Memorial Day Boy Scout Parade - St. Thomas Aquinas Parish - Herbertie
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Home movie depicting Memorial Day Boy Scout Parade in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. It starts at the former St. Thomas Aquinas Church (5112 W Washington Blvd, now the St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church) and continues to the small park at the intersection of W Washington Blvd and N Laramie Ave where there is a gun salute in front of a war memorial.
Credits
Herbert Clark (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1929
Cfa collection: John T. and Jane D. Clark Collection
Notes: The memorial reads “Memorial to the Soldiers Sailors and Marines of the West Side and of Austin - Erected through public subscription by the James G Brophy Post No. 195 American Legion”The memorial no longer exists at this location.
Subjects: Parades and processions; Boy Scouts; Militaries; Monuments and memorials
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Austin
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 98 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/37123
Cfa collection: John T. and Jane D. Clark Collection
Notes: The memorial reads “Memorial to the Soldiers Sailors and Marines of the West Side and of Austin - Erected through public subscription by the James G Brophy Post No. 195 American Legion”The memorial no longer exists at this location.
Subjects: Parades and processions; Boy Scouts; Militaries; Monuments and memorials
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Austin
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 98 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/37123
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