Chicago Voting, 1950s
Chicago Voting, 1950s
Master 3 - Tape 1 Great coverage of election day in Chicago, Illinois, 1950s--the golden age of machine politics; great footage for the 1960 elections. Good footage of African-American voters.
Chicago Voting, 1950s
Exterior shots of voter walking into the brick archway at Hyde School. Cut to CU sign: "VOTING PLACE WARD 5 PRECINCT 2". Cut to sign: "HYDE SCHOOL PTA OUTGROWN SHOW TUESDAYS 9-12, WEDNESDAYS 10-3, DOWNSTAIRS". Interior MS of people at the polling place, picking up ballots and then standing in cubicles, voting, shot from the back. Nice exterior shot of 2 male voters (one young man, one elderly) going to polling place, maybe political figures; they smile at camera as they walk past it. Men and women waiting in line, outside, woman in front reading. She and the other women stnading near hear look oddly similar - similar coats, hand bags and haristyles - kind of funny. WS of building sign: "CRANE". Interior polling place with men in line waiting for ballots. They stand in front of a table in an entrance way and are handed ballots as they arrive. One man wipes his nose. African-american and white voters, mostly male. Strange shot of the back calves of a woman in skirt up to her back. Wider shot of voters at their cubicles from behind. Voters in line at registration table. Woman standing over wooden ballot box as voters submit their ballots. CU politician submitting his ballot.
Chicago Voting, 1950s
White man & 2 black women sit by a sign saying RESERVED POLL WATCHERS. Black woman election judge behind desk takes people ballots. Black voters in line for ballots. MCU poll worker writes in book. Black woman pulls back curtain and walks out of booth. Black man walks into booth (low angle shot) poll worker supervises and closes curtain. VS black voters going into and out from voting booths. Some nice shots here. One woman carries her baby. WS poll workers around table.
Chicago Voting, 1950s
CU of SPECIMEN CONSTITUTION BALLOT. CU finger pushing polling levers bieng pushed for the APPELLATE COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. Man holds a computer printout. Pan down a REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC SPECIMEN REPRESENTATIVE BALLOT. REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 177 TO BE ELECTED. Among the names on this ballot for State Representatives is future Chicago mayor Harold Washington (Washington was elected as rep of the 26th district), and other Chicago pols). Pan down long ballot with Democratic and Republican candidates listed on opposite sides. OTS shot of two men talking at a desk. CU one man pointing out names on a ballot. Great super shot of polling lever being pulled. CU sign: BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS CHICAGO IL. Pan of levers to push for COOK COUNTY JUDGES. Finger demonstrates how easy it is to push the little levers for your candidate of choice. One after another they are pushed. One of the switches won't move - finger just can't get it to budge- hmmm? Another great shot of lever being pushed back and forth.
Chicago Voting, 1950s
Brief shot of convention hall at, huge American flag. Good shot of woman entering voting booth, going through her motions as a citizen. Snowy exteriors at the polling place. More interiors, handing out ballots, nice shot of ballots being stuffed into boxes.