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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...
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
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.
Heidkamp Family Collection
[1929, '30, '36: Heidkamp Home Movie Canister A]
Three separate Heidkamp home movies, from 1929, 1930, and 1936, each shot in Chicago.
Heidkamp Family Collection
[1929 Aug, 1950 Jun: Heidkamp Home Movie Canister B]
Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one of Niagara Falls from June 1950 and one of downtown Chicago from August 1929.
Heidkamp Family Collection
[1929, 1951: Heidkamp Home Movie Canister C]
Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one from 1929 and one from 1951, both shot in the Chicago area.
John Nash Ott Collection
Fish 6-10-37
A film shot underwater that documents a series of baited fishing hooks which attract the presence of a bass and several sunfish.
Chicago Public Library Collection
Circus Slicker
W.C. Fields as Larson E. Whipsnade, showman extraordinaire, devoting all his talents to keeping his debt-ridden circus a step ahead of the law. An ...
Rhodes Patterson Collection
Early R & EP
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1933: Urbandale Stables
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1930s: Panama
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1930s: Cahill Wedding - San Francisco
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1930s: Cuba - Miami
Richard J. Finnegan Collection
Mary’s 1931 XMAS and 3rd Birthday
Richard J. Finnegan Collection
1938: Yellowstone National Park Tour; Fields Landing Whaling Station
Silent home movie featuring the Finnegans’ travels in Yellowstone National Park and a whaling station in northern California.
Richard J. Finnegan Collection
New York Airviews - Ringlings Circus - Chicago 1937
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