JEWISH HOME FOR AGED COLLECTION, 1899-1970

Jewish Home for Aged photograph collection, ca. 1899-1970

Finding Aid for the Collection at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center

Rev. by D. Rinder, 2008

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Title: Jewish Home for Aged photograph collection [graphic]

Main entry: Jewish Home for Aged (Chicago, Ill.)

Inclusive dates: ca. 1899-1970

Size: 2 boxes of photographs (photographic prints, negatives, lantern slides, transparencies)

Accession #: 1980.0165

Call #: 1980.0165 PPL

Restriction: To consult lantern slides or glass negatives in the Research Center it is necessary to make an advance appointment (email: Research@chicagohistory.org ).

Description of the collection:

The photographic records of the Jewish Home for Aged (originally the Orthodox Jewish Home for Aged), founded in 1899 as an institution to care for Orthodox Jews, were accessioned into the Chicago Historical Society and later separated from the manuscripts which they accompanied. These manuscripts are available in the Society's Manuscript Division. The photographs mainly depict scenes involving the Home's residents and staff, and they fall into three major categories: biographic, pictures of residents, and pictures of the building. These categories are further divided into seven series, described below. Most of the photographs were taken after 1945; some for public relations purposes, but others were intended to provide a history of the institution. Also included are negatives, positive prints for an overhead projector, and glass lantern slides.

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Jewish Home for Aged records and the Jewish Home for Aged photographs from the 1950s and 1960s (1987.0052).

Gift of the Jewish Home for Aged, 1970 (1980.0165).

Storage: Box Lot (8 x 10 in. and 12 x 15 in. box)

List of online catalog headings:

Jewish Home for the Aged (Chicago, Ill.)

Older people -- Social life.

Older people -- Health & welfare.

Jews -- Health & welfare.

Jews -- Spiritual life.

Rest homes -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Chicago (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs -- 19th century.

Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions.

Lantern slides.

Negatives.

Photographic prints.

Transparencies.

Container list of box and folder numbers and titles:

Box 1

1 Biographic, 1951-1969 and undated.

2 Residents: religious activites, undated.

3 Residents: social activities, 1950-1969 and undated.

4 Residents: care of residents, 1950-52 and undated.

5 Negatives

6 Glass lantern slides

7 Building, exterior, undated.

8 Building, interior, 1950.

Box 2

1 Biographic, 1951-1970.

2 Unidentified people, undated.

3 Biographic, 1949 and undated.

4 Duplicate photos.

5 Residents, social activities, undated.

6 Negatives

7 Residents, care of residents, 1957-1960 and undated.

8 Residents, religious activities, undated.

9 Residents, religious activities, 1949-1970.

10 Residents, social activities, undated.

11 Residents, social activities, 1925-1969.

12 Building, interior, 1950-1963.

13 Building, exterior, undated.

14 Residents, social activities, undated.

Also: positives for overhead projector (28 prints)