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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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St. Francis of Assisi: Saved from the Wrecking Ball

Creator: The Maxwell Street Foundation
Medium: Video
Period: 1980-1999
Creator: German, Mexican
Created by Loyola University graduate students and the Maxwell Street Foundation, with assistance from St. Francis of Assisi, 2024
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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
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Jim’s Original: Birthplace of the Maxwell Street Polish Sausage

Creator: Maxwell Street Foundation
Medium: Video
Created by Loyola University graduate students for the Maxwell Street Foundation, with assistance from Jim's Original, 2024
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“Maxwell Street” poem reading by Andrew Gottlieb

Medium: Video
Period: 2000-Present
Creator: Jewish
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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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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
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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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Maxwell Street

Creator: Tom Palazzolo
Medium: Video
Period: 1980-1999
Tags: Chicken Charlie, Chicken Man, film students, Howard Chavin, Market, Maxwell Street Market, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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