John Anthony Brooks photographs of CHA residents
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- John Anthony Brooks photographs of CHA residents
- Identifier
- BMRC.CHM.CHA_RESIDENTS_PHOTO
- Repository
- Chicago History Museum
- Language
- English
- Size
- 0.25 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1999
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of residents of apartments in the Rogers Park community area of Chicago (Ill.) whose rents were subsidized through the Chicago Housing Authority’s Section 8 program, allowing them to relocate from public housing projects that were in the process of being dismantled. Includes informal portraits of people inside their homes, usually posing or interacting with family members.
Custodial History note
Photography commissioned by Chicago Historical Society as part of its "My History Is Your History Project" (2000.0039).
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 October 8 by Lisa Calahan.