The steamship Kristina Lovisa visits Chicago circa summer 1959.
Bags of coffee are delivered to Chicago on a large cargo ship.
![[Joe Griffith Starts Marathon Swim]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/2/18214_ca_object_representations_media_4292_small.jpg)
Lifeguard Joe Griffith begins his 3rd attempt to swim across Lake Michigan from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana. No one had previously completed ...
This film documents flooding in Carmi and Mount Carmel, Illinois on May 12, 1961.