“Black Life” images taken in the south side of Chicago, 1946-1948. The project was funded from two consecutive Guggenheim grants. Many images are included in the pubication, Chicago’s South Side, 2000.
463 silver gelatin fiber prints, 1 resin coated fiber print. Mostly vintage prints, mostly 11x14”
Gwendolyn Brooks in her apartment on 63rd and South Parkway. Chicago, Illinois. 1947.
"Simple" was a character that poet Langston Hughes used in his newspaper column. Upon seeing the man in this photograph, Hughes said, “That’s him.” Chicago, Illinois. 1947.
Spectators at the Bud Billiken parade. 1946.
Back Steps of the 45th Street Bar. Chicago, Illinois. 1947.
Merchants, South Halsted Street. Chicago, Illinois. 1946.
385 5x7 resin coated prints; 49 8x10” resin coated prints. Many RC are duplicative of SGF
Negatives and transparencies, various formats
Sleeve: “Chicago 1946-1948”. 4 pages CSS Copy slides, 35mm
Box: “Feb ’48”. 15 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Box: “Feb ’48”. 15 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Sleeve: “Harvester 1sts July ’47”. 8 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Sleeve: “Harvester 1sts July ’47”. 8 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Box: “Gugg-Eldzier Cortor paintings, tenement, Joe Louis…”. 5 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Box: “Gugg-Eldzier Cortor paintings, tenement, Joe Louis…”. 5 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Box: “Holiday”. 6 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Box: “Holiday”. 6 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Box: “Holiday 3rds”. 15 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Box: “Holiday 3rds”. 15 transparencies, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Envelope: “Holiday Black Chicago 1947-48”. 29 transparencies, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 and 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Envelope: “Holiday Black Chicago 1947-48”. 29 transparencies, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 and 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Envelope: “Holiday Black Chicago 1947-48”. 29 transparencies, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 and 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Sleeve: “Kodachrome negs”. 5 negatives, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Sleeve: “Kodachrome negs”. 5 negatives, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Box: Chicago South Side book dust jackets and unbound pages
Box: Chicago South Side exhibition installation prints
Folder: Several booklets on race relations in Chicago
