Hull house
Dublin Core
Title
Hull house
Subject
Poverty and Homelessness, where the stigma around them comes from and which government policies alleviated them.
Description
Photographs and illustrations of poverty and homelessness. As well as political cartoons that give insight into the public perception of poverty around the time Hull house was founded or was in operation. The photographs, illustrations, and political cartoons give evidence of stigma.
Creator
Lydia Biallas
Collection Items
Homeless and friendless
Illustration shows child huddled on door stoop wearing ragged clothing.
The above image shows the mental and emotional toll poverty has on all those it affects, but especially children. There is also clearly no one reaching out to help the child…
The above image shows the mental and emotional toll poverty has on all those it affects, but especially children. There is also clearly no one reaching out to help the child…
Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek, Colo., U.S.A.
Photograph taken eight years after Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago. The image shows three people walking down a row of deteriorating buildings, likely houses. It is living conditions, like those shown in the above photograph, that would…
Progress and poverty - a decoration day study
Print shows waves of veterans marching through a memorial arch on "Decoration Day", carrying banners that state "We will continue to save the country, so long as there is a dollar in the Treasury" and "Army of Pensioners". On the right, Uncle Sam…
Cavalier and Roundhead (rich and poor)
Print showing a young cavalier on horseback and a poor boy riding a mule, each accompanied by a dog. Includes a remarque in lower right corner showing a dog's head looking at a falcon resting on an arm.
The above political cartoon was drawn three…
The above political cartoon was drawn three…
He should pay the taxes
Mrs. Robinson Brown;
The political cartoon was contemporary to Hull House. The image depicts three wealthy men pointing to an impoverished man. The wealthy men are implying that the poor man should not only pay taxes, but the added the in front…
The political cartoon was contemporary to Hull House. The image depicts three wealthy men pointing to an impoverished man. The wealthy men are implying that the poor man should not only pay taxes, but the added the in front…
New York's Republican "standard-bearer"
![New York's Republican "standard-bearer"](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/40455/archive/square_thumbnails/6965b9eb9c52668dfcb32a879ec283c4.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=KAD7WSD6zKvwbbOOThbqOqMC42ZlYKPr9nECY72N9nHFJbEkqwyCJzzjTVG2djSm9n41OOzL6ilAoekTw%7ECe8K8MZQz%7E2jMwx7d753voPjmuw2D68QhonhDbZg8ce2gcV3s8TrUINagFpWi2FlPmQP2Bk7TcU5Wv1JYaGjfdPxY4fcvtvPvz7EUR1hEOZhLlRvZL1YWfzmuM0djqeUhJYcnYc5UTfEgvo98lS3jPok%7EgiKUVbkx5IW8aRL9dckL2RFvHW6FfhD--czhwfCDrsmzQvAbPxfJMVHo5-BxtI71Q-jYvKmumr8oVQniD1UJDnvJs7vPg3aIBQMWvijE92Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM "New York's Republican "standard-bearer"")
Print shows Levi P. Morton with cane, holding a "Check Book", and his left arm around a standard that states "Down with the Iniquitous Democratic Party!! It has the Impudence to Tax Prosperity Instead of Poverty!!", and Thomas C. Platt who has his…
Postcard from Ehrich Weiss to his mother
At the age of twelve, Ehrich Weiss ran away from home in an effort to earn money and to alleviate his family's grinding poverty. This is the earliest sample of Houdini's handwriting in the collections of the Library of Congress and it is supplemented…
Democracy's opportunity
Print shows a man labeled "Republican War Record" standing in a pond labeled "Republican Corruption Water", yelling to an Irishman wearing a hat labeled "Democracy", gathering up the Republican's clothing labeled "Tariff Reform, Free Canal, [and]…
The old story
Proof for a published image in which a clothed wolf wearing a top hat labeled "Socialism," carries the book Progress and Poverty by H. George in his coat pocket. Red Riding Hood stands beside him on a path in the forest. Caroline and Erwin Swann; The…
"All aboard for the millennium!"
!["All aboard for the millennium!"](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/40455/archive/square_thumbnails/4e388286e62f345a7a14801c390bdf59.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=KkScjprGMp6LRn%7EDPYfYR2FKgH7bUewkv2yxJUS6LY2eTypWrnqS1gjeLn6ujyzisir%7EKO5UN0yZ2iOFBWTwO6goB2u3cI7%7EoQ4V15FaRnQwF-kb9GPmLAjz4I9nEQzJnCMxKRkiP5CkzWUBbP2pnp3PZW0rletYgTcXADGCyWOuVanAr-2EeMz1UEhAxqt0xLcPJdv5svc88iedaLewgCm9sLP2HG4apFg-Yw3T0BoiPM2lF6bpVdssBdHVYv5PhbDV2XxON%7Eh32qtJvuMWdxVN%7EqPtV2GYiJXftGNXXY-G7LydphaGc3gQs07cuHfzbJbIQvZHumixlxn93ksy9g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""All aboard for the millennium!"")
Print shows "Captain Bill McKinley" standing at the bow of a steamboat labeled "High Protection" and "Monopoly & Co. builders" that has been patched in several places, listing to the stern, and is overloaded with passengers; Mark A. Hanna is standing…