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Collection: Glick - Berolzheimer Collection, 1934-1978
Identifier: F.2010-06-0006
Collection: Ferd Isserman Collection, 1932-1968
Identifier: F.2008-06-0014
Collection: Walter Sunquist Collection, 1935-1984
Identifier: F.2018-03-0052
Collection: John Dame Collection
Identifier: F.2008-02-0001
Collection: Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection, 1927-1966
Identifier: F.2008-06-0038
Collection: Walter Sunquist Collection, 1935-1984
Identifier: F.2008-06-0024
Collection: Walter Sunquist Collection, 1935-1984
Identifier: F.2008-06-0028
Collection: Walter Sunquist Collection, 1935-1984
Identifier: F.2008-06-0032
Collection: Walter Sunquist Collection, 1935-1984
Identifier: F.2008-06-0031
Collection: Walter Sunquist Collection, 1935-1984
Identifier: F.2012-03-1101
Collection: Frank Koza Collection
Identifier: F.2005-01-0049
Collection: Margaret Conneely Collection, 1902-2007
Collection: Carl L. Godman Collection
The Ferd Isserman collection consists of 16mm home movies shot primarily in Chicago from the early 1930s through the late 1960s. Documenting leisure time, trips and holidays, highlights from the collection include family visits to the Chicago World’s Fair (A Century of Progress International Exposition) in 1933-34; a legion marching band and USO dedication in Chicago during WWII; the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1932; the 20th Miss America pageant held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ in 1946; a trip to San Francisco and Los Angeles in 1946-47; and Thanksgiving celebrations in the 1930s, 1940s and 1968.