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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_1]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_2]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_3]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_4]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_5]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. late-50s_1]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. late-50s_2]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca.late-50s_3]

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[Photographers Guild of Chicago Costume Party Parkway Ballroom 1963_1]

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

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[Herman at Penthouse Party_1]

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[Herman at Penthouse Party_2]

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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.

1950s 1960s

Close-up Pan Semi-close-up

Grand Boulevard South Side

Martha "The Big Mouth" Raye

Boy Scouts of America United States Marines

Sound Silent

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Chicago Clubs Films

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