Hull House
This file appears in: The Experience of Manual Laborers: At the Bottom of the Rail in Gary
One of the most famous settlement houses was Hull House nearby in Chicago, Illinois. This picture depicts children standing in a line on a retaining wall on the grounds of Hull House. Hull House is open to the public today as the Hull House Museum.
This file appears in: The Experience of Manual Laborers: At the Bottom of the Rail in Gary
The Experience of Manual Laborers: At the Bottom of the Rail in Gary
In 1910, 49.1% of Gary’s population was born outside the U.S. 71% of the population was either foreign-born or born in the U.S. with at least one parent who was born outside the U.S. Most of the manual workers at Gary Works were immigrants from…