SSHMP | Entertainment Archive Films

[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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[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. 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_3]

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[Sea World Trip; Carey in stroller, ca. mid-60s]

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[Superstition Mountain, Arizona Part 2 c. 1978]

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Alsup Smith Family Collection

Vanessa Alsup and her husband Kevin shot these sound films of their children Kevin II, Sheena Marie and Carla in and around their Englewood home. The collection also includes several concerts in Chicago. Super 8mm. Sound. 1970-1980. 17 films.

Roy Herbert Branch Collection

Roy and Kathleen Branch shot these films at their home in Lake Meadows. The collection includes shots of their daughter Elizabeth and several family Christmases. Super 8mm. Sound. 1970s-1980s. 7 films.

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.

1950s 1960s 1970s

16mm 8mm Super 8mm

Close-up Pan Semi-close-up Zoom

Alsup-Smith

Sound Silent

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