May Parade+School Show
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A home movie depicting a neighborhood parade, likely in celebration of Polish Constitution Day (May 3), followed by a children's song and dance performance.
Credits
Victoria Agatha Wielgus Sendra (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1955
Cfa collection: Victoria Agatha Wielgus Sendra Collection
Notes: The parade appears to take place along Augusta Boulevard, near Humboldt Park, where Chicago's Polish Constitution Day Parade took place before it was moved to State Street. Parade participants include the American Legion James J. Zientek Post No. 419 and a Boy Scouts of America troop from Holy Innocents Church.
Subjects: Parades and processions; Polish Americans
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/39268
Cfa collection: Victoria Agatha Wielgus Sendra Collection
Notes: The parade appears to take place along Augusta Boulevard, near Humboldt Park, where Chicago's Polish Constitution Day Parade took place before it was moved to State Street. Parade participants include the American Legion James J. Zientek Post No. 419 and a Boy Scouts of America troop from Holy Innocents Church.
Subjects: Parades and processions; Polish Americans
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/39268
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:26