@chinookking97 Cadillac or not, there was a great deal of racism in the fifties, and even affluent black people were subject to racism in many forms. For that matter, many Fortune 500 firms did not hire Jews or ethnic catholics either! So much for "The good old days!"
@boazrg Roughly 17,000 people could afford an El Dorado on 1955. That's not all Cadillacs. That's just the number for that one model. The 1950s were known for their prosperity. You're thinking of the 1930s and 40s that were kinda rough.
@nwascorpio I was in grammar school in the fifties. What I meant was that relatively few people could afford an expensive car at that time. Certainly a blue collar family could not afford a Cadillac! And I might add, a blue collar family would be unlikely to afford a movie camera either, which cost most of a month's pay for the average family. You have to remember that in the fifties, blue collat wages were sixty, seventy, eighty dollars a week, but you could support a family on that!
Thank you for sharing your film, when I watch these films I wonder if some of the people in them are still alive?
MICRcheck 2 months ago
@boatzrg ...or a lincoln haha...
So much about racism in the 50s. Great times, great movie
chinookking97 6 months ago
@chinookking97 Cadillac or not, there was a great deal of racism in the fifties, and even affluent black people were subject to racism in many forms. For that matter, many Fortune 500 firms did not hire Jews or ethnic catholics either! So much for "The good old days!"
boazrg 2 months ago
Now THAT is a goddamn Cadillac!
Nacho66 6 months ago 2
These people in the film are "living Large!" Very few families could afford a Cadillac in the 1950's!
boazrg 9 months ago
@boazrg Roughly 17,000 people could afford an El Dorado on 1955. That's not all Cadillacs. That's just the number for that one model. The 1950s were known for their prosperity. You're thinking of the 1930s and 40s that were kinda rough.
nwascorpio 2 months ago
@nwascorpio I was in grammar school in the fifties. What I meant was that relatively few people could afford an expensive car at that time. Certainly a blue collar family could not afford a Cadillac! And I might add, a blue collar family would be unlikely to afford a movie camera either, which cost most of a month's pay for the average family. You have to remember that in the fifties, blue collat wages were sixty, seventy, eighty dollars a week, but you could support a family on that!
boazrg 2 months ago
Cool film..what part of Chicago? Thanks for posting.
smedina123s 1 year ago
@smedina123s
Looks like the West Side. Perhaps Washington or Jackson along the K streets west of Crawford (Pulsaki).
I well remember the orders to walk and smile for the 8mm movie camera.
sgtles 10 months ago 2
wow... crazy!
objectcity 2 years ago