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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
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Signs of Maxwell Street: Ellis Island of Chicago

Creator: The Maxwell Street Foundation
Medium: Video
Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Creator: Various
Created by Loyola University grad students and the Maxwell Street Foundation, 2024
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Postcards from Maxwell Street: The Fat of the Land

Creator: Nick Jackson
Medium: Photography
Period: 2000-Present
Creator: Various
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Maxwell Street Market: Interview with former vendor Merlyn McFarland

Creator: Maxwell Street Foundation / StoryCorps Partnership
Medium: Audio
Period: 2000-Present
Creator: Various
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Shell Game

Creator: Tom Palazzolo
Medium: Video
Period: 1980-1999
Creator: African American, Various
Tags: film students, Maxwell Street Market, Sidewalk game
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Maxwell Street Visions

Creator: 1980-1999, Marcia and Tom Palazzolo, with Bernie Beckman
Medium: Video
Period: 2000-Present
Creator: Various
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Rev. Cherokee pamphlet

Medium: Artifacts
Period: 1960-1979
Creator: Various
Maxwell Street Foundation
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Shopper at Market with purchase of frames

Creator: Gene Schwartz
Medium: Photography
Period: 1980-1999
Creator: Various
Maxwell Street Foundation
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