[Anna B. Harris--home movies] Reel 16

Date1950

Viewing NotesReel 16 color. Girl skipping in yard. African American in domestic uniform (blue dress, white apron). White house with columns and lawn in front (hotel?) Pan across front of house. Pond with weeping willow, people in canoe get out. Greenhouse in background. [Identified as Bliss House in Manchester, Vermont] Crossways lettering on side of woody wagon. Picnic, all African American adults, men and women, standing in driveway, car with "Crossways" on door. Two of the same car (the other in background). Man holds camera up as he walks through group of about 20 people. Building has overhanging porte cochere, one story wing with stone chimney.

Can DescriptionsReel 16 box note: From Anna Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Springfield, Vt. Picnic. Lottie, Georgia, Fannie and all the other picnic folk. July 1950. Date code 1950.