Chicago Seed
(newspaper) photograph collection
Finding Aid for the Collection at
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Title: Chicago Seed (newspaper) photograph collection
Main entry: Chicago Seed Publishing Company
Inclusive dates: [ca.
1960-1972]
Accession number: 1980.0117
Extent:
Call #: 1980.0117 PPL
5 boxes of photographic prints : b&w.
Call #: 1980.0117 PPN-0228
144 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm.
Summary: Includes photoprints from the alternative newspaper Chicago Seed. Some photoprints relate to the 1968 Democratic Convention demonstrations in Chicago, the civil rights movement, and other national social and political issues. Negatives show a construction project, an earth-moving project, and an unidentified event with a crowd, possibly in a park. A contact sheet, stored with the negatives, shows the earth-moving project.
Some photoprints copyrighted.
Gift of Chicago Seed, 1979 (1980.0117).
Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center include the Chicago Seed (newspaper) records and copies of the newspaper.
Online catalog headings:
The following catalog entries were made for this collection:
Seed Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Chicago seed (Newspaper)
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
African Americans---Illinois--Chicago--1960-1979.
Civil rights--Illinois--Chicago--1960-1979.
Newspapers--Illinois--Chicago--1960-1979.
Underground press--Illinois--Chicago--1960-1979.
Political conventions--Illinois--Chicago--1960-1969.
Radicalism
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1960-1979.
United States--Politics and government--1960-1979.
Group portraits.
Periodical illustrations.
Portrait photographs.
Silver gelatin prints.
Chicago seed (Newspaper)
United States--Illinois--Cook County--Chicago.
Container list of box
and folder numbers and titles:
Photoprints (5 boxes) Call# 1980.0117 PPL
Box 1 of 5
Miscellaneous Liberation News Service photos
Events, Rebellions
Events, African Americans, Organizations
Events, Fires, Insurrections
Events, Demonstrations, Latinos
Arts
People, Police
Events, Demonstrations, SOS
Parks
Women
Women
Box 2 of 5
Events, Demonstrations
Events. Demonstrations
Entertainment, Theatrical productions (see also Eliot contact sheets)
Architectural elements
Demonstrations
Communication devices
Contact sheets
Art
Animals
Box 3 of 5
1968, August: Democratic Convention, Chicago; Events, demonstrations
1969, January-February: University of Chicago occupation
1968, April 29-May 4 4: Parade and rally for freedom, Chicago; Events, demonstrations
1969, January-February: University of Chicago rebellion
(Contact sheets by Henry Horenstein, 5728 S. Blackstone)
Events, demonstrations, U. of Illinois at Urbana teach-in, Feb.
1969, April: Peace march demonstrations
1969, September Latino march
1969, October 8-11: SDS national action, Chicago
(Including many photos by Chicago reporter Piero Dactyl)
1969, November: March on Washington; Events, demonstrations
Box 4 of 5
People, African Americans
People, Entertainers, Musicians
People, Children
Organizations, Commercial organizations, Publishing, Seed Publishing Co.
Interpersonal relations
Food
Land
Parks, People's Park, Berkley
People, Couples
Organizations
Organizations, YLO-YSO-CCSF
Motion picture stills
Interpersonal relations, Manners & customs, City & town life, Slums
Events, Festivals
Parks, People's Park, Chicago
Events, Meetings
Galleries and museums, Bugs Bunny (?)
Box 5 of 5
People
Streets
People, Hippies
People, Identified (ca. 1968-70)
People, Unidentified (ca. 1968-72) (locale)
Social class, Lower class, poor, white, "Down home" Ky, W. VA
Railroad tracks
People, Nudes
People, Police & military, ca. 1968, 70
Vehicles, Automobiles
Social classes, Middle class
Negatives and contact sheet Call #: 1980.0117 PPN-0228
1 folder
144 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm.