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YOUNG WOMAN SOLICITING FUNDS FOR A CHICAGO ORGANIZATION IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT. SHE IS ONE OF THE NEARLY 1.2 MILLION BLACK PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP OVER A THIRD OF THE POPULATION OF CHICAGO. IT IS ONE OF THE MANY BLACK FACES IN THIS PROJECT THAT PORTRAY LIFE IN ALL ITS SEASONS. THE PHOTOS ARE PORTRAITS THAT REFLECT PRIDE, LOVE, BEAUTY, HOPE, STRUGGLE, JOY, HATE, FRUSTRATION, DISCONTENT, WORSHIP, AND FAITH. SHE IS A MEMBER OF HER RACE WHO IS PROUD OF HER HERITAGE
"The captions are John White's own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several images.
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
Washington Street Looking East from Wells Street Postcard
A postcard portraying an exterior day view of Washington Street looking East from Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois.
Washington Park Garden Postcard
A colorized photograph of the garden in Washington Park, Chicago, Ill. appearing on the front of a postcard.
Video of the Paris pavilion at 1933 World's Fair
Video taken in 1933 of the Paris pavilion at the Century of Progress World's Fair exposition in Chicago
The Rookery Building Architecture Profile
An architectural summary of the Rookery Building, a historical skyscraper in the Loop.
The Chicago Times
Chicago newspaper popular in the latter half of the nineteenth-century founded in 1854. The paper was originally published in the fifth story of the McCormick Block, on the corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets. The circulation was but little over…
The Chicago Cubs
Chicago franchise of the Major League Baseball and a member of the National League. Winner of the 1908 World Series against the Detroit Lions, and contender in the 2016 NLCS series to advance to the World Series against the Cleveland Indians. One of…
The "Avenues of Chicago" sheet music
First page of the sheet music for song titled, "The Avenues of Chicago"
Sue the T. Rex (FMNH PR 2081)
Sue the T. Rex is the largest, most extensive and best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen ever found at over 90% recovered by bulk. It was discovered in the summer of 1990, by Sue Hendrickson, a paleontologist, and was named after her. The fossil…
Street portrait artist in Jazz Alley
A portrait artist draws a woman, seated left, as a crowd watches behind the artist in Jazz Alley at 50th and Langley in Chicago