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Warren Thompson Collection
Camera on Chicago
This film is “a love letter to the city” from Chicago native and filmmaker Warren E. Thompson. It is a continuing effort to record some of the even...
Warren Thompson Collection
Walk With Me Beneath A Tree: Wisconsin Fall Colorama
A journey from bustling Chicago to the fall foliage and winter landscape of rural Wisconsin.
Warren Thompson Collection
Camera on Chicago (2019 Preservation Print)
This film is “a love letter to the city” from Chicago native and filmmaker Warren E. Thompson. It is a continuing effort to record some of the even...
Dr. Benjamin M. Gasul Collection
1937 Miami & Cuba - 1939 New Orleans
Home movie of trips to Miami, Cuba and New Orleans. Include shots of fishemen at a pier, the capitol building in Havana, and the French Quarter.
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1931: Christmas, Dorothy & Bob - George and Model A - Balance of Film
B&W home movie footage of leisure residential scenes. Includes shots of men and women posing near an urban home and brief automobile footage.
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1931 (circa): Portland, Chinatown & San Francisco
Footage depicts a railroad trip from Portland, Oregon to San Francisco, California. Includes scenes of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the early 1930s.
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1934: Mexico
Faded color home movie of Irene & Ritchey Cring’s vacation to Mexico City and Carmel (Monterey County, California). Includes title cards and scenes...
Phillip Smith Collection
1938 circa: Trip to Stillman Valley, Illinois - Bike Club Trip by Train to Beloit, Wisconsin
A home movie that begins with a color footage of a trip to Stillman Valley, Illinois and the town's Stillman's Run Memorial. Next, the group visits...
Phillip Smith Collection
1947: Frolick’s Halloween Party - Family & Friends - Diners & Waitresses
Home movie that begins with scenes of a 1947 Halloween party, where party guests are seen drinking and dancing. This is followed by Chicago street ...
Walter Sunquist Collection
1954: Epworth League Picnic - Mt. Greenwood Parade Scouts - Cub Park - Missionary in Backyard
A home movie that begins with marching band scenes shot in Chicago's Mt. Greenwood neighborhood. This is followed by swimming and sun bathing scene...
Charles Sharp Collection
Big Downtown Christmas, The
A charming story of a boy who gets lost in the lights and smells of downtown Chicago at Christmas time. He is taken in by the famous holiday window...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
From A to Z: The Story of Special Summer Schools
A sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for the Chicago Public Schools about their innovative summer school programs for the districts pre-K ...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
R-2
This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl is from around 1963 and it shows adults and children at an art fair, probably in or around Chicago. Among...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
From A to Z: The Story of Special Summer Schools
A sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for the Chicago Public Schools about their innovative summer school programs for the districts pre-K ...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
From A to Z: The Story of Special Summer Schools
A sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for the Chicago Public Schools about their innovative summer school programs for the districts pre-K ...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Art Fair [Work Print]
This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl is from around 1963 and it shows adults and children at an art fair, probably in or around Chicago. Among...
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