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Continuous time-lapse sequence from fixed perspectives of the construction of the steel frame of the Equitable Building in Chicago, IL from a penth...

Home movie that begins with scenes of downtown Chicago and a suburban American Can Company factory. The film also includes footage of cars driving ...

Shot between 1960 and 1962, this footage captures early construction of Chicago's Marina City, a high rise mixed-use complex on the Near North Side...

Shot between 1960 and 1962, this footage captures early construction of Chicago's Marina City, a high rise mixed-use complex on the Near North Side...

Construction footage of the Playboy Office Building in the Palmolive Building at 919 N. Michigan Avenue. Includes scenes of architects and engineer...

Unedited construction footage of the Playboy Office Building in the Palmolive Building at 919 N. Michigan Avenue. Includes scenes of architects and...

In a similar way to many other elements in this collection, Backyard Zooms illustrates JoAnn Elam’s experimentations with filmmaking and e...

8mm home movie documenting the construction of Queen of All Saints Church from May 19, 1955 to August 26, 1962.

QAS is a historic churc...

A home movie with intertitles presumably shot by Chicago cameraman, Frank Koza. The film documents the first-ever day of school at the Queen of All...

Scenes of Chicago's International Ampitheatre being prepped for the 1960 National Convention of the Republican Party, which was held July 25 to Jul...

News footage of Our Lady of the Angels School being rebuilt after a devastating fire on December 1, 1958 that killed 92 students and 3 nuns. The ru...