[Color slides of the Bud Billiken parade and an African American family in Chicago].

[Illinois], [circa 1951]

109 slides : color ; 3 x 4 cm, in mounts 6 x 6 cm

Purchased from Langdon Manor Books, LLC, on the Bradford F. and Lila L. Swan Fund, 2023.

The Bud Billiken Parade, held annually since 1929, unites African Americans throughout the city of Chicago in music, dance, food, and laughter.

Color photographic slides depicting the 1951 Bud Billiken Parade, the lives of an unidentified African American family, and buildings and outdoor events in Chicago. Parade images (36 slides, Folder 1) were taken at street level and depict cheering onlookers, marching bands, decorated cars (including one carrying Mayor Martin Kennelly), floats from local businesses, veterans and service members, Girl Scouts, and Black Shriners. Images of an African American family (42 slides, Folder 2) portray adults and children posed in small groups and individually in and around their home. In many shots, family members appear to be dressed up for an event, including a young woman in a Girl Scout uniform. Many other images (31 slides, Folders 3 and 4) depict scenes of Chicago, including the Adler Planetarium, children on rides and the carousel at a fair, military vehicles, a factory, an unidentified Carver School, and several other unidentified buildings and a dock. Photographers unidentified.

English

July 13, 2023

Color Slides of the Bud Billiken Parade and an African American Family in Chicago. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Color Slides of the Bud Billiken Parade and an African American Family in Chicago. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

United States Illinois Chicago.