Reading Photographs
Children painting in a Hull House art class, 1924.
“Spinning Flax into Thread,” one of the many steps involved in weaving, at a manual arts class at the Chicago Normal School in the early 1900s.
This Italian American travel agency featured signage in both Italian and English and offered trips to Naples, Italy, among other destinations.
Newsboy next to a paper stand on an unidentified commercial street, c. 1904.
Members of the Chicago Boys Club next to a display of baskets and woodworking projects, c. 1907.
The Carsello Family of Miller Street poses for a photograph in their home in their Italian Near West Side neighborhood, c. 1915.
1901 South Prairie Avenue, c. 1883, a residence in the wealthy Prairie Avenue neighborhood.
Interior of an immigrant home, c. 1898.
Kids playing leapfrog in a slum alley.
Three young immigrant boys at Hull House, c. 1920.
“Spinning Flax into Thread,” one of the many steps involved in weaving, at a manual arts class at the Chicago Normal School in the early 1900s.
This Italian American travel agency featured signage in both Italian and English and offered trips to Naples, Italy, among other destinations.
Newsboy next to a paper stand on an unidentified commercial street, c. 1904.
Members of the Chicago Boys Club next to a display of baskets and woodworking projects, c. 1907.
The Carsello Family of Miller Street poses for a photograph in their home in their Italian Near West Side neighborhood, c. 1915.
1901 South Prairie Avenue, c. 1883, a residence in the wealthy Prairie Avenue neighborhood.
Interior of an immigrant home, c. 1898.
Kids playing leapfrog in a slum alley.
Three young immigrant boys at Hull House, c. 1920.
