| Dates: | 1938-1983, bulk dates 1969-1983 |
| Size: | 5 linear feet in 5 boxes, includes 476 photographs |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe.h00068 |
| Immediate source of acquisition: | Most of these photographs were accessioned with the rest of the Harold Washington Archives and Collections. A small portion of the collection (Box 5 Folders 1-22) were acquired by the Library in 2001 through both purchase and donation. |
| Conditions governing use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Conditions governing access: | Materials open without restrictions. |
| Preferred citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Harold Washington Archives and Collections, Pre-Mayoral Photograph Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library |
| Finding aid author: | Morag Walsh, 2014. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Sarah Zimmerman, 2022. |
Abstract
This collection begins with photographs of Harold Washington as a student, in the Army and as a member of the Illinois legislature, but the bulk of the collection dates from his time in Washington, D.C., as U.S. Congressman, and from his 1983 campaign for Mayor of Chicago.
Biographical/Historical
Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago, elected in 1983.
Harold Washington was born on April 15, 1922, at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. His parents, Roy Lee and Bertha Jones Washington, divorced when he was young, and he lived with his father in Chicago and attended boarding school in Milwaukee. Washington entered Chicago’s DuSable High School in 1939, served in the Civilian Conservation Corps for six months, enlisted in the military from 1943 to 1946 and returned to DuSable High School to graduate in 1946. After earning a bachelor degree at Roosevelt University in Chicago and a law degree at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., Washington enjoyed a career as a practicing attorney before he turned to politics.
Washington’s political career encompassed roles at the municipal, state and national levels of government. He served as Illinois State Representative for the 26th District from 1965 to 1976. He then became Illinois State Senator for the 26th District from 1976 to 1980. Washington ran for mayor of Chicago in 1977, but lost. In 1980, he became a U.S. Congressman for the 1st District and served in that post until 1983. Washington again ran for mayor in 1983, winning the Democratic primary election in February of that year and the general election in April. He was inaugurated on April 29, 1983 and was re-elected in 1987. Harold Washington died at 1:36 PM on November 25, 1987 of a cardiac arrest, just a few months into his second term as mayor. He is buried in Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery.
Scope and Contents
These photographs mostly document Harold Washington’s time in public office before becoming Mayor of the City of Chicago in April 1983. The collection begins with photographs of him as a student, in the Army and serving in the Illinois legislature, but the bulk of the collection dates from his time in Washington, D.C. as U.S. Congressman and from his 1983 campaign for Mayor of Chicago. Key events are documented in the collection including Harold Washington announcing his candidacy for Mayor, casting his own vote in the mayoral election and declaring victory. Photographs of the inauguration can be found in the Mayoral, Press Office Photographs Series. Many of the photographs show Harold Washington with constituents and at fundraising events. Other individuals in the collection include Muhammad Ali, Reverend Willie Barrow, Jane Byrne, Richard M. Daley, Charles Hayes, Clifford Kelley, Carol Moseley-Braun, Lu Palmer, Toni Preckwinkle, Al Raby, Gus Savage, John Stroger, Dolores Woods and Jim Wright.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into five series. With the exception of photographs from Harold Washington’s youth (Series 1), series correspond to Harold Washington’s public service career (Series 2-5).
- Series 1: Early Life, circa 1937-1949
- Series 2: Illinois State Representative, circa 1969-1977
- Series 3: Illinois State Senate, 1977-circa 1980
- Series 4: U.S. Congress, 1981-1983
- Series 5: 1983 Mayoral Campaign, 1982-1983
Researchers should note that there may be overlap in the U.S. Congress and the 1983 Mayoral Campaign series as Harold Washington’s mayoral campaign was underway during his Congressional term. Some folders have several photographs.
