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Home movies taken by J.E. Hunter of Hunter Rockwell Lumber Company between 1925 and 1928.

Edited footage highlighting the attendees of the 1926 Institute of American Meat Packers Convention.

Three separate Heidkamp home movies, from 1929, 1930, and 1936, each shot in Chicago.

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one of Niagara Falls from June 1950 and one of downtown Chicago from August 1929.

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

Footage of Chicago shot in 1928.

Amateur film documenting a parade in Port Washington, Wisconsin, shot circa 1925.

Amateur footage of Chicago shot circa 1924.

A bear shows up to a costume party.

Short, silent advertisement for the QRS Company's combination camera and projector. The Chicago-based company sold the 16mm equipment for $98.50, u...

A home movie shot by John Ott of Winnetka, Illinois.

Professionally-shot 35mm film depicting the wedding of Henrietta Glick and Melvin B. Deutsch in Chicago. According to the couple's granddaughter, t...

Quaker Oats corporate film that looks at the use of Quaker Oats feed in the dairy industry.