Crandon Avenue Special - Part I
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A black-and-white and color home movie following the lives of Chester, Milly, and Norma Faust during their years living at 8331 S Crandon Avenue in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
Credits
Chester E. Faust (filmmaker); Mildred Faust (participant); Norma Faust (participant)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Chester E. Faust Collection
Notes: Includes scenes of Christmas morning gift unwrapping, ice skating at Bessemer Park, South Shore getting 7 inches of snow, girls jumping rope, Milly posing in front of the newly-built Chicago Vocational School (2100 E 87th St) with a 1941 Buick, and the family playing with a puppy in the backyard. There are occasional handset title cards and in-camera transitions.
Subjects: Snow; Ice Skating; Family recreation; Christmas; Dogs
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > South Shore; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Avalon Park
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 796 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/40171
Notes: Includes scenes of Christmas morning gift unwrapping, ice skating at Bessemer Park, South Shore getting 7 inches of snow, girls jumping rope, Milly posing in front of the newly-built Chicago Vocational School (2100 E 87th St) with a 1941 Buick, and the family playing with a puppy in the backyard. There are occasional handset title cards and in-camera transitions.
Subjects: Snow; Ice Skating; Family recreation; Christmas; Dogs
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > South Shore; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Avalon Park
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 796 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/40171
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:24:54