SSHMP | Circus Archive Films

[Steele Children, ca. 1978]

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

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Cousins' Club-1941 #2 and Circus

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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.

1940s 1970s

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

Chicago Police Department Features person ... Geller, Adeline Levy-Gunansky, Lila

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[Steele Children, ca. 1978]

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

Cousins' Club-1941 #2 and Circus

Levy-Gunansky Family Collection

Gustina Steele Collection