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Boys' Woodwork Group at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Group of boys at a woodworking session in the basement shop at Neighborhood House, with boys posing with various tools and planks of wood. In the far backg...
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Christmas Play at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Performers lined up on the stage in "The Toy Shop," a Christmas play, with a Santa figure, a boy in harlequin dress, two boys in military uniforms, girls i...
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Demonstrating Infant Care at Neighborhood House

Date: 1929
Description: View of a woman standing at a table demonstrating infant care (swaddling?) using a baby doll to five women and two children who are sitting in chairs facin...
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Neighborhood House Boys Club Woodworking

Date: 1926
Description: Group of boys working on various woodworking projects: sawing, hammering, and marking. A man in a shirt and tie is talking to one of the boys in the backgr...
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Mosaic

Date: 1930
Description: A close-up view of a mosaic with vivid geometric patterns, possibly in Constantine, Algeria.
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Display of Canned Vegetables

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Description: Canned vegetables are displayed on a table, with signs and illustrations hanging on the wall behind. One sign includes the text: "Canning Clubs 1913, South...
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Group of People in Three Horse-Drawn Wagons

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Description: View towards men, women and children in three horse-drawn wagons on a dirt road in front of what may be a schoolhouse. There is a bell tower on the buildin...
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Studio Portrait of Boy with Accordion

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a smiling boy posing while holding an accordion. The name on the accordion reads: "Serenelli-Ruatta,...
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Girl Sitting at Piano

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Description: A girl is sitting at a piano. A sign on the piano reads: "Cook County School-Home Project — Music." Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Students at Work in Chicago

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Description: Students are working at the Chicago School of Painting and Decorating. Lantern slide.
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Carmen Dillon

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Description: Art Director Carmen Dillon and an unidentified man are viewing the construction of one of the sets from the 1948 film "Hamlet." Another unidentified man is...
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Two Men Standing Indoors

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Description: Two men are standing indoors, one man on the left and the other on the right. In the center is a vintage hand crank phonograph. A sign hanging on the back ...
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Two Blacksmiths

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Description: Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hu...
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H.S. Allen

Date: 1865
Description: Portrait of Hiram Stores Allen, a businessman and settler in the Chippewa Valley. In 1856 he surveyed and plotted the town of Chippewa Falls, for which rea...

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