Photo by Ron Gordon

Sights & Sounds
culture: Jewish

Arthur Goldberg, Supreme Court Justice, as a child in the Maxwell Street neighborhood

Creator: Goldberg family

Medium: Photography

Period: Pre 1912

Creator: Jewish

Demolition of Nate’s Deli

Period: 1980-1999

Creator: African American, Jewish

Tags: Demolition

Hal Fox: Chicago’s Jazz Entrepreneur

Creator: The Maxwell Street Foundation

Medium: Video

Period: 1940-1959

Creator: African American, Jewish, Latino, Various

Created by Loyola University grad students and the Maxwell Street Foundation, 2024

Zoot Suits and the Forgotten American Dream

Creator: The Maxwell Street Foundation

Medium: Video

Period: 1940-1959, 1960-1979

Creator: African American, Jewish, Mexican

Created by Loyola University grad students and the Maxwell Street Foundation, 2024

“Maxwell Street” poem reading by Andrew Gottlieb

Medium: Video

Period: 2000-Present

Creator: Jewish

Maxwell Street Market: interview with artists Ken Josephson and Tom Palazzolo

Creator: Maxwell Street Foundation / StoryCorps Partnership

Medium: Audio

Period: 2000-Present

Creator: African American, Jewish

And This Was Free

Creator: Maxwell Street Foundation

Medium: Video

Period: 2000-Present

Creator: African American, Gypsy, Italian, Jewish, Latino

Tags: Barney Ross, Blues music, Dr. Beatrice Tucker, Florence Scala

For Public Interest sign

Creator: Source and location unknown

Medium: Photography

Period: 1980-1999

Creator: Jewish

Mezuzah

Creator: Ron Gordon

Medium: Photography

Period: 1980-1999

Creator: Jewish

Nate’s Delicatessen Sign

Creator: Ron Gordon

Medium: Artifacts, Photography

Period: 1980-1999

Creator: Jewish