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[Mayor Kelly Tours State Street Subway Construction]

This film features Mayor Kelly inspecting the progress on the State Street Subway. Voiceover narration highlights both the engineering hardships of...
[Kelly Re-Election Campaign]

An advertisement from Mayor Edward J. Kelly's re-election campaign in 1939 for his second full term in office. Kelly was mayor during the 1933-34 C...
[Chicago Service Men's Center - Fragment] (circa 1942)

The film depicts scenes from Chicago’s Servicemen’s Center No.1, which opened in 1941 at the former Elks Lounge No. 4. It features Mayor Kelly high...
[Mayor Kelly Signs Proclamation for 'Greatest Motion Picture Year']

Mayor Edward J. Kelly signs a proclamation announcing that the City of Chicago intends to promote the motion picture industry by supporting "the gr...
G.I. Country Club

The film depicts an afternoon of hospitality and entertainment at Chicago's lakefront Service Men Centers' Summer Center, a.k.a. "The G.I.'s Countr...