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1. Horace Cayton with "Blue Boy," 1944 Horace Cayton with "Blue Boy," 1944 Art collectors; Paintings; Guests; Art; Community centers; Women; Men; Windows; Draperies; Minorities; Horace Cayton, the director of Parkway Community House, was an avid collector of the art of the Chicago Renaissance. In this photograph, he is showing Charles Sebree's painting, "Blue Boy," to visitors...
2. Charlemae Hill Rollins, 1950's Charlemae Hill Rollins, 1950's Librarians; Women; Minorities; Authors; Race discrimination; As children's librarian at the Hall branch of the Chicago Public Library from 1932 to 1963, Charlemae Hill Rollins set generations of Bronzeville youth on paths to achievement. Beginning in the 1930's,...
3. Marian Campfield at the Chicago Defender, 1948 Marian Campfield at the Chicago Defender, 1948 Newspaper editors; Journalists; Women; Automobiles; Buildings; Reporters; Minorities; City editor of the Chicago Bee in the 1930's and 1940's, Marian Campfield was directly responsible for the Bee's general reporting, and ensured a remarkable coverage of women's events. She had earlier...
4. Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band, 1944 Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band, 1944 Military bands; Musicians; Women; Big bands; Musical instruments; Wind instruments; Drums; Minorities; Ethnic groups; Women musicians were also drafted during World War II. This all-Black WAC band, formed at an Iowa army post, played at a war bond drive at State and Madison. The band also played jazz at Servicemen's Center...
5. Poster, Sadie Bruce dance revue program, Civic Opera House, 1948 Poster, Sadie Bruce dance revue program, Civic Opera House, 1948 Dance; Schools; Performances; Advertisements; Women; Dancers; Music education; Minorities; Sadie Bruce and her sister, Mary Bruce, each operated their own dance schools in Bronzeville. Sadie Bruce's dance studio was located at 54th and Calumet; Mary Bruce's was at 58th and South Parkway. The...
6. Exhibit of WPA research materials, 1939 Exhibit of WPA research materials, 1939 Exhibitions; Ethnic groups; Minorities; Economic & social conditions; Research; Churches; Basements; Women; Men; Books; Paper; Tables; Portraits; Waitresses; Servants; Food; Silverware; Clocks & watches; An exhibit of research supervised by Horace Cayton and funded by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) was presented to the public in the basement of the Church of the Good Shepherd (5700 Prairie Avenue)...
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