• Collection ID 2005.0001
  • Creator Names Balkin, Steven
  • Title Maxwell Street film footage [videorecording].
  • Dates 1992-2000.
  • Physical description
    • 45 DVDs. (Copies).
    • 45 Hi8 videotapes. (Originals).
  • Collection summary Film footage showing vendors at their stands, shoppers and shopkeepers, visitors, and street musicians, and the landscape of the Maxwell Street neighborhood. Includes the 1994 last summer season at the original Maxwell Street Market. Steven Balkin of the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition made these films as part of the Coalition's on-going efforts to preserve images of the neighborhood before much of the property was acquired by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Dr. Steven Balkin (2005.0001 and 2005.0002na).
  • Names
    • Maxwell Street Market (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition.
    • University of Illinois at Chicago Buildings.
    • Balkin, Steven
    • Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition.
  • Subjects
    • African Americans Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Children Illinois Chicago 1990-1999. lctgm
    • Hispanic Americans Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Peddlers Illinois Chicago 1990-1999. lctgm
    • Poor persons Illinois Chicago 1990-1999. lctgm
    • Shopping Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Street musicians Illinois Chicago 1990-1999. lctgm
    • Women Illinois Chicago 1990-1999. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Halsted Street (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Chicago (Ill.) 1990-1999.
    • Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.) 1990-1999.
  • Genre
    • Digital video discs. aat
    • Video recordings. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.