The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party at the International Amphitheatre (4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess, taking seats at the convention. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, taking her seat. Democratic Party National Chairman, Paul M. Butler standing behind and below the podium as convention prepares to get underway. The amphitheater is filled with seated delegates, as they are called to order. Delegates standing and applauding, following the keynote speech of Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee, who touches the Tennessee delegate identification pole as it is thrust toward him. Delegates waving poles displaying their respective State names.
Richard Hunt's sculptures in Chicago, Illinois. Richard outside with his daughter on a winter day in Chicago near lake shore. Chicago skyscrapers in the background through fog. He takes his daughter on back. He talks with his daughter in an arboretum or indoor greenhouse garden, examining the forms of plants and commenting on how they influence his art works. Richard with another artist examining one of Hunt's sculptures in progress. They talk to each other. Richard preparing a sculpture with a mold over it for kiln firing. He weighs stones in a large beam balance, puts stones on a small trolley and moves it. They make it hot and pour liquid into molding vessel. They knock away the mold and examine the sculpture to see if it was cast as he intended.
Skyscrapers and an underpass of Chicago, Illinois United States. Modernistic offices and people working in them in the 1960s. Views of Daley Plaza (50 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602, United States) and the untitled sculpture (“Chicago Picasso”) by Pablo Picasso on display in the plaza. A boy with a camera takes photograph of the skyscrapers or sculpture. Busy streets and roads with buses and cars behind him can be seen.
Planetarium and other educational sites in Chicago, Illinois United States. Mother and her child enter the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum (1300 S DuSable Lk Shr Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, United States) in Chicago. A couple also enters. Exhibitions inside the planetarium include displays about various planets and the solar system. Scene changes to a new location in an educational center or museum. Children look inside a model to learn hatching of eggs. A working model of railway station and model trains operating.
Traffic on roads and illuminated buildings in night, in Chicago, Illinois United States. Street cars and buses and cars on roads in downtown area. Buildings and bridges lighted with light poles and illuminated signs. Rain is falling and the streets are wet with rain. People seen gathering in front of the McVickers Theater (25 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60602, United States). On the theater marquee is advertised the show Man of La Mancha. Shoppers on streets and shop windows with mannequins inside. Illuminated 'Chicago' sign written on buildings.
The activities of victory gardeners in Chicago, Illinois. Rail road train and the largest inland port of Chicago. A ship at the harbor. Steel plants and skyscrapers in Chicago. People look at the vegetables produced by gardeners at the victory garden festival. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace awards the best gardeners at a ceremony. Men and women perform Mexican dance.
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