SSHMP | Circus Archive Films

Cousins' Club-1941 #2 and Circus

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B'Nai Brith Picnic + Betty Feldman's Farm, Knox Ind., 1942

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[Steele Children, ca. 1978]

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[Bud Billiken Parade 1959]

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Levy-Gunansky Family Collection

Sam Levy and his daughter Harriet shot these films to document their family’s life in the Washington Park neighborhood and later the Jackson Park Highlands. It includes scenes from Englewood High School, several club picnics in Washington Park, and Harriet’s time as a student at University of Chicago (1948-1952). 8mm. Silent. 1938-1955. 15 films.

Gustina Steele Collection

Gustina Steele and her husband Bill Higgins, shot this footage of their children William Jr. and Ashauna in and around their Calumet Heights home. Super-8. Sound, silent. 1970-1980. 4 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.

1920s 1940s 1970s

16mm 8mm Super 8mm

Close-up Fast-motion Filming from Inside Meta-Filming Pan Portrait Shot Zoom

Calumet Heights Garfield Park Conservatory Hyde Park Phillip Murray Elementary Language Academy South Shore

Chicago Police Department Geller, Adeline Levy-Gunansky, Lila

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