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"Saint Mary Street"
This photo was taken looking up St. Mary Street. The caption reads, "The large tenement on the left is the one in charge of a Settlement Resident. The building beyond, with belfry, is the Stuart Memorial (College Settlement) Hall. Beyond the Hall,…
“Babies’ Rest Yard”
Children in "Babies' Rest Yard," with swinging cribs and baby carriages at the College Settlement in South Philadelphia.
"Penny Lunch Children"
"Penny Lunch Children." From Starr Garden brochure. Group of Children and two adult women in front of a wall.
“Roof-Garden at the Philadelphia Settlement”
The children pictured here on the roof garden were playing with toys. The girls were playing with blocks, while a boy used a rocking horse. The boys in the background posed with brooms.
"Vicarious Motherhood"
Page contains photo and short narrative about the settlement's young female children --their hardships, their labor at home to help their mothers. Black and white photo depicts about ten girls standing in "ring around the rosey" formation on back…
"Almost Any Day at the Christian Street Door"
A group of mostly male children spilling out of the Settlement's front door, down the stoop and into the cobblestone street. Caption: "To be a supporter of the College Settlement means that you have a vision of brotherhood wherein no man lives unto…