[Anna B. Harris--home movies] Reel 11

Date1949

Viewing Notescolor, very dirty. Woman in apron with hound dog, African American woman in suit (this is her dog?) They are outside at 1775 numbered white house. By covered bridge, child, woman, dog. [Chiselville Bridge, Sunderland, Vermont.] Bridge is above and behind them. Woody wagon is on the right and something is painted on the front door panel. [Could be Crossways, as in Reel 26] African American woman walks on covered bridge with sign "One Dollar Fine" Then she walks on stone wall, which has vines on it. Large house in background. She poses for camera and gestures toward house. [The Cascades on River Road, owned by Montgomery family, according to Manchester Historical Society]. Film upside down, winter. Man and woman with car. Woman at train station, it is cold (breath). She is perhaps in her 60s, a woman of color. Train arrives (underexposed). Camera swings back and forth along train. Steam from train, silhouettes of people on platform. Train departs. Manchester Station. View of empty platform, tracks and receding train.

Can DescriptionsReel 11 box notes: From A.B. Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Katie 12-49. Vermont. Covered bridge. Mayers. Date code 1949.