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Coverage of the ceremony and inauguration of President Harry S. Truman from start to finish, beginning with the journey from the White House to the...

Footage depicting Harold Washington on the campaign trail in 1983, ahead of the runup to the mayoral election. The film shows him being welcomed by...

The footage features different segments offering a look into Chicago's 1987 mayoral election, featuring Harold Washington on the campaign trail, an...

Second of four reels adding up to the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power. 
Observational documentary following the 1983 Chicago Mayora...

The film depicts the competitive series of events leading up to the Chicago Mayoral Election of 1983 as well the public's response to the historica...

Third of four reels that were compiled in the video "Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power." Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Ma...

Fouth and final reel of the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power. Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Mayoral election, with ...

Various outtakes documenting the energetic 1987 mayoral campaign. The footage captures the highly publicized candidature of Harold Washington, Jane...

Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson attends a rally at the Fort Theater in Rock Island, Illinois on October 26, 1956.

Newsreel of John F. Kennedy speaking to a large crowd of supporters at the Meadowdale Shopping Center in Carpentersville, Illinois on October 25, 1...

George Meany of the AFL-CIO attends the Democratic Platform and Resolutions Committee in 1956.

Nominating speeches given by Marvin Griffin and James C. Healey for presidential candidates James C. Davis and W. Averell Harriman, respectively, a...

Black and white film depicting Richard Nixon in Chicago campaigning as running mate for Dwight Eisenhower in the 1956 presidential election. The fi...