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Members of the Marionettes performing Sabine Women in the Hull-House Auditorium

 

Members of the Marionettes performing Sabine Women in the Hull-House Auditorium in Roman costumes - seven men in togas on the left, seven women in the center, and seven actors dressed as scholars on the right, with props including a large stack of oversized books

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Title:
Members of the Marionettes performing Sabine Women in the Hull-House Auditorium
Date of Original:
circa 1922
Identifier:
JAMC_0000_0350_4100.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3xg9fk69
Notes:
The Marionettes were led by Hull-House resident Edith de Nancrede. Behind the actors is a backdrop with several hills of Rome labeled. Above the stage is the Alexander Pope quote "Act well your part. There all the honour lies." On the left and right is a painted proscenium with the words "History repeats itself" (left) and "The history of the world" (right)


Rights:
Copyright not evaluated
Access:
Public access

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

Photographer:
Pierce, Earl

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:
350
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.)