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Men in line at Hull-House post office
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Two men standing in line at the U.S. Post Office Station No. 10 in Hull-House; resident Elizabeth McManus, who ran the post office, is behind the gated window
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Men in line at Hull-House post office
Date of Original
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circa 1920s-1940s
Identifier
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JAMC_0000_0297_3603.tif
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https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3r20s49z
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Sign above the window reads "Original & Permanent location of Post Office contract; Station No. 10, founded Sept. 9th 1897 by Jane Addams". A stairway handrail leading down to the post office is visible in lower right corner. Postal station entrance was on Polk Street with the coffee shop's. "Miss McManus" was listed as running the post office with Miss LeFevre in the 1913 Hull-House Year book, and Elizabeth McManus was listed as running the post office with Winnifred McManus in the 1933 Hull-House Yearbook.
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Public access
Subject--Name
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
United States. Post Office Department.
McManus, Elizabeth
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Photographs
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Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Source Variant Name
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Jane Addams Memorial Collection
Series
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Series II: Hull House
Folder
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297
Repository
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type
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Manuscript Collections
Repository Location
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Richard J. Daley Library
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Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
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