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9) 2298.0001 [Manley Nelson--home movies] Reel 1
Date from edge codes on film. // Note in can: 'Desert of Maine. Nelson family on vacation. Poland Spring House with golf. Fish hatchery (?). Branch Pond in fall foliage. Spirit ...
11) 2298.0011 [Manley Nelson--home movies] Reel 11
1948, 1949, 1958(?) edge codes on film. // Can label: 'Hunting 49-51-52-53.' // Vertical scratch throughout reel. ;Village view with church at end of street. Man admires buck hanging from ladder. Loading car outside Dowe's General Store, Palermo. Hunters at campfire, dead deer lying in gr...
151) 2298.0019 [Manley Nelson--home movies] Reel 19
1953 edge code on film. // Box label: 'Erskine Band.' ;Parade in village (China, Maine?) which may be a Memorial Day parade. Band is from Erskine Academy in South China, Maine. Military salute with guns at memorial. Majorettes an...
8) 2298.0024 [Manley Nelson--home movies] Reel 24
Can label: '1954 Sesquicentennial.';Palermo Sesquicentennial, June 26, 1954. Kids dressed up as Indians with tent that has a sign, "We want our land back," older woman on a float depicting colonial days, man in e...
8) 2298.0027 [Manley Nelson--home movies] Reel 27
VINEGAR // Date from edge code on film - may be 1954. // Can label: 'Forestry.';Men at construction site in woods, picking logs to temporary foundation for Maine Forest Service cabin. Cabin is jacked up and then moved on a flatbed truck from one site to an...
6) 2298.0035 [Milton Dowe--home movies] Reel 1
1954 edge code on film. // Box label: 'Palermo Sesquicentennial. August 11 1954.';Palermo Sesquicentennial, August 11, 1954. Small village parade, people on horseback, floats, participants dressed from different time periods. Vehicles from Dowe's General St...
2) 2298.0036 [Milton Dowe--home movies] Reel 2
1954 edge code on film. // Box label: 'Indian Float. Barb and Bobbie [Kilman?]. July 8 1954.';Indian float for Palermo 1954 Sesquicentennial. Views of small Native American style teepee, with sign "We Want Our Land Back," and a young boy with a mohawk haircut.
17) 2298.0037 [Milton Dowe--home movies] Reel 3
Date range from edge codes on film. // Parade featuring floats from local businesses, including Dowe's General Store. Also farm equipment and fire engines from the Palermo Fire ...
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