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Black and white footage capturing crowds of Chicago Bears fans celebrating the team's historic win in the city's downtown area (the Loop). The last...

Chicago artists Rodney Quiriconi, John Heinz, Marcia Daehn and Tom Palazzolo playfully film each other eating Celeste brand sausage pizza by candle...

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

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one of Niagara Falls from June 1950 and one of downtown Chicago from August 1929.

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

Footage of Chicago shot in 1928.

Amateur film documenting a parade in Port Washington, Wisconsin, shot circa 1925.

Amateur footage of Chicago shot circa 1924.

Footage of a Chicago Gay Pride Parade circa 1974, featuring drag queens in cars, people standing on floats, and spectators watching them passing by...

Silent footage of an amateur circus performance in a backyard in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen in the 1980s.

Outtakes from Tom Palazzolo's 1976 documentary Gay for a Day.

Outtakes from Tom Palazzolo's 1976 documentary Gay for a Day.

Outtakes from Tom Palazzolo's 1976 documentary Gay for a Day.

Footage of a "kiss-in" demonstration for gay civil rights at the Picasso sculpture at Daley Plaza in 1974, followed by footage of people preparing ...

Outtakes from Tom Palazzolo's 1976 documentary Gay for a Day.

Footage of a large anti-war demonstration in 1966. People can be seen carrying signs; one person has even covered their dog in anti-war slogans. Th...