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Merman and his children from Hull-House production of "The Merman's Bride"

 

A merman, played by Hull-House Theatre performer and Alex Elson, surrounded by three children in a production of Hull-House Music School director Agnes Smith's cantata "The Merman's Bride" at Hull-House Auditorium

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Title:
Merman and his children from Hull-House production of "The Merman's Bride"
Date of Original:
1928
Identifier:
JAMC_0000_0351_3923.tif
Permalink:
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Notes:
Alex Elson was a member of Hull-House Players, and later became a lawyer and served on Hull-House Association's Board of Directors; the three children (two girls and a boy) are also in #0351_3922, with their characters' mother. This photo was used with white lines drawn on print #0351_4114 to represent being underwater in 1931 and 1933 Hull-House Yearbooks, both p. 29.


Rights:
Copyright not evaluated
Access:
Public access

Subject--Name
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
Smith, Eleanor, 1858-1942. The merman's bride
Elson, Alex, 1905-2008

Photographer:
Kirkland, Wallace

Form:
Photographs

Building Name:
Hull-House Gymnasium and Coffee House

Collection Information


Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Source Variant Name:
Jane Addams Memorial Collection
Series:
Series II: Hull House
Folder:
351
Repository:
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Geographic Information

Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)