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[Photographers Guild of Chicago Costume Party Parkway Ballroom 1963_2]

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Bud Billiken '48

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Miss Bronze America - Elks Headquarters

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Provident Miss Bronze - A[merica]

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Mystery Club ?

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Baby Show

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Bud Billiken '55 "The Rains Came"

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Hair Show Defender Banquet

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Roberts Family Collection

This collection was shot primarily by Herman Roberts, his family and the staff of the Roberts Show Lounge. The films capture South Side nightlife from Englewood to Hyde Park, the Roberts Show Lounge in the '50s, rural Oklahoma, and Disneyland. 8mm, 16mm. Silent. 1950s. 34 films.

Ramon Williams Collection

Ramon Williams shot and created these films throughout Chicago and the American South. The collection features a number of historical figures and events, including Haile Selassie’s arrival in Chicago, Althea Gibson’s landmark US Nationals win, and several Bud Billiken parades. 8mm, 16mm. Sound, Silent. 1940-1975. 302 films.

1940s 1950s 1960s

16mm

Establishing Shot Filming from vehicle Pan Portrait Shot Road Shot

Douglas Grand Boulevard South Side

Chief Fire Mashal Anthony J. Mullaney Jack L. Cooper Joe Louis John H. Sengstacke Martha "The Big Mouth" Raye Sengstacke Family

Chicago Defender Chicago Fire Department Chicago Park District Chicago Police Department Illinois National Guard Miss Bronze America Pepsi-Cola United States Marines

Sound Silent

The Archive

Beauty Contests Films

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