SSHMP | Boarding a Plane Archive Films

[Family recreation in the backyard, boating in St. Louis, camping; graduation ceremonies at Meharry]

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[Okinawa, Japan, ca. 1976]

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[Trip to Africa 1971]

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Family 1957

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Hawaii Pictorial Little of Yosh NG

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Tallahassee, With Geo. + Ned 1956?

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Frederick Atkins Collection

Frederick Atkins shot these films of his wife, Loretta, and children in the East Side neighborhood. The collection includes the opening of the Chicago (formerly Calumet) Skyway. 8mm, Super 8mm. 1950-1980. 48 films.

Buford Family Collection

Shirley Jones and her sisters shot these films of the Buford family around their Englewood home. The collection features a wedding and several family parties, and also includes films shot during their time stationed in Okinawa, Japan. 8mm, Super 8mm. Silent. 1950-1970. 18 films.

Yosh Nakazawa Collection

Yosh Nakazawa filmed his wife Yuri and their sons Paul and Jon during Christmases and birthdays at their Near North Side home. 16mm, Super-8. 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.

1920s 1950s 1960s 1970s

16mm 8mm Super 8mm

Nash, Helen

Sound Silent

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