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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_5]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_4]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_3]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_2]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. mid-50s_1]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. late-50s_2]

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[Roberts Show Lounge, ca. late-50s_1]

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[Photographers Guild of Chicago Costume Party Parkway Ballroom 1963_2]

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[OK Ranch, Horses Making Ponies, Pool Party]

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

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[OK Ranch Pool Party w/Steven, Sonja & Scooter; Buggy Ride w/Herman, ca. 1969]

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[Herman at Penthouse Party_2]

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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.

1920s 1950s 1960s

Grand Boulevard Oklahoma South Side

Sound Silent

The Archive

Recreation Films

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