1915: Jane Addams

Jane Addams

Jane Addams, sitting in an automobile in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

Created/Published 1915 July 22.

Summary Portrait of Jane Addams (1860-1935), sitting in an automobile in Chicago, Illinois. A policeman on horseback is visible in the background. Addams, the founder of Hull House in Chicago, had traveled to the Netherlands for an international women’s peace conference and throughout Europe to discuss peace issues with world leaders and then gave a lecture at the Auditorium Building on her findings.

Notes This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer was partially published in the newspaper on July 22, 1915.

Cite as: DN-0064813, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. Reproduction Number: DN-0064813 Digital ID: ichicdn n064813

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