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Work Projects Administration poster advertising free craft workshops at the Hull House, including painting, pottery, sculpture, weaving, poster art, and children's classes. Poster shows a budding plant, a sculpture of a bird, and an artist's palette.

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A group of students practicing weaving on tabletop and lap looms.

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Hand wrought copper bowl made by Olga Huncke, a social worker at the house.

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Exterior. Two young girls working at an easel while three others work on artwork held in their laps. Teacher stands in rear.

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A bookbinding pattern developed by Ellen Gates Starr, the co-founder of the Hull House. She used arts and crafts education as a tool to lift people out of the stifling despair of poverty. Shortly after she established the Chicago Public School Arts…
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