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Clearing land around a dormitory, Mark Twain Adventure Camp
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Girl chopping large branches with an axe outside a dormitory at Mark Twain Adventure Camp.
Date:
1945
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Boy playing French horn with instructor looking on
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A young boy plays the French horn with an instructor pointing out his place on sheet music, while another boy looks on.
Date:
c. 1915
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Lynch Family in Their Home
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Woman scrubbing laundry at a washboard with three children behind her. A boy at right is eating at a table.
Date:
c. 1915
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Gypsy Girls
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Two girls in ethnic dress posing in a room with potted plants at the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC).
Date:
c. 1915
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Children in the Game Room
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Girl in rocking chair surrounded by other children in a room with bookcases and stuffed birds in glass cases. Two of the children are blowing up balloons.
Date:
c. 1920
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Girl being fitted for boots in a supply storeroom
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Girl being fitted for boots in a storeroom where second-hand clothing was distributed to the poor.
Date:
c. 1915
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Kohn Family children at Off-The-Street Club
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Four children including small boy standing on ladder in interior of Off-The-Street Club (OTSC).
Date:
c. 1920
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Off-The-Street Club records

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Two girls with flowers inside room
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Two girls, one standing with a basket of flowers and another seated with flowers in her lap, pose in front of a painted backdrop of trees.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Jumping into the Pool
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Group of girls and boys jumping into an outdoor swimming pool.
Date:
July 4, 1965
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys with baseball gloves to promote "Safe on Third" rally
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Group of boys with Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) t-shirts and baseball gloves pose with three men in suits to promote the "Safe on Third" rally for the Infantile Paralysis Foundation.
Date:
April 1957
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Children in a lunch line
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Children standing in a lunch line behind girl putting a condiment on her hot dog.
Date:
October 24, 1956
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Teen Age Street Dance
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Teenagers and children dancing outdoors on a city street.
Date:
May 30, 1955
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street Club flyer
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Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) flyer with photographs of exterior of club building at 1346 W. Van Buren Street, the OTSC Band, children being served Thanksgiving dinner at two dining room tables, and an unidentified man.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Camping Program, Off-The-Street Club
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Chart and listing of activities for Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) day and overnight camping.
Date:
1954
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Public access
Boys' Club Week billboard, Off-The-Street Club
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View of an Off-The-Street-Club billboard for Boys' Club week. Across the bottom is the slogan "Building the Citizens of Tomorrow".
Date:
1954
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Cooking over a campfire
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Boys building a campfire and cooking in a skillet at outdoor camp.
Date:
c. 1925
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Baton twirlers performing at Amateur Hour
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Three female baton twirlers performing on stage at Amateur Hour.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Merrill Miegs greeting children on wing of airplane
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Merrill Miegs greets a young girl and boy, standing on the wing of a small propeller airplane.
Date:
July 18, 1962
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys studying rocks with Colonel Mathieu
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Group of boys studying rocks with Colonel Mathieu.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Boys baking rolls in a cooking class
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Two boys, both wearing 4-H Club award ribbons on their shirts, bake rolls as part of a cooking class. A man standing between them displays a pan of baked rolls.
Date:
June 1960
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Children in ballet class with instructor
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Children practicing ballet in a class, under the instruction of a young female teacher.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Group of day campers next to truck
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Large group of children and teenagers, and young women wearing "Off The Street Club" t-shirts pose outdoors around a truck after a day trip to a forest preserve.
Date:
1941
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Teenage girls sledding and skating on a pond at Mark Twain Camp
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Teenage girls and young women sledding and skating on Golf Course pond adjacent to Mark Twain Camp.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Watching swimmers in pool, Mark Twain Camp
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Adults and children watching swimmers in the outdoor pool at Mark Twain Camp through a chain link fence.
Date:
c. 1960s
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Group of children boarding a bus at camp
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Group of African American children boarding a school bus to go home from camp.
Date:
1979
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Biking at Mark Twain Camp
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Children biking near a large number of bicycles in a rack. Biking was one of the activities at Mark Twain Camp.
Date:
c. 1970
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Campers with their luggage at camp
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Group of young campers sitting outdoors with their luggage at camp.
Date:
1979
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Children in playground behind Off-The-Street Club
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Large group of children with teacher in a playground area behind the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC).
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Public access
Girls working on hand-sewing projects
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Group of girls working on hand-sewing projects.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Story Hour in the Kindergarten
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Children in a kindergarten seated on small chairs listen as a woman reads a story to them.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Mothers Club members with Thanksgiving sign
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Group of seven Mothers Club members and one man with a sign for a Thanksgiving celebration.
Date:
c. 1956
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Off-The-Street Club organizational chart flyer
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Flyer with organizational chart describing structure of the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) and the programs it offers. Includes a drawing of OTSC entrance.
Date:
c.1940
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

Access:
Public access
National and local organizational memberships, Off-The-Street Club
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Flyer showing national and local organizations to which the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) belongs. A photograph of the Off-The-Street Club building is included.
Date:
c. 1940
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
Collection:

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
Collection:

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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Public access
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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Public access
Picking toys at Christmas party
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Children choosing toys off a table at Christmas party.
Date:
1958
Collection:

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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Group at a Masquerade Party
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Large group of children and teenagers posing in costumes at a masquerade party.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Boy looking at a Natural History display case
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Boy in tattered clothes leans on a ladder while looking at a Natural History display case.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Children in front of the Off-The-Street Club building
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Large group of children gathered on the sidewalk, front steps and window ledges in front of the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) building.
Date:
c. 1925
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

Access:
Public access
Story telling class under Miss Lilly Riley
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Standing girl reading a story to group of seated girls in Miss Lilly Riley's story telling class.
Date:
c. 1920s
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Roasting Marshmallows
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Children sitting on a log eating marshmallows roasted on sticks.
Date:
1958
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

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Peeling Potatoes at camp
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Three boys sitting on the ground and peeling potatoes at summer camp.
Date:
1949
Collection:

Off-The-Street Club records

Access:
Public access

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