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Portrait of architect Joseph Royer taken for 1910 Elk's Convention in Urbana

A photo of a sitting man. "Tintype" by tungstensun is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

Charles Hull built the Hull homestead in 1856 and lived there until 1889.

Ellen Gates Starr co-founded the Hull House with Jane Addams in 1889 and worked there for nearly thirty years.

Charles Hull gave the Hull homestead to Helen Culver in 1889, who in turn, rented the mansion to Jane Addams and Helen Gates Starr on a free 25-year lease.

Photograph taken on the 40th anniversary of Hull House of Jane Addams with local Chicago children.

Portrait of Jane Addams from 1915

Portrait of Mary E. Busey drawn by Leal Elementary School student Laura Stewart.

Photograph shows portrait of Susie King Taylor, who served more than three years as nurse with the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, although officially enrolled as a laundress. She also taught children and…