• Title Man Holds Out Money
  • Caption Each June, Kenneth Morrison, left, throws a party for several hundred friends, family members and fellow Pilsen residents. He roasts a pig then holds belt sander races down a rough, hand-constructed plywood track. The "vehicles" for this race are modified poser tools attached to long extension cords.
  • Photographer Lowenstein, Jon
  • Date June 11, 2000
  • Iso Date 2000-06-11
  • Project Location Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Project Number 1046
  • Project Title Belt Sander Races and Pig Roast
  • Original Sleeve Title Pig Fest
  • Sleeve Caption Belt sander races and pig roast at 2025 S. Halsted Street, the studio and home of Kenneth Morrison. This is a large outdoor party where they will hold belt sander races, modified power tools racing down a 30' track. They are also roasting a pig. They expect 400 people and will have two bands." Event starts at 2:00 pm but things shouldn't be shaking until around 4:30. Loosely associated with Secret order of the Lamprey a group of artists in Chicago.
  • Subject Money; American Flag; Men
  • Subject Vocabulary Scheme LCSH
  • Type Image
  • Form Photographs
  • Medium Color
  • Film Size 35mm
  • 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 38198100256781_23
  • Item Url http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/u?/uic_city,5225
  • Digital Collection CITY 2000 (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • Rights Contact photographer for use rights.