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Chicago Commons' playground
The Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.

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Title
Chicago Commons' playground
Description
Caption: "Chicago Commons' Play Ground. The only Playground for 12,000 Children." From text: "The summer activities of Chicago Commons have grown very normally in both variety and expense. … [T]he work enlarged to include … the establishment of the Chicago Commons playground (20 X 160 feet,) open every afternoon and all day Sunday under the supervision of residents, with an attendance varying from 50 to 175."
Date
1901-12  
Type
Photographs  
File Name
commonsmonthlyre6chic_0180.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/commonsmonthlyre6chic#page/24/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:Serial/commonsmonthlyre
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Subject
  • Playgrounds  
  • Settlement houses  
Coverage-Spatial
West Town (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
Rights
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
The Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleChicago Commons' playground
DescriptionCaption: "Chicago Commons' Play Ground. The only Playground for 12,000 Children." From text: "The summer activities of Chicago Commons have grown very normally in both variety and expense. … [T]he work enlarged to include … the establishment of the Chicago Commons playground (20 X 160 feet,) open every afternoon and all day Sunday under the supervision of residents, with an attendance varying from 50 to 175."
Date1901-12  
TypePhotographs  
File Namecommonsmonthlyre6chic_0180.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/commonsmonthlyre6chic#page/24/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:Serial/commonsmonthlyre
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Subject
  • Playgrounds  
  • Settlement houses  
Coverage-SpatialWest Town (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
RightsImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleThe Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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