SSHMP | Events (general) Archive Films

[Crystol outside; Chicago freeway traffic; School inside & out, ca. mid-60s]

SSHMP.2021.ROBERTS.00027

[Dance Party continued, ca. 1960]

SSHMP.2007.MERRIFIELD.00003

[Dorothy Nash Wedding, 1960]

SSHMP.2016.NASHH.00006

[Graduation from Meharry Medical, 1960]

SSHMP.2016.NASHH.00005

[Merrifield Party and Picnic, 1957]

SSHMP.2007.MERRIFIELD.00005

[OK Ranch Pool Party, Watermelon Challenge, Buggy Ride]

SSHMP.2021.ROBERTS.00019

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

SSHMP.2021.ROBERTS.00012

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

SSHMP.2021.ROBERTS.00017

Charles Merrifield Collection

Charles Merrifield was a postal worker who lived with his family in Princeton Park. His films show gatherings of extended family, as well as travels across the US with his wife and children. 8mm. Silent. 1950-1960. 6 films.

Dr. Helen Nash Collection

Dr. Helen Nash shot these scenes of family life in Atlanta, Georgia and St. Louis, Missouri, as well as trips to Chicago to visit relatives. Dr. Nash also traveled extensively with her sisters and mother, visiting Europe, China, Russia, and Africa in the late sixties and seventies. 16mm, Super 8mm. Silent. 1950-1970. 23 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.

1950s 1960s

16mm 8mm

Sound Silent

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