• Title Korean Kite Festival at Montrose Beach
  • Caption The Korean Kite Flying team prepares to fly more than 2,000 kites over Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach. The display was a symbolic expression of appreciation for renewed peace talks between North and South Korea.
  • Photographer Dostatni, Yvette
  • Date August 11, 2000
  • Iso Date 2000-08-11
  • Project Location Uptown (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Project Number 1366
  • Project Title Korean Kite Festival
  • Original Sleeve Title Kites
  • Sleeve Caption 2,000 "winged" kites flown by the Korean Kite Flying team at the Montrose Beach over Lake Michigan during the Korean Kite Festival. The Korean American community organizations support the event in conjunction with Loyola University and the City of Chicago. this is a spiritual event to promote peace and unity in Korea.
  • Subject Korean Americans; Kites; Ethnic costume; Lake Michigan; Day
  • Subject Vocabulary Scheme LCSH
  • Type Image
  • Form Photographs
  • Medium Color
  • Film Size 120
  • Sponsorship Funded through the support of the Comer Foundation.
  • Host University of Illinois at Chicago. Library.
  • Collection CITY 2000 (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • Repository University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives.
  • Citation Cite as [Creator]. [Title], [Identifier]. Comer Archive of Chicago in the Year 2000 (University of Illinois at Chicago).
  • Rights Contact photographer for use rights.
  • Staff Notes CITY 2000: images from the book
  • Local Identifier 38198100294071_29
  • Item Url http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/u?/uic_city,5430
  • Digital Collection CITY 2000 (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • Rights Contact photographer for use rights.