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  [Chicago 1966 Peace March]

  1966-01-01 / Chicago Collection, Outside Agitators, Tom Palazzolo

  Chicago, 1966. Artists assemble at Dominico Di Meo’s loft to prepare banners and artwork for an anti-Vietnam War demonstration led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading →

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  Musical Memories from Chicago 1963 to 2000

  Chicago Collection, Performance, Tom Palazzolo

  A collection of excerpts from films by Tom Palazzolo focuing on music in Chicago, from street performers on Maxwell St to folk and rock bands at neighborhood festivals. Continue reading →

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  Joel Klaff at Historical Society

  Chicago Collection, Performance, Tom Palazzolo

  Tom Palazzolo documents Joel Klaff’s (aka Guy Taylor) performance art piece, “Guy Taylor’s Fashion Fables”, during a Chicago Historical Society Function. Continue reading →

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  Chicago Folk and Roots festival

  2001-07-14 / Chicago Collection, Performance, Tom Palazzolo

  Footage of the Chicago Folk and Roots Festival at Welles Park. Includes conversations with attendees and musicians, as well as the entire set of a band’s performance. Continue reading →

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  Bridgeport Block Party

  Chicago Collection, Tom Palazzolo

  Silent home movie footage of a block party in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago sometime in the late ’70s or early ’80s. Continue reading →

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  [Shell Game at Maxwell Street]

  Chicago Collection, Tom Palazzolo

  Tom Palazzolo and friend film a man on Maxwell Street hosting an illegal shell game. Continue reading →

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  I Married a Munchkin

  1994-01-01 / Chicago Collection, Tom Palazzolo

  I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN presents the life and times of Mary Ellen St. Aubin, a woman small in stature who lived large. She and her husband, Parnell St. Aubin–one of the original Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz–were in show business for much of their lives, until they retired to run the legendary Midget Club on Chicago’s South Side. Continue reading →

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  I Saw The Signs

  2013-06-01 / Chicago Collection, Tom Palazzolo

  A documentary featuring hand-painted signs on buildings, trucks, and store signs around Chicago. Continue reading →