In Photos: Chicago Nightclubs in the 1970s

Picturing Chicago nightclubs in the 1970s and their charm. Before a career photographing the likes of Oprah and Steve Jobs for major US publications, the late Michael Abramson headed to Chicago’s South Side and documented the wild parties of the funk and disco era.

From Michael Abramson who was a a rarity in 1970s Chicago: a white photographer documenting the black nightclubs in the city’s rough, vibrant South Side to earning a master’s in photography from the Illinois Institute of Technology, all these captions will give you thrills.

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