Pots of Promise

Historical catalog and essays reveal the story of the Mexican artisans of Hull House and the history of the kilns and pottery.

Addresses the story of Mexicans in Chicago and the history of Hull-House. This book examines Mexicans in the Hull-House colonia, Chicago's largest Mexican settlement. It includes 131 color and black-and-white photographs, many of them previously unpublished, and four essays.

Pots of Promise delves into the Hull-House arts programs of the 1920s and 1930s and the pottery program at the commercial Hull-House Kilns. Four in-depth essays stand side-by-side with 131 color and black-and-white photographs, many of them previously unpublished, to reveal the untold story of Mexicans in the Hull-House colonia, at one time the largest Mexican settlement in Chicago. 

Contributors: David A. Badillo, Cheryl R. Ganz, Peggy Glowacki, and Rick A. López