Bernice Usdane photograph collection, circa 1908-circa 1922
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Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Usdane, Bernice
- Title
- Bernice Usdane photograph collection
- Dates
- circa 1908-circa 1922 (inclusive)19081922
- Quantity
- 13 photographs (1 folder) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1167
- Summary
- Includes photos of children and adults at Settlement House in Seattle and buildings at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Historical Background
The Seattle Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) founded Settlement House in 1906. (Settlement House was renamed Neighborhood House in 1947). They founded it on the model established by Toynbee Hall in London (1884) and on Jane Addams' Hull House in Chicago (1889). Settlement houses were part of a social reform movement to address problems resulting from industrialization, immigration, and crowded tenements. Seattle's Settlement House was a neighborhood center for Jewish immigrants that provided hundreds of new arrivals with medical and employment assistance, legal services, social orientation, and education.
Content Description
The collection includes photos of children and adults at Settlement House in Seattle and buildings at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
Other Descriptive Information
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Collected by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Donor: Bernice Usdane, 1986.
Processing Note
The photos in this collection were originally mounted in an album; the original written captions for some of the photos are noted in the descriptions. Processed by Jack Falk, Don Romero; processing completed in 2014.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Settlement House
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Description: Group of Settlement House girls standing on dock
Originally written in album: All aboard for Kidland.
Dates: circa 1906-1910sContainer: Folder 1, Item 1 -
Description: Group of Settlement House girls sitting on grassy hill
Originally written in album: Weeds.
Dates: circa 1908-1922Container: Folder 1, Item 2 -
Description: Settlement House's Mother Swartz and girls sitting on hillside
Originally written in album: Mother Swartz and the family.
In 1908, Hannah Schwartz came from San Francisco to live at Settlement House as the resident worker. She was the first paid employee, worked there for 14 years and was remembered as the beloved house mother.
Dates: circa 1908-1922Container: Folder 1, Item 3 -
Description: Girls exercising at Settlement House
Originally written in album: Working up an appetite (??!!???)
Dates: circa 1908-1922Container: Folder 1, Item 4 -
Description: Settlement House girls dancing outdoors
Originally written in album: One, two, three, step.
Dates: circa 1908-1922Container: Folder 1, Item 5 -
Dates: circa 1908-1922Container: Folder 1, Item 6
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Description: Settlement House children eating candy outdoors with Eva Stusser standing at right
Eva Stusser is the mother of Bernice Usdane.
Dates: circa 1910-1920Container: Folder 1, Item 7 -
Description: Settlement House girls sitting on grass with Eva Stusser sitting 3rd from left wearing hatDates: circa 1910-1920Container: Folder 1, Item 8
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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Dates: 1915Container: Folder 1, Item 9
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Description: Palace of Education building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San FranciscoDates: 1915Container: Folder 1, Item 10
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Description: Palace of Horticulture building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San FranciscoDates: 1915Container: Folder 1, Item 11
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Various
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Description: Group at Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier
Included are: Eva Stusser (center); her uncle, Julius Shaffer (2nd from left) and her uncle, Izzy Shaffer (2nd from right).
Eva Stusser is the mother of Bernice Usdane.
Dates: July 5, 1915Container: Folder 1, Item 12 -
Description: Heavy snowfall on downtown Seattle streetDates: circa 1910sContainer: Folder 1, Item 13
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Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
