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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
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Access:
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
Access:
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
Access:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Fundraising flyer for Marcy Center
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Fundraising flyer for Marcy Center signed by Director Hazzard F. Parks. The drawings and text describe the programs associated with the fundraising theme "The Lighted Windows".
Date:
May 31, 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Service in the Marcy Center Chapel
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Group of children with hymn books stand behind the altar railing during a service in the Marcy Center Chapel, while others are seated in the pews.
Date:
1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Dedication ceremony for the new Marcy Center Building
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Large group of people including Superintendent Anna Heisted at the dedication ceremony for the new Marcy Center Building. The cornerstone is being lowered by a winch with Will Kaufman visible in the crowd.
Date:
1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Boys playing basketball at Marcy Center gymnasium
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Group of boys playing a game of basketball at the Marcy Center gymnasium.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children on teeter-totters in Marcy Center playground
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Children playing on teeter-totters in the Marcy Center playground. A teacher is standing behind the group, and neighborhood homes are visible in the background.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Boys playing basketball in a gymnasium, Marcy Center
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Group of six African American boys playing a game of basketball in a gymnasium at Marcy Center.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Members of "The Wanderers" from the Marcy Center's Boys Club
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Members of "The Wanderers" from the Marcy Center's Boys Club posing outside with neighborhood buildings visible behind them.
Date:
c. 1932
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center Choralettes under sign for Sears "Y" Cup Race
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Members of Marcy Center Choralettes wearing choir robes stand under a sign for the Sears "Y" Cup Race. Pictured left to right are Lila Goldstein, Mary Hardy, Ollie Hatchett, Wilma Harpis, director Mrs. Annie M Robinson, Rosalyn House, Loris Blue, Alice Haskins, Yvonne Redditt, and Sharon Kindred.
Date:
May 1, 1963
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Kindergarten Play, Marcy Center
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In the Marcy Center playground, a group of children stand holding hands in a circle with kindergarten teachers while a group of seated adults looks on.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access

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