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Young Latino children at the Marcy Center playground
Four young Latino children at the Marcy Center playground. They are students of the Marcy Center's playschool, and are identified (left to right) as Caroline, Anna, George, and Jorita.
1940
Girls with doll in a cradle
Group of seven girls with a doll in a cradle.
1910
Mrs. Elizabeth Marcy
Portrait of Elizabeth Marcy, one of the founders of Marcy Center, standing next to a table holding a book.
1890
Nursery teacher Ramona Heindt with children at an easel
Nursery teacher Ramona Heindt with two young children wearing aprons, one of whom is painting at an easel.
1955
Original members of the Women's Home Missionary Society
Original members of the Women's Home Missionary Society in front of a wooden building with laundry hanging in background. Those pictured include Sade Borman, Sarah Kaufman, Mrs. McElligott, Mrs. Freedman, Mrs. Feldman, and Etta Baum.
1915
Women nursing babies at Chicago Relief and Aid Society facility
Two women in long dresses hold a baby and pose near cribs. A sign on the exterior of the building reads: "Station for sick babies conducted by the Chicago Relief and Aid Society and the Visiting Nurse Association".
1920
Maxwell Street scene
Maxwell Street scene across from Kling's Sample Millenary Store and other venders
1948
Nursery Playgroup graduation
Director Mary Hata and teacher Belle Whitselle watch the Nursery Playgroup graduation.
1950
Children holding brooms and cleanup signs at Henry Booth House
Group of children and others in front of Henry Booth House, holding brooms and handmade posters about neighborhood cleanup.
1950
Teenagers crossing a stream in the woods
A group of teenagers uses a fallen log to cross a creek in a wooded area.
1950
Leadership Seminar participant presenting on stage
A Leadership Seminar participant presents on stage as others listen at a table behind her.
1954
Teenage girl miming a frightened response to actor in bird costume
Teenage girl wearing a paper crown mimes a frightened response to another actor in a bird costume.
1950
Actors preparing for a performance
Costumed actors prepare for a performance in a basement-like area filled with graffiti. A man applies makeup to a girl dressed as a cat while a woman assists a teen with her costume.
1950
Toddlers playing in a wheeled cart
Toddler boy climbing into a wheeled cart to play with two others.
1959
Boys seated at a dinner table
A group of boys seated at a dinner table. Some have plates of food in front of them.
1950
Boys and young men with basketball trophies
A large group of boys and young men, several holding basketball trophies.
1950
Boys leaving for camp from Marcy Center
Boys boarding open trucks outside the Marcy Center building on their way to camp.
1910
Young children at tables playing with toys
Group of young children playing with puzzles and toy cooking utensils while seated around tables. Two women teachers are standing behind the children.
1950
Young servicemen with Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted and Miss Campbell
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.
1916
Children performing with Maypole at the Marcy Center
Children and teenager performing around a Maypole with streamers in front of an audience in the playground area at the Marcy Center.
1945
Children from the Marcy Center Nursery School
Group portrait of a class of children at the Marcy Center Nursery School.
1960
Nurse taking the pulse of sick child in a clinic bed
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.
1938
Boys in basement gymnasium
A large group of boys, many with dirty clothes and faces, posing in a basement gymnasium.
1910
Maxwell Street market scene
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.
1900
Large group of children outside Henry Booth House
Large group of children standing outside Henry Booth House.
1930
Mexican children with a piñata and two men
Large group of Mexican children posing with two men. The man at the right holds a rope attached to a piñata suspended overhead.
1938
Teacher and children in garden
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.
1941
Children walking with clean-up signs on street
Children walking outside on neighborhood streets carrying shovels, a broom, and clean-up signs.
1949
Children playing in concrete pipe segments in a play area
Children playing in concrete drainage pipe segments in a fenced outdoor play area.
1950
Teenagers playing ping-pong outside a building
Teenagers playing ping-pong outside a building.
1950
Adults and a child wearing traditional ethnic clothing
Six adults and a child standing outside in traditional ethnic clothing.
1920
Boys in front of Marcy Center
Group of boys standing on a corner next to the three story brick building built in 1896 to house the Marcy Center.
1900
Anna Heisted with children
Anna Heisted and a group of children standing on the sidewalk outside a building.
1920
Nursery Parents Christmas Party
Nine African American women wearing party dresses and Christmas themed name tags at a Nursery Parents Christmas party.
1957
Nurses examining babies in a dispensary
Two seated nurses examine a baby in a dispensary (probably Marcy Center Dispensary). Two women standing behind them also hold babies.
1920
Costumed adults enacting Christmas nativity scene
Five adults in costumes enacting a Christmas nativity scene with the three wise men bearing gifts.
1934
Women in costumes dancing on stage
Four women dressed in costumes with flowers in their hair dancing onstage.
1920
Children and adults dressed in Mexican clothing dancing
Two children and two adults dressed in Mexican traditional clothing dance onstage, accompanied by two musicians playing guitars.
1937
Boys saluting with softball equipment
Ten boys dressed in warm clothes saluting and holding softball equipment.
1937
Youths in front of Henry Booth House
Group of young people in front of Henry Booth House.
1940
Woman and young children on a sidewalk
A woman with a group of small children on a sidewalk.
1940
Manual Training class projects, Henry Booth House
Manual Training class projects from Henry Booth House displayed on a table.
1937
Boys working in woodshop
Six boys working in woodshop on individual projects.
1940
Campers in front of Rose Inn, Lincoln Center Camp
Four girl campers pose on the stairs in front of Rose Inn at Lincoln Center Camp.
1946
Adults displaying checks
Group of women and men holding checks in a fan-shape.
1949
Children playing on swings
Children playing on swings in a fenced play area. Neighborhood buildings are visible behind them.
1950
Christmas party with girls singing
Group of children and teenagers seated at tables during a Christmas party, while a group of girls holding candles sings.
1951
Teenagers and children at an indoor event
A group of African American teenagers and children socializing at an indoor event.
1953
Woman with a vendor's cart on Maxwell Street
A smiling woman with her vendor's cart on Maxwell Street.
1920
Henry Booth House flyer
Flyer for Henry Booth House with photograph of Henry Booth House doorway and five photographs of activities. Includes short list of activities.
1950

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