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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
1940 (ca): Family in the Garden
The family is depicted picking flowers in a garden.
Richard J. Finnegan Collection
1940s (ca): Christmas
Children are seen gathered by a Christmas tree. Then, a woman, child and soldier pose together on a sunny sidewalk.
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.
Tom Palazzolo Collection
Sarah's 6th BDay
Home movie capturing the 6th birthday party thrown for Palazzolo's daughter, Sarah Marie, who was born in 1972. Features scenes of children eating ...
Tom Palazzolo Collection
Amy's 4th or 5th B-Day
Home movie documenting birthday celebrations for Palazzolo's daughter, Amy Louise, who was born in 1974. The footage captured here is most likely o...
Tom Palazzolo Collection
Todd Summer 77? Halloween S-A&T with friends / Todd Dance 77-78 Halloween
Sound home movie depicting the Palazzolo family's 1977 Halloween outing.
Bradley Barnes Suster Collection
1954: Toby & hats; John's family and new car - 1955: Suzy and John in snow; Summer - Barnes Elgin farm
Home movie shot by Barbara Suster in Des Plaines and Elgin, Illinois, featuring the extended Suster family. Prominently features a large orange cat...
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...
Bradley Barnes Suster Collection
1969 Mar - July
Home movie of the Suster family featuring footage of a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field and of Lake Michigan from Oak Street Beach.
John Nash Ott Collection
Orchids Outs [Boys Swimming]
A home movie documenting four boys while they swim and dive in a body of water.
Otto E. Wagenknecht Collection
1943-45: Travel 1—Local Lakes
Home movie of family travel and leisure, mostly around Wisconsin.
Stacy Maugans Collection
1968: Vacation - Wisconsin - Little Norway - House on the Rock - Frank Lloyd Wright - Water Show at Dell’s - Boat Trip - Prebes and Wilsons
Home movie depicting a road trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota. Judy and Connie Maugans check out Little Norway in Blue Mounds, WI; House on the Rock ...
Stacy Maugans Collection
1980 July: 4th of July Picnic
This 1980 home movie by Connie and Judy Maugans shows the Maugans family celebrating the 4th of July together in Indiana. They play games with the ...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Peas with Mom
Humorous short film depicting a mother who waits for her son to return home for what seems to be decades. On the outset a serene figure, cooking an...
Glick - Berolzheimer Collection
1959 (circa): Alan at Sawyers Farm and Lincoln Park
Home movie footage of a child on a farm as well as a retreat to Chicago’s Lincoln Park.
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