Related Materials
- Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Illinois State Representative Records
- Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Illinois State Senate Records
- Harold Washington Archives and Collections. U.S. Congress Records
- Harold Washington Archives and Collections. 1983 Mayoral Campaign Records
- Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Mayoral Records
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Early Life, circa 1937-1949
Scope and Contents
Series includes 3 photographs.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | DuSable High School, hurdles | circa 1937-1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Sgt. Harold Washington, 1887th Engineer Battalion, Guam | 1945 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Harold Washington, 3 classmates, Roosevelt College | circa 1946-1949 |
Series 2: Illinois State Representative, circa 1969-1977
Scope and Contents
Series includes 5 photographs.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Representative Ray Ewell, Representative Isaac Sims, Representative Harold Washington | circa 1969-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Representative Harold Washington, Sam Patch, Alex Seith | circa 1969-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Senator Kenneth Hall, Representative Harold Washington | circa 1969-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Representative Harold Washington, Senator Kenneth Hall, Governor Richard Ogilvie | circa 1971-1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Members of the 77th General Assembly | circa 1971-1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Harold Washington, Jesse Jackson. Rhoden’s Photo and Press Service, photographers | 1977 April 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Harold Washington at an unidentified community event | 1977 October |
Series 3: Illinois State Senate, 1977-circa 1980
Scope and Contents
Series includes 208 photographs.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Portraits of Harold Washington | 1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Hyde Park Racquet Club meeting. Brian S. Johnson, photographer | 1980 September 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Harold Washington campaigning for Congress, R.L. Duke’s Oldsmobile Car Dealership. Brian S. Johnson, photographer | 1980 October |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | Lu Palmer and others at an unidentified church | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Protest sign, West Side People for Progress, Chicago Black United Communities, Tom Ayers, Commonwealth Edison | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Clifford Kelley and others at an unidentified event | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Harold Washington speaking at an unidentified church | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Harold Washington and Adlai Stevenson III at an unidentified event | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Muhammad Ali, Harold Washington, Bennett Johnson | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Harold Washington at unidentified community events. Includes Jane Byrne, Tom Hynes, Clifford Kelley, Ruth Love, Lu Palmer | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Harold Washington at unidentified community events | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Portrait of Harold Washington | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Portrait of Harold Washington | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | Unidentified photographs [not Harold Washington] | circa 1976-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | Harold Washington campaigning for Congress | circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | Harold Washington campaigning for Congress at an unidentified event | circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Harold Washington campaigning for Congress, includes Lu Palmer. Antonio Dickey, photographer | circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Jesse Jackson, Gus Savage, Harold Washington | circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | Reproduction of Chester Commodore cartoon, Now for the Biggie in November | circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Carol Moseley-Braun and Harold Washington, Jimmie Tillman’s 21st Century Band. Barbara O’Connor, photographer | circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Harold Washington with Congressional campaign staff, includes Sam Patch, Al Raby, Dolores Woods | circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | Harold Washington with Congressional campaign staff/volunteers | circa 1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Harold Washington at Independent Voters of Illinois (IVI) event, includes Lawrence Bloom, Leon Despres, Carol Moseley-Braun, Dawn Netsch, Richard Newhouse, Seymour Simon | circa 1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Harold Washington, Vernon Jarrett, Monica Stewart at television studio | circa 1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Harold Washington campaigning for Congress at Operation PUSH, includes John Anderson, Reverend Willie Barrow, Jesse Jackson, Marion Humes, John Stroger | circa 1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Harold Washington campaigning for Congress at WGN television studio, with John Drury and Gus Savage | circa 1980 |
Series 4: U.S. Congress, 1981-1983
Scope and Contents
Series includes 122 photographs. Researchers should note that there may be overlap in the U.S. Congress and the 1983 Mayoral Campaign series as Harold Washington’s mayoral campaign was underway during his Congressional term.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Chicago Children’s Choir at the U.S. Capitol. K. Jewell, photographer | 1981 March 24 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Congressional Black Caucus responds to President Reagan’s budget | 1981 March |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Chicago Academic Games League Tournament, Mathletes of the Month. Dee Shigley, photographer | 1981 April 4 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Jimmy Martin, Bob Mann, Carol Moseley-Braun, Harold Washington, Hazel Domangue | 1981 April |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Harold Washington with Cordy Tindell Vivian at the anti-Klan Network | 1981 May 5 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Father George Clements of Holy Angels Church and his son, Joey Clements | 1981 June |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,) Althea Simmons (NAACP,) Harold Washington, Congressional Black Caucus | 1981 September 25 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | 27th Labor Conference on Civil Rights, Lawrence Levin, Joe Jacobs, Jewish Labor Committee of Chicago | 1981 October 17 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Congresswoman Cardiss Collins | circa 1981 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Harold Washington, Ollie Baker at the Golden Agers’ annual holiday party, Corpus Christie Church | circa 1981 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Harold Washington at unidentified events | 1982 February 11 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | Solar Greenhouse Project, Episcopal Urban Center | 1982 April 5 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | Harold Washington at Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting, Lagos, Nigeria | 1982 April 12-17 