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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
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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
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Chart of activities for Camp Paul Bunyan
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Chart of Activities, Swimming Tests, and Quests from page 22 of a hand-written and mimeographed booklet on Camp Paul Bunyan. The booklet was written by the leader and Girl Scouts of Troop #246 of Marcy Center about their weeklong stay at camp.
Date:
c. 1935
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center Clinic Service form for February 1941
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Front side of Clinic Service form for month of February, 1941 at Marcy Clinic. Shows number of patients that visited and breakdown of types of service provided. Form was published by the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor.
Date:
February 1, 1941
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Girls in playground at Marcy Center
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Group of girls and one boy in the playground area of Marcy Center, with a teacher standing at right.
Date:
March 1, 1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Doctor examining a young boy
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Doctor looking into the mouth of a young African American boy during a medical examination.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Women working on sewing projects
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Group of African American women working on sewing projects with patterns.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Young boys sparring in boxing gloves
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Two young boys in boxing gloves sparring in the playground area outside Marcy Center, as an instructor referees and other children look on.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Woman and children in front of Marcy Center building
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Woman and an African American boy and girl standing in front of the entrance to the Marcy Center building.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Boys in front of Marcy Center
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Group of boys standing on a corner next to the three story brick building built in 1896 to house the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Anna Heisted with children
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Anna Heisted and a group of children standing on the sidewalk outside a building.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Children at table for snack time
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Group of children seated around a small table for snack time, likely saying grace. Each child has a cup of milk.
Date:
1948
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nurse examining head of young boy, Marcy Center Clinic
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Nurse using ultraviolet light to examine the head of a young boy in the Marcy Center Clinic, probably checking for ringworm.
Date:
1934
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted giving a speech
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Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted giving a speech.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Group of African American women and a man
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Group of African American women surround a man presenting a piece of paper to one of the women.
Date:
c. 1945
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children and adults playing games at the Marcy Community Club
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Children and adults playing ping pong, chess, and doing craft projects at the Marcy Community Club.
Date:
c. 1935
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nursery Parents Christmas Party
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Nine African American women wearing party dresses and Christmas themed name tags at a Nursery Parents Christmas party.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nurses examining babies in a dispensary
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Two seated nurses examine a baby in a dispensary (probably Marcy Center Dispensary). Two women standing behind them also hold babies.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Safety First card, Marcy Center
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Card listing 16 safety suggestions given by boys and girls of the Marcy Center Daily Vacation Bible School.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Hand-made Christmas card sent to Marcy Center
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View of the inside of a hand-drawn and colored Christmas card sent as thank-you to Marcy Center from Sarah F. Overby, a former member.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children lined up for a race in Marcy Center playground
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Children lined up for a race in the playground area of Marcy Center.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center Kindergarten Graduation 1939
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Group portrait of Marcy Center kindergarten graduation group.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Members of Vacation Bible School in Marcy Center playground
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Members of Vacation Bible School in the playground outside Marcy Center. Anna Heistad is in the rear near a fence.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Library Time
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Girl being helped by a teen girl staffing the desk at the Marcy Center library.
Date:
April 9, 1959
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Liz Snyder, sewing class teacher, sewing
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Liz Snyder, sewing class teacher, sewing on a Singer sewing machine.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Girls working on hand sewing projects
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Girls seated on chairs working on hand sewing projects for a class.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Boys holding chin-ups in the Marcy Center playground
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Two boys holding chin-ups in the Marcy Center playground during a Track Meet event held August 17-21, 1942.
Date:
August 1, 1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Group of young children on a wooden play structure
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Group of young children, probably a kindergarten class, on a wooden play structure.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Members of Community Club working on flower crafts
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Women members of the Community Club work on flower crafts around a rectangular table.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Group of children and adults outside a building
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Group of children and adults standing outside a brick building. Two boys are holding American flags.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children presenting "Log of Good Fellowship" guest books to visitors
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Two children present guest books to two visiting children standing on the steps of an airplane. The covers of the books read"Log of Good Fellowship - Guest of Marcy Center - 1952, Chicago Illinois".
Date:
1952
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children's Choir at Marcy Chapel
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A children's choir sings at the front of the Marcy Chapel.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Chapel scene
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A woman speaks from a podium to a group of children and adults seated in the Marcy Chapel.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Graduating children with caps and diplomas
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Group of graduating children from the Marcy Newberry Center wearing caps and holding diplomas.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
American Indians selling beads on Maxwell Street
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Two American Indians dressed in headdresses selling beads on Maxwell Street with onlookers visible in background.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center Woodshop students
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Large group of boys and girls pose around worktables at the Marcy Center Woodshop, for which the head instructor is Al Addimando.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Women and children on back stairs of building
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Group of women and children standing on the back stairs of a building.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Woman with a vendor's cart on Maxwell Street
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A smiling woman with her vendor's cart on Maxwell Street.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children on playground at Marcy Center
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Group of girls and one boy in the playground area of Marcy Center, with an adult woman standing at right.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
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
Access:
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
Access:
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
Access:
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
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
Public access

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