(ENTERTAINMENT) 6 oversized press photos of Chicagos annual

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Sale 2697 - Lot 183

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(ENTERTAINMENT.) 6 oversized press photos of Chicago's annual Bud Billiken parade. Photographs, 10 x 12 inches or 11 x 14 inches, with Chicago Sun-Times caption labels, inked date stamps, and manuscript captions on verso; retouching and minor wear. Chicago, IL, 1948-1953

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The Bud Billiken Parade is the largest Black parade in the nation, held annually since 1929. These photographs show marchers in military uniforms, Boy Scouts, young clowns, and a debutante float, set against a background of hundreds of paradegoers on the city streets.

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