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, John L. Loeb | 1982 May 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | Harold Washington in Springfield, Illinois. Chicago Defender, photographer | 1982 May 18 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | Harold Washington’s visit to Bad Toelz, Germany. Jerry D. Rector, photographer | 1982 August |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | Harold Washington at an event in Anderson, Indiana | 1982 October |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | Harold Washington at Lillian F. Little’s 80th birthday party at the home of Fred Morgan | 1982 November 20 |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | Harold Washington at the 10 Mile Classic race, Midwest Association for Sickle Cell Anemia | circa 1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 | Latino Group at Aragon Ballroom. Jonnie Sommers, photographer | 1983 February |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 | Harold Washington with Kenneth Kahn, Edmund G. Brown, Peter Kelly and Maxine Waters | 1983 March 19 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 | Harold Washington at unidentified community events. Jonnie Sommers, photographer | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 | Harold Washington and Adlai Stevenson III at an unidentified parade | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Harold Washington marching to support extending the Voting Rights Act and to enforce Affirmative Action | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Portraits of Harold Washington. K. Jewell, photographer | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Jim Wright and Harold Washington at an unidentified event | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1st Congressional District Art Fair | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Congressional Hearing, Claude Pepper, Harold Washington, Hazel Domangue | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | Bill Zayas, Laurina McNeilly, Latino Institute, Harold Washington | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Harold Washington in Washington D.C. with school groups | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Harold Washington, Hermene Hartman, Carol Moseley-Braun, Toastmasters, Hilton on the Lake. Jonnie Sommers, photographer | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Broken-down car at 5520 S. Lake Shore Drive | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Studs Terkel, Reverend Willie Barrow, Harold Washington | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Harold Washington and Lu Palmer at an unidentified event | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Charles Hayes, Monica Stewart, Harold Washington, Jim Wright at an unidentified event | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Harold Washington at an unidentified event. Jonnie Sommers, photographer | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Harold Washington and Sam Ackerman at Independent Voters of Illinois (IVI) event. Antonio Dickey, photographer | circa 1981-1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | William Gray | circa 1981-1983 |
Series 5: 1983 Mayoral Campaign. 1982-1983
Scope and Contents
Series includes 138 photographs. Researchers should note that there may be overlap in the U.S. Congress and the 1983 Mayoral Campaign series as Harold Washington’s mayoral campaign was underway during his Congressional term.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | Harold Washington announces his candidacy for Mayor with Mary Ella Smith. Brian Jackson/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1982 November 10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | Harold Washington, campaign portrait. Antonio Dickey, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | Crowd of Harold Washington’s supporters. Marc PoKempner, photographer | 1983 January 15 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | Harold Washington. Marc PoKempner, photographer | 1983 January 22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Harold Washington, Richard M. Daley, Monroe Anderson, Harry Golden Jr., at the second mayoral debate. Merlin Summers/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 January 24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | Harold Washington and Al Raby. Marc PoKempner, photographer | 1983 January 26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | Harold Washington being awarded a plaque from NAACP. Marc PoKempner, photographer | 1983 January 26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | Harold Washington and Governor Peabody. Marc PoKempner, photographer | 1983 January 26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | Harold Washington with a crowd of supporters. Marc PoKempner, photographer | 1983 January 29 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | Mayor Jane Byrne and Harold Washington at St. Bernard School’s tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. George Murphy/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | Harold Washington campaigning at unidentified events. Includes Tony Bonilla, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Carl Officer, Juanita Passmore, Sid Ordower, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Addie Wyatt. David Williams/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | Harold Washington, Margaret Burroughs at an unidentified Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. event. Antonio Dickey, photographer | 1983 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 | Harold Washington’s press conference criticizing the Office of Professional Standards. John Gunn/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 February 10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 | Classical Big Guys, William Garth, Harold Washington, Fred Darden, Sr., James Galloway and Howard Stafford. Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 February 12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 | Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church; Artists for Harold Washington; Farragut High School. Brian Johnson/Chicago Defender, Ken Simmons, photographers | 1983 February 21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 | Ladies of Eloquence, Harold Washington at City Hall. Brian Jackson/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 February 22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 | Harold Washington in the 42nd Ward, Primary Election day. Robert Sengstacke/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 February 22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 | Crowd shot of Harold Washington supporters. Antonio Dickey, photographer | 1983 February |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 | Storefront with signs for both Mayor Jane Byrne and Harold Washington, 79th and Stony Island. Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 February |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 | Harold Washington campaigning at unidentified events. Rhoden’s Photo and Press Service, photographers | 1983 February-March |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 | Harold Washington receives Blackbook’s Distinguished Service Award. George Murphy/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 March 3 |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 | Charles T. Manatt, Democratic National Chairman, Addie Wyatt, Roland Burris, Harold Washington, Phil Rock. John Gunn/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 March 8 |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 | Harold Washington at the University of Illinois’ Criminal Justice class. Brian Jackson/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 March 10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 39 | Illinois State Senators with Harold Washington after his Primary Election win. Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 March 14 |
