Birdsacre-Bodine Collection

SummaryThe collection contains 1 silent, color 8mm film, totaling approximately 200 feet. and 4 reels of silent, color 16mm film, totaling approximately 3,825 feet. Films were shot by Margaret Bodine.

Biographical/Historical NotesBirdsacre Sanctuary, also known as Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary, is an historic house museum and wildlife sanctuary at 289 High Street in Ellsworth, Maine, United States. The core of the property is a 40-acre (16 ha) parcel owned by the pioneering Maine ornithologist Cordelia Stanwood, whose home was opened as a museum in 1960, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The sanctuary, now 200 acres (81 ha), includes trails, an orchard, and a nature center that showcases a fine art and nature collection, including Cordelia J. Stanwood's avian field-notes and extensive photographic collection. (from Wikipedia, May 2025).

Margaret L. Bodine (July 27, 1876 — November 24, 1960) was an American naturalist, photographer and filmmaker, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was founder of the Lantern and Lens Gild, a women's photography club in Philadelphia. (from Wikipedia, May 2025).

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