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Collection: Dr. Benjamin M. Gasul Collection, 1936-1940
Identifier: F.2007-01-0005
Collection: Jack Baker Collection, 1942-1987
Identifier: F.2018-03-0021
Collection: John Dame Collection
Identifier: V.2011-05-0578
Collection: Ruth Page Collection, 1922-1999
Identifier: V.2011-05-0579
Collection: Ruth Page Collection, 1922-1999
The Benjamin Gasul Collection includes 5 reels of 16mm home movies shot by a well-respected Chicago area pediatrician, Dr. Benjamin M. Gasul. The films date from 1936 to 1940 and include footage of Brookfield Zoo and trips to Mackinac Island, Niagara Falls, Cuba, Miami, New Orleans and the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Identifier: F.2007-08-0019
Collection: Julian Gromer Collection, 1938-1973
Identifier: F.2007-08-0016
Collection: Julian Gromer Collection, 1938-1973
The entire Baker collection was shot by commercial artist Jack Baker on 8mm film between the 1940s and 80s, with the exception of one 16mm film of unknown origin. The collection consists of in-house industrial films Jack made for work and home movie footage he took of his wife and two kids. The films he made on the job consist of downtown Chicago scenes, an American Can Company plant and trips to Milwaukee, New Orleans, and New York City. The home movies include suburban construction, numerous children's birthday parties, a few Christmas celebrations, an adult Halloween party, a Cubs game and trips to the Indiana dunes and Wisconsin's Lake Geneva.