| Box 3 | Folder 40 | Cardinal Bernardin with Harold Washington and school children | 1983 March 16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 41 | Carl Latimer, Coalition for United Community Action, William Lee, AFL-CIO, Harold Washington. Rhoden Photo and Press Service/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 March 17 |
| Box 3 | Folder 42 | Michael Warren, Hill Street Blues actor, campaigns for Harold Washington at Catfish Digby’s with William Digby and Dorothy Tillman. Brian Jackson/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 March 23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 43 | Harold Washington and Walter Mondale at St. Pascal’s Church. Antonio Dickey, photographer | 1983 March 27 |
| Box 3 | Folder 44 | Pastor’s Conference and Vicinity, Reverend John McReynolds, Reverend David Moore and Harold Washington. John Gunn/Chicago Defender, photographer | 1983 March 30 |
| Box 3 | Folder 45 | Toni Preckwinkle campaigning for 4th Ward alderman at public housing event. C.G. Bloom, photographer | 1983 March |
| Box 3 | Folder 46 | Al Raby. Antonio Dickey, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 47 | Harold Washington voting | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 48 | Toni Preckwinkle campaigning for 4th Ward alderman with Barbara Curry, Illinois House of Representatives. Nancy Hays, C.G. Bloom, photographers | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 49 | Toni Preckwinkle campaigning for 4th Ward alderman at unidentified events. [Negatives only, no prints] | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 50 | Harold Washington and Juan Soliz | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 51 | Harold Washington at the Lakefront. Antonio Dickey, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 52 | Storefront sign, Gas Up for Harold Washington, with two supporters. Antonio Dickey, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 53 | Steering Committee, Charles A. Hayes | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 54 | Steering Committee, Nancy B. Jefferson. Don Hernandez, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 55 | Steering Committee, Jorge Morales | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 56 | Steering Committee, Walter H. Clark. Terry’s Photography, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 57 | Steering Committee, Danny K. Davis | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 58 | Steering Committee, Edward G. Gardner | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 59 | Steering Committee, Edwin C. “Bill” Berry | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 60 | Steering Committee, Robert E. Mann | circa 1983 |
| Box 3 | Folder 61 | Steering Committee, Warren H. Bacon | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Steering Committee, Rebecca Sive-Tomashefsky | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Fundraiser held at unidentified bar | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Ingleside Whitfield United Methodist Church. Marc E. Dean, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Harold Washington at Bethel A.M.E. Church, Chicago Black United Communities. Antonio Dickey, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Harold Washington, stock photograph. Chicago Defender, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Harold Washington and Danny Davis at a nursing home at 35th and Giles. Brian Jackson, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Harold Washington campaigning at Carter Temple C.M.E. Church, 7841 S. Wabash Avenue | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Harold Washington campaigning at unidentified events | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Ted Davis (friend from army,) Senator Alan Dixon, Harold Washington | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Harold Washington, Lu Palmer, Betty Gardner and Ed Gardner | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | Professor Harry Wray, Professor Nancy Freehofer, Professor Charles Williams. Antonio Dickey, photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Harold Washington campaigning at unidentified events | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice | circa 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | Harold Washington being carried by crowd. Jonnie Sommers photographer | circa 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Mayor Jane Byrne. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Mayor Jane Byrne. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Alderman Richard Mell, 33rd Ward. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Bernard Epton. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Bernard Epton. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Bernard Epton’s supporters. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Bernard Epton’s supporters. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | Bernard Epton’s supporters, 26th and 43rd Wards. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Richard M. Daley’s supporters, 42nd Ward Alderman Burton Natarus, President of Cook County Board of Commissioners George W. Dunne, Cook County Commissioner John Stroger | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | Richard M. Daley’s supporters, 42nd Ward Alderman Burton Natarus, President of Cook County Board of Commissioners George W. Dunne, Cook County Commissioner John Stroger. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | Richard M. Daley and wife, Maggie. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Richard M. Daley and wife, Maggie. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | Harold Washington campaigning on La Salle Street. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | Harold Washington campaigning. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | Harold Washington with Lois Weisberg and Brian Boyer. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | Harold Washington speaking at a Jewish Support Committee for Washington event. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | Harold Washington walking with a crowd of supporters and press. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Harold Washington campaigning. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | Muhammad Ali campaigning for Harold Washington. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Reverend Jesse Jackson. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | Harold Washington voting. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | Harold Washington with Mary Ella Smith, declaring victory. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 23 | Harold Washington with supporters. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 24 | Harold Washington with supporters. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 25 | Harold Washington campaigning on La Salle Street. Duplicate of box 5, folder 13. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 26 | A Harold Washington supporter on the corner of Dearborn and Monroe Streets, looking west along Monroe. Richard Gordon, photographer | 1983 |
