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Robert and Theresa Davis Collection
What Is It?
"An experimental exercise with extension tubes, picturing textures in extreme closeup. Such materials as salt, bread, leaves, nylon hose, coffee gr...
Chuck Kleinhans Collection
Bad Boy
Chuck Kleinhans performs a tongue-in-cheek "bad boy" persona.
John Nash Ott Collection
[Refrigerator with Turkey]
Brief footage of a refrigerator's contents.
John Nash Ott Collection
[1926 circa: Ott Family Home Movie]
A home movie shot by John Ott of Winnetka, Illinois.
William O'Farrell Collection
See Yourself As Others See You
Short, silent advertisement for the QRS Company's combination camera and projector. The Chicago-based company sold the 16mm equipment for $98.50, u...
Chuck Kleinhans Collection
Julia - Urbana - Apt. - Light Pattern - Leg/feet
Experimental short featuring light and shadow patterns around an apartment and on filmmaker Chuck Kleinhans' legs and feet. It was likely made whil...
Julia Lesage Collection
Michi & Catnip
A cat (Michi) sunbathes and eats catnip.
Raymond and Jane Dean Collection
[1943: Home Movies Reel 4]
A home movie reel consisting of four parts spliced together, one in color and the following in black and white. In the first, color segment, a Rock...
Richard J. Finnegan Collection
1930 (ca): Mary As A Baby, Travels in the Southwest
Silent home movies that feature the Finnegans’ travels, in possibly the Southwest of the United States.
Richard J. Finnegan Collection
1941 circa: [Skeeter Slumber Party - Pony Rides]
Silent home movies that feature four sisters performatively posing, playing outside and enjoying carnival rides together, sometimes including their...
Richard J. Finnegan Collection
1930s (ca): Mary with Carriage
A silent home movie featuring children playing with their Christmas toys, a child’s third birthday party celebration, and families interacting outd...
Richard J. Finnegan Collection
1930s (ca): California Trip, House Tour
A silent home movie that shows an elderly woman as she enters and rides in a Rolls-Royce to a house. She then proceeds to pose performatively in va...
Robert and Theresa Davis Collection
Canary Islands
A travelogue film that portrays the lively culture of the Canary Islands; specifically, the island of Tenerife. The footage also captures the dry, ...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Lift, The
A fickle (or is it haunted?!) elevator disrupts a man’s daily routine, ending tragically in a stairwell. Written & Directed by Chicago-born Robert ...
Jack Behrend Collection
Disinfection
An animated film about a man who gets caught up in his imagination while reading a book. His reveries are interrupted by his wife who continually e...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Slow Drying
A short comedic film about a man who buys slow drying paint at Zeek's Ace Hardware and accidentally paints himself into a corner.
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