Virtual and Augmented History: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
  • Archived

Virtual and Augmented History: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

About the Event:

In February of 1929, a single violent crime in a garage on Chicago's Northside became global news. It's widely believed that graphic images from the scene of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, splashed across newspapers around the world, shocked the public, shaped law enforcement’s response to the meteoric rise of the American gangster and ultimately led to the incarceration of Al Capone. John Russick of the Chicago History Museum will bring this event to life through augmented and virtual reality technologies and examine the photograph as a tool for sharing information historically and in our current era of “story-showing” over story-telling.

John Russick

John Russick

John Russick is Vice President for Interpretation and Education at the Chicago History Museum. His team at the museum...

Read More