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NAACP March

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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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[Herman at Penthouse Party_2]

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[Herman at Penthouse Party_1]

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Nicholas Osborn Collection

Nicholas Osborn contributed this reel that he found in a thrift shop. It consists of a year in Chicago in 1963 and includes such historic events as the Bud Biliken parade, the NAACP annual convention and the 1963 Public School boycott. 8mm. Silent. 1963. 1 film.

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

Bronzeville Grand Boulevard Lake Meadows Petrillo Band Shell South Side

Chicago Police Department National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Sound Silent

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