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Pairs of attendees in a line at the 1941 Lilac Ball at the Stevens Hotel

 

Attendees at the 1941 Lilac Ball, a benefit for Hull-House at the Stevens Hotel (now the Hilton Chicago). They are lined up in eleven pairs; near the back of the line are an American flag, a band with a grand piano, and, high up on the wall, flowered letters reading JANE ADDAMS LILAC BALL

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Title:
Pairs of attendees in a line at the 1941 Lilac Ball at the Stevens Hotel
Date of Original:
1941-05-24
Identifier:
JAMC_0000_0335_3934.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3vd6pd32
Notes:
The Lilac Ball, sponsored by several Hull-House mothers' groups, was Hull-House's first racially integrated social dance event. The Stevens Hotel is now the Hilton Chicago.


Rights:
Copyright not evaluated
Access:
Public access

Subject--Name:
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)

Form:
Photographs

Building Name:
Hilton Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)

Collection Information


Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Source Variant Name:
Jane Addams Memorial Collection
Series:
Series II: Hull House
Folder:
335
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

Loop (Chicago, Ill.)