Chapin Hall for Children photograph collection

Views concerning a charitable social service organization founded in 1860 as the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum, and known informally as the Chapin Hall for Children, to provide day-care services for working mothers and eventually served as an orphanage. Primarily shows children participating in holiday celebrations, birthday parties, talent shows, picnics, dancing, gardening, and graduation programs. Includes many informal portraits

Dates: 1918-1982, bulk 1930-1973   |   Extent: 220 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 208 photographic prints : col. ; 16 x 21 cm. (6 x 8 in.) or smaller.; 3 albums (121 photographic prints) : few col. ; 31 x 25.5 cm. (12 x 10 in.) or smaller.; 1 negative : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in.; 3 folders of transparencies : slide, col. ; 35 mm.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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Chicago Daily News negatives collection

Collection of black and white photographic negatives created by staff photographers of the Chicago Daily News. Primarily contains images of events, people, and activities in the Chicago area as well as national events that held a local interest. Topics include civic ceremonies, public demonstrations, court cases, festivals, ethnic celebrations, and persons in the news, especially politicians, local celebrities, and criminals.

Dates: ca. 1901-1973   |   Extent: ca. 243 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.; ca. 17,731 negatives : glass ; 5 x 7 in.; ca. 65,000 negatives : glass ; 4 x 5 in.; 7,767 negatives : nitrate ; 8 x 10 in. and smaller.; 1 negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.; ca. 200,000 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.; ca. 10,500 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm.
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Chicago Federation of Labor collection of visual material

Visual materials from the office of the Federation News, owned and controlled by the CFL-IUC, the federation of unions in Chicago. Subjects include members and leaders, conventions and banquets, international events, interiors of their radio station WCFL, and their members participation in community affairs. Large oversize color photographs show the St. Patrick's Day parade (ca. 1970s) and a composite group

Dates: 1914-1984   |   Extent: 4,568 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 5 albums (176 photographic prints) : b&w, col. ; 26 x 31 cm. (10 x 12 in.) or smaller.; 37 photographic prints : col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 2 photographic prints : col. ; 24 x 36 in. or smaller.; 3,468 negatives : b&w ; 70 mm. or smaller.; 117 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 40 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 18 x 28 cm. (7 x 11 in.); 3 reels of 3 ; 16 mm.; 1 transparency : col. ; 8 x 10 in.; 1 photograph : cabinet card ; 17 x 11 cm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.); 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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Chicago Police Department collection

Personnel registers (3 v.: 1890-1897, 1897-1904, 1904-1910) providing departmental and biographical information on police officers appointed from 1866 to 1910 and one news clipping scrapbook (1 v.) relative to the police and to crime and criminals, 1912-1914. The personnel registers list name, birth date and place, former occupation, date of appointment, resignation, fines, promotions, etc. Entries are arranged by the

Dates: 1866-1969   |   Extent: 4 linear ft. (2 boxes, 3 wrapped v.); 2 folders in Alpha1.; 1 microfilm reel ; Meetings, 1960-1964. 16 mm.; 2 microfilm reels : neg. ;(Camera neg. of personnel registers). 35 mm.; 2 microfilm reels ; (Reader copy of personnel registers). 35 mm.
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Chicago Teachers Union visual materials

Black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, slides, and albums related to the work and promotion of the Chicago Teachers Union and its predecessors. Images depict union leaders, committees, conferences, meetings and activities, including demonstrations against payless paydays (1933) when the Chicago Board of Education could not pay its employees and later rallies and strikes. Also included are posters and placards;

Dates: 1910-2012   |   Extent: 13.5 linear feet, including approximately 3,600 images and 5 videos (16 boxes, 2 folders)
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First Baptist Church of Chicago photograph collection

Images of the congregation, students, and choir, interior and exterior views of the buildings, and various church ceremonies and events. The collection also includes photographs of Dr. Jitsuo Morikawa, who became minister in 1943, and other ministers from the 20th century, as well as a child's handmade album, a scrapbook from 1946 of a youth fellowship program, and collages of

Dates: ca 1900-1970s   |   Extent: 266 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 47 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 1 collage (10 photographic prints) : b&w ; 14 x 19 in.; 1 collage (2 photographic print) : b&w, col. ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.; 1 collage (5 newsprint clippings) ; 8 1/2 x 11 in; 8 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 4 x 3 in. and smaller.; 1 album (65 photographic prints) : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 1 album (5 photographic prints) : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.; 1 panoramic photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 18 in.; 41 negatives : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.; 2 negative strips : b&w ; 120 mm.; 20 negative strips : col. ; 35 mm.; 3 photolithographic transparencies : b&w ; 11 x 14 in.
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Jack L. Cooper collection of visual materials

Portrait photographs of Jack L. Cooper and relatives, friends, and business associates at social events and sometimes on Cooper's boat. Includes a few posters advertising his WSBC radio programs and the National Negro Business League. Cooper was an earlier leader in African American radio broadcasting.

Dates: ca 1910-1969   |   Extent: 16 photographic prints : b&w ; 10 3/4 x 14 in. or smaller.; 2 photographic prints : col. ; 10 3/4 x 14 in. and smaller.; 3 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 20 x 16 in. and smaller.
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Jack L. Cooper photograph collection

Visual materials pertaining to Jack Cooper, African American radio announcer in Chicago (1930s-50s) and his family and friends. Subjects include family gatherings (mostly snapshots), radio entertainers and vaudeville performers.

Dates: 1915-1970s, bulk 1960s-1970s   |   Extent: 215 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 56 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 38 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 14 negatives : col. ; 35 mm.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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John M. Ragland collection of visual materials

Items relating to John Ragland, his family and his career, ca. 1917 to 1970's, working for the betterment of African Americans, economically and socially, in Ohio, in Chicago, in the U.S. Army during World War II; and as executive director of the South Central Association (Chicago). Also includes materials relating to his son, Albert Ragland while serving as executive director

Dates: 1890s-1979, bulk 1960s-1970s   |   Extent: 577 photographic prints : b&w ; 51 x 31 cm. (20 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.) or smaller.; 124 photographic prints : col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 8 photographic prints : hand col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 1 photographs : tintype ; 10 x 7 cm. (4 x 2 3/4 in.); 6 photographic prints : postcard, silver gelatin ; 9 x 14 cm. ( 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.); 1 negatives : glass ; 5 x 7 in.; 18 photomechanical prints : poster, col. ; 18 x 10 cm. (7 1/2 x 4 in.) or smaller.; 1 drawing : hand col. ; 30 x 25 cm. (11 3/4 x 10 in.); 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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