Views concerning a charitable social service organization founded in 1860 as the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum, and known informally as the Chapin Hall for Children, to provide day-care services for working mothers and eventually served as an orphanage. Primarily shows children participating in holiday celebrations, birthday parties, talent shows, picnics, dancing, gardening, and graduation programs. Includes many informal portraits
Dates: 1918-1982, bulk 1930-1973 | Extent: 220 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 208 photographic prints : col. ; 16 x 21 cm. (6 x 8 in.) or smaller.; 3 albums (121 photographic prints) : few col. ; 31 x 25.5 cm. (12 x 10 in.) or smaller.; 1 negative : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in.; 3 folders of transparencies : slide, col. ; 35 mm.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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Photographic material documenting activities of the Chicago Commons Association settlement houses in the Near West Side of Chicago (Ill.). Includes views of activities for adults, children, teenagers, and senior citizens, such as handicraft, educational, vocational, and social activities. Also includes scenes relating to nutrition, physical fitness and sports for children and teenagers; children's summer camp (ca. 1920-1969); portraits of various
Dates: 1896-1969 | Extent: 939 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller; 3 albums (ca. 600 photographic prints plus ephemera) ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller; 5 photomechanical prints ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller; 25 photographic prints : col., snapshots ; 9 x 14 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.) or smaller; 13 negatives : col. ; 35 mm.; 12 transparencies : lantern slide ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller; 2 transparencies : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.; 34 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller; 25 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.) or smaller; 1 folder of non-graphic material
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Visual materials from the office of the Federation News, owned and controlled by the CFL-IUC, the federation of unions in Chicago. Subjects include members and leaders, conventions and banquets, international events, interiors of their radio station WCFL, and their members participation in community affairs. Large oversize color photographs show the St. Patrick's Day parade (ca. 1970s) and a composite group
Dates: 1914-1984 | Extent: 4,568 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 5 albums (176 photographic prints) : b&w, col. ; 26 x 31 cm. (10 x 12 in.) or smaller.; 37 photographic prints : col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 2 photographic prints : col. ; 24 x 36 in. or smaller.; 3,468 negatives : b&w ; 70 mm. or smaller.; 117 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 40 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 18 x 28 cm. (7 x 11 in.); 3 reels of 3 ; 16 mm.; 1 transparency : col. ; 8 x 10 in.; 1 photograph : cabinet card ; 17 x 11 cm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.); 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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Primarily photoprints of Afro-Americans collected during Barnett's career as founder and director of the Chicago-based Associated Negro Press (1919-1964), some images photographed by Gordon Parks. Includes Black events and significant personalities in diverse fields supplied to the ANP for distribution to Black newspapers, 1920s-1960s; his topical interests (higher education, agriculture, entrepreneurship, entertainment, medicine, politics, civil rights, sports, armed forces, and
Dates: 1890-1969, | Extent: 1879 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 5 albums (containing 500 photographic prints) ; 8 x 10 in.; ca. 75 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 47 x 32 cm (23 1/2 x 16 in.) or smaller.; 14 photomechanical prints : broadside, few col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 7 photomechanical prints : envelope, col. ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.; 14 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.; 5 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.; 4 negatives : col. ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.; 17 broadsides ; large format.
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Images of the congregation, students, and choir, interior and exterior views of the buildings, and various church ceremonies and events. The collection also includes photographs of Dr. Jitsuo Morikawa, who became minister in 1943, and other ministers from the 20th century, as well as a child's handmade album, a scrapbook from 1946 of a youth fellowship program, and collages of
Dates: ca 1900-1970s | Extent: 266 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 47 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 1 collage (10 photographic prints) : b&w ; 14 x 19 in.; 1 collage (2 photographic print) : b&w, col. ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.; 1 collage (5 newsprint clippings) ; 8 1/2 x 11 in; 8 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 4 x 3 in. and smaller.; 1 album (65 photographic prints) : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 1 album (5 photographic prints) : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.; 1 panoramic photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 18 in.; 41 negatives : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.; 2 negative strips : b&w ; 120 mm.; 20 negative strips : col. ; 35 mm.; 3 photolithographic transparencies : b&w ; 11 x 14 in.
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