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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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Vendor John Johnson obituary

Medium: article
Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-Present
Creator: African American
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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
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Nocturnal Journal Christmas Edition with Dave Hoekstra | Maxwell Street Musician “Lefty” Vince Johnson

Medium: Audio
Period: 2000-Present
Creator: African American
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Postcards from Maxwell Street: Manolo’s Tacos

Creator: Nick Jackson
Medium: Photography
Period: 2000-Present
Creator: Latino, Mexican
Tags: Al Pastor, Food Vendor, Manolo's Tacos, Mexican Food, Tacos
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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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Rev. Cherokee pamphlet

Medium: Artifacts
Period: 1960-1979
Creator: Various
Maxwell Street Foundation
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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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MANY CULTURES, MANY DREAMS, ONE STREET

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