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| Title | Women's reading group at Hall Branch, 1940 |
| Description | Begun by Charlemae Hill Rollins as a "reading guidance clinic" for parents, the group evolved into a reader's circle at Hall branch. In this photograph, Vivian Harsh, the first African American branch head of the Chicago Public Library, is at the back on the left. Noteworthy children's literature writer and advocate, Charlemae Rollins, is at the back on the right. |
| Neighborhood/Street | Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)
Grand Boulevard (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM1 | Women
Minorities
Ethnic groups
Librarians
Libraries
Reading rooms
Reading
Books
Tables
Bookstacks
Book clubs
Bookcases
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| Subject.LCSH | Group reading -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
African American women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
African American librarians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Harsh, Vivian G. -- Photographs
Rollins, Charlemae Hill -- Photographs
Chicago Public Library -- Hall Branch -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Public libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Branch libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
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| Subject.AAT | bookshelves
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| Photographer/Artist | Unknown
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| DateOfOriginal | 1940 |
| Time Period | 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949 |
| Identifier | http://www.chipublib.org/digital/chiren/insthall.html |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection
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| Repository Number | PHOTOGRAPH WD-CPL HARSH Hall Branch Archives 033 |
| Collection | Hall Branch Archives
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | image; |
| Format | jpeg |
| Original format | Portrait photographs
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| Size | 5.6 x 6.5 in. |
| Subject.LOCAL | women
African Americans
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