Woman's City Club of Chicago photograph collection, 1919-1924.

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  • Collection ID 1986.0597
  • Creator Names Woman's City Club of Chicago (Ill.)
  • Title Woman's City Club of Chicago photograph collection [graphic].
  • Dates 1919-1924.
  • Physical description
    • 104 transparencies : lantern slide ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
    • 12 photographic prints : b&w ; 14 x 21 cm. (5 1/4 x 8 in.)
    • 12 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions To consult lantern slides in the Research Center it is necessary to make an advance appointment (email: Research@chicagohistory.org ).
  • Collection summary Lantern slide program showing various civic activities of the Woman's City Club. Included are: improving housing conditions, beach improvements, sewege treatment, and aid to Polish refugees after WWI. Subjects include contrasting tenement and well kept housing, dirty alleys and vacant lots, loading debris from rivers and lake front onto scows, sewage treatment works, people at bathing beaches and the condition of Polish refugees. Also interior views of various rooms inside the Club building. Some lantern slides have copy negative and prints which are noted on the container list.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include folders in the Image file, Topics: "Organizations--Clubs (Illinois - Chicago) Woman's City Club of Chicago"; and the Woman's City Club of Chicago records.
  • Finding Aids Note Container list available (1986-597).
  • Acquisition information Gift of Woman's City Club of Chicago, 1961, 1966 (1986.0597).
  • Names Woman's City Club of Chicago (Ill.) Photographs.
  • Subjects
    • Charitable organizations Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
    • Women Illinois Chicago Societies and clubs 1920-1929.
    • Children Health & welfare Illinois Chicago 1920-1929.
    • Children playing outdoors Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
    • Beaches Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
    • Tenement houses Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
    • Apartment houses Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
    • Refugees Poland 1920-1929. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Michigan, Lake 1920-1929.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 1920-1929.
    • Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill) 1920-1929.
  • Genre
    • Interior views. aat
    • Lantern slides. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
    • Film negatives. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/1986/597.htm