[Water Sports Day at the Rangeley Lake Hotel]

Date1932

Viewing Notes1932 date code on film. // Title card: 'Water Sports Day at the Rangeley Lake Hotel, August 13, 1932.' 'Photographed, edited and titled by Harrie B. Coe.' 'Can you find yourself?' Crowd in front of hotel. Lots of hats, people sit on grass. Judges for sports, some in knickers. Motor boat races on lake. Women swimmers in bathing caps. Man massages woman's leg. Canoe races. Beauty contest, women and girls in bathing suits, walk to camera, line up on dock. Pan of beauty contestants on dock. Men in caps, judges? Piano, and cello. 'Ma Day making a survey.' Car, elderly people. Man doffs top hat. Man in paper imitation Indian head dress. Two American flags as 'bunting' on porch. Women in hats, woman rocks in rocking chair in foreground. Various games: potato races, watermelon eating contest. Sack race (poor exposure). People drink out of small bottles. Three-legged race. Cooks eat on stairs.