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

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[Herman at Penthouse Party_1]

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

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[Snow storm and horse, ca. 1956]

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Block Party

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The Picnic

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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.

David D. and Margaret T. Pitts Collection

The Pitts collection consists of films filmed by Margaret Pitts around their Greater Grand Crossing and Calumet Heights home. Scenes include footage of their daughter, Linda growing up. 8mm. Silent. 1940s-1960s. 25 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 1970s

8mm Super 8mm

Grand Boulevard South Side

Sound Silent

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