Photo by Ron Gordon

Sights & Sounds
period: 1940-1959

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

Tonics and medicinals at the Maxwell Street Market

Medium: Photography

Period: 1940-1959

Maxwell Street Foundation, courtesy of Edward C. Schulz

Tool and Hardware sales at the Maxwell Street Market

Medium: Photography

Period: 1940-1959

Maxwell Street Foundation, courtesy of Edward C. Schulz

Shoe sales at the Maxwell Street Market

Medium: Photography

Period: 1940-1959

Maxwell Street Foundation, courtesy of Edward C. Schulz

Shoppers looking at clothing

Medium: Photography

Period: 1940-1959

Maxwell Street Foundation, courtesy of Edward C. Schulz

Rally around to save Maxwell Street

Medium: Artifacts

Period: 1940-1959

Maxwell Street Foundation

Young Izrael Synagogue

Creator: Jack Sloan

Medium: Photography

Period: 1940-1959

Courtesy of Norman Schwarz

Church on Maxwell Street

Creator: Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Marvin E. Newman

Medium: Video

Period: 1940-1959