Southeast Chicago Historical Society
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
The Southeast Chicago Historical Museum is an all-volunteer institution created in the early 1980s that holds 10,000+ artifacts and 180+ oral histories. You can access more than 1000 of these items through this Digital Archive. The Museum continues to gather materials to extend its collections.
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Featured Item
Local 1033 display, panel 4
Local 1033 display, panel 4. Laminated clipping and photographs related to Republic Steel workers and Memorial Day Massacre. Includes photograph of John L. Lewis and text about the Wagner Act of 1936, steelworker unions, and Republic Steel in South Chicago.
View Item New ItemBlack Experience in the Mills
Women at Work
Cradle to Grave
Union Life
Danger in the Mills
Having Fun
From Old Country to New
On the Homefront
Buying Local
Postcard Landmarks
Civil Rights Struggles
Early Days on Wolf Lake
Disasters

Ceremonial move from original Our Lady of Guadalupe church building to new one
Book “Mexican Chicago”
Photograph of move from original frame church on Mackinaw to new Our Lady of Guadalupe Church building on 91st and Brandon. Children wearing angel wings in front of church. September 30, 1928.
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