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Illustration to accompany "Back of the Yards" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, showing Michael in the doorway smoking

Illustration to accompany "Back of the Yards" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, showing Mrs. Connors embracing the girl

Illustration to accompany "Back of the Yards" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, showing Michael and two characters in a pool hall

Illustration to accompany "Back of the Yards" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, showing Mrs. Connors watching the Sergeant and the Priest

Illustration to accompany "Back of the Yards" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, showing two boys holding the large leg of an animal

An early photo of Ben Hecht at approximately age 25

This is an close-up image of a 16" radio transcription disc of “The Wonder Hat” from 1952 at the Goodman Theatre.

This is an image of a 16" radio transcription disc of “The Wonder Hat” from 1952 at the Goodman Theatre.

This is a picture of the Goodman family tomb located in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.

This is an image from the Central High School's production of "The Wonder Hat" in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It shows two players on the stage sitting and talking in elaborate costumes.

This is an image from the Central High School's production of "The Wonder Hat" in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It shows two players on the stage talking to one another.

This is an image from the Central High School's production of "The Wonder Hat" in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It shows five players on the stage around a prop.

A copy of the Central High School production of "The Wonder Hat" in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The members of the cast are listed.

Title page for "The Wonder Hat" signed by co-author Ben Hecht, published by Frank Shay of New York for Stage Guild Plays.

The Stage Guild Plays front playbill cover for the Goodman and Hecht's play "The Wonder Hat."

The cover page of Kenneth Sawyer Goodman's play "The Masque of Montezuma"

This is a list of the active members within the Players' Workshop theatre group. Many familiar names of the Chicago theatre scene appear including Kenneth Goodman.

The inside cover of the Players' Workshop Playbill featuring the production cast list of Goodman and Hecht's "An Idyll of Shops."

The cover page of a playbill from the The Players' Workshop production of 3 One-Act plays including Goodman and Hecht's "An Idyll of Shops."

An image of the poster announcing the different productions by the Washington Square Players held at the Comedy Theatre, NY. This includes the credits of the Washington Square Players version of "The Hero of Santa Maria."

The inside cover of "The Wonder Hat" playbill listing all the cast members for the production.

A color printed playbill of "The Wonder Hat" from the Chicago Little Theatre.

An portrait photograph of Kenneth Goodman with his daughter, Marjorie Goodman.

Informal full-length portrait of Life guards Esther DeWolfe and Arthur Turk Conley wearing bathing suits, posing on the side of a swimming pool in Chicago, Illinois. DeWolfe is sitting in a high lifeguard chair, and Conley is pointing to the left of…

Wrecked automobile lying upside-down in a ravine beneath a bridge with a crowd of people standing on a hill in the background

Bird's-eye view of Lake Shore Drive, taken from the Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 1927.

Image of an alley behind building at 1922
South Halsted Street in Chicago in 1946

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette"