Browse Objects

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one from 1929 and one from 1951, both shot in the Chicago area.

Margaret (Margaret Conneely) and Henry Usher (Jerry Giles) — retired school teachers with a penchant for mystery novels — inherit the Chicago home ...

A slapstick domestic comedy about a middle-aged couple trying to live more economically.

A husband and wife hold different opinions about who is to become Sheriff. The wife (played by Margaret Conneely) roots for the Democratic candidat...

Advertisement for A.B. Dick Company. The film quickly edits various A.B. Dick machines and products to an upbeat tune. The ad ends with a narr...

An advertisement for Blue Cross Blue Shield. The ad shows a man rolling blue paint over a black and white mural of a family, while a narrator attem...

Endorsement advertisement for Republican politician Bernard Carey.

Filmmaker Harry Mantel captures the dynamic environment of a Chicago health club through quick edits and an upbeat soundtrack. The film is part of ...

Traces the romantic relationship between a young man and woman (played by Klugman and Judy Harris) who meet in a downtown coffee shop; their nonsto...

This film seems to pick up the same couple from “I’ve Got This Problem” (played by Don Klugman and Judy Harris) a few years later...

"Back Yard (right)," along with its counterpart "JoAnn Elam Collection

Similar to other garden films in the JoAnn Elam Collection, "Garden 84" features Elam and, briefly, her second husband Joe Hendrix, at work in Elam...

Amateur travelogue film filled with scenes from Chicago and the surrounding area. Includes aerial skyline & railway views of Chicago and footage of...

A documentary that looks at the obstacles African-American males face when building a career. As the narrator states, "this film is about his chanc...

Silent news outtakes capturing flooding on Chicago's northwest side on November 27, 1958. The flooding was caused by a burst water main pipe.