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John Simmons Negatives

CTL-E-0780 · Archive · collection · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The life's-work negatives of John Simmons, Emmy-winning cinematographer and chronicler of Black Chicago - nearly all lost when a garage fire destroyed negatives stored in a friend's garage during a move; partial salvage ongoing.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-031; source research type(s): collection. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

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