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Scenes of public life in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood in the late 1970s.

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one from 1929 and one from 1951, both shot in the Chicago area.

Three separate Heidkamp home movies, from 1929, 1930, and 1936, each shot in Chicago.

Black and White home movie of Metro Movie Club picnic in a metropolitan park. After eating, the children race and play games. The adults play their...

Color home movie of a Metro Movie Club picnic in a metropolitan park. Women and children tend the grills with footage of everyone eating, talking, ...

Color home movie of a Metro Movie Club picnic in a metropolitan park.

Home movie footage of family picnicking, relaxing and holding puppies in a rural residential yard. This is followed by Chicago scenes of two young ...

Home movie footage of children fishing and picnicking by Chicago’s lakefront.

Home movie of a Chicago suburban parade followed by picnic, swimming and front yard posing scenes.

Home movie of a Chicago suburban parade featuring a marching band from Harvard, Illinois. This is followed by brief footage from a Sunday School pi...

A home movie of a young girl’s two separate visits to the Brookfield Zoo, a family’s picnic Barbecue near a lake and a young girl’s tennis lesson....

Outtakes from a sales promo film made for Container Corporation of America.

Children and parents alike laugh and play during a picnic on a sunny day in an unidentified Chicago park. Games played include wheelbarrow races, o...

Home movie of JoAnn Elam and her sister Susan Elam enjoying a picnic in Susan's yard in Vernon Hills, IL. As JoAnn is featured in the film, it is l...

Amateur travelogue film filled with scenes from Chicago and the surrounding area. Includes aerial skyline & railway views of Chicago and footage of...

A home movie documenting a family's summer vacation in Michigan. Includes scenes of family and children swimming and diving in a lake, men smoking ...