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Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Bronzeville historic slides, 1950s
Harper's Magazine, vol. 201, no. 1207
December 1950 issue of Harper's Magazine (vol. 201, no. 1207) containing an article (pp.86-97) titled "The Strangest Place in Chicago" by John Bartlow Martin which describes life in the Mecca apartment building at 34th and State streets.
Mecca Building tile, 1892
Hexagonal terra cotta-colored glazed ceramic (?) floor (?) tile from the Mecca Flats building which was located at 34th Street and Dearborn streets, Chicago, IL. Ca. 6" diameter.
Paramount Records reissue label for "Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats," 1950
Printed label (gray on black) for a 1950 reissue of a 1926 Paramount Records phonograph 78 rpm disc titled "Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats" by Jimmie Blythe. Label appears not to have been used. Marked as follows: Paramount/Electrically Recorded/14019 B/Piano Solo/Lovin's Been Here and/Gone to Mecca Flats/(blithe)/Jimmie/Blythe/335/The New York Laboratories - Port Washington, Wis Trade Mark Registered.
Bronzeville Digital Stories (booklet), 2000
bronzeville-stories as of June 7, 2000. Prof. David Coogan served as project advisor.
South Side Redevelopment photographs, 1949-1959
Aerial photographs and photographs of plans and models concerning the post-World War II planned redevelopment of Chicago's South Side. See item listing for description of specific images. Also included are a small number of copies of photographs from other sources.
Bronzeville 23rd St. Viaduct collection, 1925
The Central South Area Plan collection, 1961
Bronzeville photo, 1961
Bronzeville Design Symposium collection, 1999
Materials related to "Bronzeville Design Symposium: The Impact of Design on Urban Communities," held at Illinois Institute of Technology October 29-30, 1999. Project was a joint activity of IIT, the College of Architecture, and Harvard Graduate School of Design.