Chicago photographs from the New American Ghetto archive
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Chicago photographs from the New American Ghetto archive
- Identifier
- BMRC.CHM.NEW-AMER-GHETTO_PHOTOS
- Repository
- Chicago History Museum
- Language
- English
- Size
- 5.5 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1977-1998
Scope and Contents note
Includes the Chicago portion of a larger body of work by Vergara, entitled The New American Ghetto Archive, about some of the poorest and most racially segregated urban communities in the United States. Images include primarily street scenes, views from rooftops, views of buildings, and a few informal portraits of people in several Chicago neighborhoods, primarily African American, including views of churches, public housing projects (including Cabrini-Green, Henry Horner Homes, Stateway Gardens, Robert Taylor Homes), outdoor murals, former hotels and abandoned businesses primarily on the West Side and the South Side of Chicago and a few sites in Robbins, Illinois.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 October 20 by Andrew Steadham.
Conditions Governing Access note
Advance appointment required to view materials in this collection because all are in cold storage. Reference prints are made available to researchers by appointment. The cibachrome prints and transparencies are fragile and are closed except to researchers who arrange special permission and an advance appointment.