldwell, Amelia Earhart, Thomas Hoyne, Mary E. McDowell, St. Aible, St. Bronislava, Thomas Warren schools; Andrew Carnegie School; Henry Clay and St. Columba schools; John N. Eberhart and St. Nicholas of Tolentine schools; Emmanuel Lutheran, Immaculate Conception, Luella, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Mary Magdalene, Sts. Peter and Paul, Philip H. Sheridan, and William K. Sullivan schools; Matthew S. Gallistel; John L. Marsh; Sacred Heart; St. George, St. Joseph and St. Kevin schools; John Hancock, Francis McKay and St. Adrian schools; Edward N. Hurley and Queen of the Universe schools; Richard Lee, Louis Pasteur, St. Mary Star of the Sea, and St. Turibus schools; Parkside, St. Thomas Apostle and Walter Scott schools; Nativity BVM, Ferdinand W. Peck and Tonti schools; St. Barnabas School and S. California and 74th St.; St. Barnabas; John D. Schoop and Sutherland schools; St. Tarsusis School
1972

University Apartments, Hyde Park
View of the University Apartments located at 1451 East 55th Street, showing the two 10-story towers with a plaza between them.
1971

Junior Citizen's Committee: Parkside School through Reinberg School (Folder 586)
Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Mayor Richard J. Daley's campaign for a cleaner Chicago reached out to students in Chicago's schools and made them part of the Junior Citizen's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago. 8 x 10 group portraits of students, teachers and administrators feature prominently in Series VI. Schools covered: Parkside School (1/14/64, 3/25/65, 4/4/66); Perry School (4/23/64); John Pirie School (4/21/64, 2/9/65, 2/25/66); Pullman School (5/7/64); Ray School (4/21/66); Reinberg School (4/2/65)
1964

Boys feeding hay to an elephant
Four boys feed hay to an elephant in a circus truck.
1960

Boys playing ball game in gymnasium
Boys playing a ball game in a gymnasium as part of a Fall Teen Program.
1965

Chinese Painting demonstration
Asian man demonstrates painting Chinese characters and bamboo on an easel in front of an audience. A woman dressed in a kimono stands at left.
1965

Adult pottery class
Men and women seated at a long table work on pottery while teacher leans over to help.
1965

Mayor Daley presenting Volunteer of the Year award to Mrs. H.C. Harlan
Mayor Richard J. Daley and Mrs. Beadle presenting the 1963 Volunteer of the Year award to Mrs. H.C. Harlan, who is holding a large bouquet of flowers.
1963

Young men with a garden tilling machine in job-training program
A group of mostly African American young men examine a garden tilling machine at a Hyde Park Neighborhood Club job-training program.
1963

Group of boys playing marbles
Group of boys crouched on the grass on a roadside parkway, perhaps playing marbles.
1965

Boys playing Texas checkers in a playground
Group of children playing outdoors in a fenced play are. Two boys in the foreground play a game of oversized "Texas checkers", with a third boy watching.
1960

Boys playing a game on a streetside parkway
A group of eight boys kneeling and sitting in the grass on a streetside parkway while playing a game of marbles.
1960

People outside the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Group of boys and a group of adults with a baby and stroller standing outside the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club building.
1960

Boy using hand sander
African American teenage boy using a hand sander on the edge of a table with another man looking on as part of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club's (HPNC) vocational training program.
1955

Young men talking with Hyde Park Neighborhood Club volunteers
Group of five young men wearing jackets with "Chicago Gamblers" patches seated at a table talking with Hyde Park Neighborhood Club volunteers.
1960

Women preparing snacks, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club kitchen
Six women preparing snacks in the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club kitchen (possibly a cooking class?).
1960

Teenage boys seated around a table listening to a man
Teenage boys seated around a table with a man talking to them.
1960

Young girl playing with a toy stove
A young girl playing with a toy stove.
1960

Mothers and children in a neighborhood play lot
Mothers and children playing on a slide and swing set in a neighborhood play lot.
1960

Young man helping two children performing gymnastics
Young man helping two children performing gymnastics, as one of them is hanging upside down from his knees.
1960

Children playing on a see-saw with women watching
Three women watching over five children inside a gymnasium, some of whom are playing on a see-saw.
1960

Hyde Park Neighborhood Center building
Exterior view of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Center building at 5480 S. Kenwood Avenue, which hosts many HPNC activities.
1960

Boys playing on a slide, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Two young boys playing on a small slide at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, as a woman watches them.
1960