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Teenagers outside Marcy Center next to oversize Bible
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Group of teenagers standing outside the Marcy Center next to an oversized replica of the Holy Bible, with the cover open to show an illustration.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Women in the Marcy Center Clinic Dispensary Waiting Room
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Large group of women waiting in the Marcy Center Clinic Dispensary waiting room.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teenage boy working on drill press in workroom
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Teenage boy working on project on drill press in workroom
Date:
1943
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Women and teenage girls working on sewing projects
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Two women and two teenage girls work on sewing projects with a Singer treadle sewing machine. One woman is trying on a skirt while a teen adjusts the hem.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Boys working in craft shop
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Boys working in craft shop with a man assisting.
Date:
October 1, 1956
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Boys in the game room
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Boys playing ping-pong and working on arts and crafts projects in the game room.
Date:
1945
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Harriet Seeds watering plants outside Marcy Center
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Harriet Seeds, House Mother, watering plants outside Marcy Center.
Date:
1932
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Vacation Bible School members outside Marcy Center
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Large group of Daily Vacation Bible School members and instructors gathered outside the Marcy Center.
Date:
1935
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teenagers holding basketball trophies
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Teenagers holding basketball trophies stand behind card tables with trophies on them.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Clean Up Corps, Marcy Center
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Group of young boys pose with buckets and mops outside Marcy Center, as part of the Clean Up Corps working on neighborhood beautification.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Boys climbing statue of Abraham Lincoln
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Group of boys from the the Marcy Center's Boys Club perching on the statue of Abraham Lincoln in Chicago's Lincoln Park. A man stands next to them at the base of the statue.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Young Latino children at the Marcy Center playground
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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.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Girls with doll in a cradle
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Group of seven girls with a doll in a cradle.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Woman and children waiting in the Marcy Center Clinic
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A group of children and a mother with a child seated next to her wait in the Marcy Center Clinic.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Boy with drum leading children in Marcy Center playground
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A young boy with a drum leads a group of small children through the Marcy Center playground with a teacher strolling behind. Children included in the picture are: Maurice Bright, drummer, Renee Damper and Irwin Clark, Kevin Howell, Bruce Doublas, and Anthony Blair.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Men with poster showing annual Marcy Center fundraising totals
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Three men standing next to a poster showing annual fundraising totals for the Marcy Center, with one man handing a check to another.
Date:
1967
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Adult Education class with Miss Peterson
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A man and woman receive instruction from Miss Peterson in an adult education class.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Mrs. Elizabeth Marcy
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Portrait of Elizabeth Marcy, one of the founders of Marcy Center, standing next to a table holding a book.
Date:
c. 1890
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
May Breakfast, 1962
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Six tables of volunteers and guests eating inside a decorated gymnasium at the 1962 May Breakfast, in honor of "Berta".
Date:
May 15, 1962
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nursery teacher Ramona Heindt with children at an easel
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Nursery teacher Ramona Heindt with two young children wearing aprons, one of whom is painting at an easel.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children playing shuffleboard on a sidewalk
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Children and teenagers playing shuffleboard on a sidewalk between brick buildings and a playground, with other children watching from behind a fence.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Original members of the Women's Home Missionary Society
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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.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Women in front of building in the snow
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Group of nine women wearing winter coats stand in front of a building in the snow.
Date:
c. 1925
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Newberry Center flyer
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One-page flyer describing the Newberry Center and its programs. Includes a map and drawing of the new center to be built on Maxwell Street near Blue Island Ave.
Date:
1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Firman House Preschool flyer
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Flyer with hand-drawn illustrations, providing registration dates and general information for the Firman House Preschool.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Anna Heistad with adults and children
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Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heistad with a group of adults and children.
Date:
circa 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
The Story of Marcy Center pamphlet
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Cover of "The Story of Marcy Center" pamphlet telling the history and purpose of Marcy Center. Written by Rosie Drexler, a young woman from the neighborhood. The cover photograph is of Rosie Drexler.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Adults taking notes in a class
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Four adults seated in classroom chairs taking notes. Another adult, probably a teacher, stands in front of them.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teenage girls rolling out dough in a kitchen
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Group of teenage girls rolling out dough in a kitchen.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teenage boys on a ramp outside a camp building
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Group of teenage and younger boys standing on a wooden ramp in front of a camp building.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teenagers practicing dance steps
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Four African American teen girls and a young man practice dance steps.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children and teenagers boarding a bus for a field trip
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Children and teenagers boarding a bus for a summer field trip.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Boys leaving for camp from Marcy Center
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Boys boarding open trucks outside the Marcy Center building on their way to camp.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teacher reading book to children
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Group of five African American students listen as a teacher reads to them from a picture book.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Young children at tables playing with toys
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Group of young children playing with puzzles and toy cooking utensils while seated around tables. Two women teachers are standing behind the children.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Dr. Lucinda Rita examining boy's ear, Marcy Center Clinic
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Dr. Lucinda Rita using an instrument to examine a young teen boy's ear during a school medical exam at the Marcy Center Clinic.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Costumed children in the "Pied Piper of Hamlin"
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Group of children cast in a production of the "Pied Piper of Hamlin" pose in costume on stage at the Rock River Conference Gymnasium in Marcy Center.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center volunteers and neighborhood residents
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Group of Marcy Center volunteers and neighborhood residents posing in the street.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Reading newsletter in adult education class
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Group in an adult education class reading and discussing a newsletter.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Medical clinic patients in waiting room with a nurse
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Three patients at the medical clinic speak with a nurse in the clinic's waiting room.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children playing on the Marcy Center playground
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Group of children wearing coats and hats play on the Marcy Center playground during kindergarten recess.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Young servicemen with Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted and Miss Campbell
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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.
Date:
c. 1916
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Crowd of men on Maxwell Street
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Large crowd of men on Maxwell Street.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Maxwell street crowd on Easter Sunday
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On the largely Jewish Maxwell Street, street peddlers and merchants line the street on Easter Sunday, with crowds gathered around them.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Market scene on Maxwell Street
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Market scene on Maxwell Street with vendors selling live poultry from makeshift stands (right foreground).
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Man grinding horseradish, Maxwell Street
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Man grinding horseradish in front of J. Goldberg's store on Maxwell Street, with customers watching.
Date:
July 10, 1921
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Jewish boys with push cart in the Maxwell Street market
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Three Jewish boys pose in front of their push cart on Maxwell Street, with adult shoppers and stores visible behind them.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children performing with Maypole at the Marcy Center
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Children and teenager performing around a Maypole with streamers in front of an audience in the playground area at the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1945
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children from the Marcy Center Nursery School
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Group portrait of a class of children at the Marcy Center Nursery School.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nurse taking the pulse of sick child in a clinic bed
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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.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access

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