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Forbes, Irving Collection
37) 1902.0037
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 37, Accession 1902
Videotape made during screening of Forbes collection 28mm films. // Filmed off of screen in Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, during AMIA Conference in November 2002. // Projection by S...
13) 1902.0038
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 38, Accession 1902
Children playing
13) 1902.0039
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 39, Accession 1902
"Surf on Great Hd. Mt. Desert Maine Aug. 6, 1915"
40) 1902.0040
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 40, Accession 1902
"Surf Mt. Desert Maine July 1915 off Anchorage & Ingraham Pt."
15) 1902.0041
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 41, Accession 1902
"Surf Mt. Desert Maine Blue Head Aug. 5, Otter Cliffs Aug 28, 1915."
42) 2241.0001
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 1 Accession 2241
Box notes: "1929--June--Lossie; Irving & express wagon; children dancing, etc., Milton & Naushon" View of woman in a garden with her garden tools. A young child scoots...
12) 2241.0002
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 2, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1929 Naushon-- Family Beech Tree Climb; Florry aquaplaning; Mangasteen; nice harbor scenes." Four children swing on three rope swings handing from one branch of a ...
44) 2241.0003
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 3, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1930 - Black Duck; 4-masted schooner passing Naushon; Florry, Kitty & friends dancing with scarves; more Black Duck." Kitty (Alexander's daughter Katherine) and ...
45) 2241.0004
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 4, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1930- Wyoming- Ranch #1- Haystacking; airplane" In a large open field on a Wyoming ranch, a ...
8) 2241.0005
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 5, Accession 2241
Box notes: " 1930 - Wyoming- Ranch #2- rodeo, etc., Beckton Stock Farm" Views of people on horseback riding out of barn. Two young girls ride bareback on a white horse...
2) 2241.0006
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 6, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1932, Milton, 3 girls dancing on lawn in garden; short bit of 2 riders on horseback" Two young girls wearing gossamer dresses dance in the garden at Milton, leapin...
10) 2241.0007
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 7, Accession 2241
Box notes: " 1934-Jan- canoeing white water; Model T Ford" Pans of a rushing river after a good storm. A boy and girl in raincoats stand on the bank and throw rocks into the ...
49) 2241.0008
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 8, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1934- Dec- Florry on Parachute". Florry (Alexander's daughter Florence) rides horse Parachute around the field behind the Milton house. Late fall or early winter ...
50) 2241.0009
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 9, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1935- Bob & Isabel Grinnell in Falk Boats; First Bridge; Monohansett; air shot of Gay Head. A young toddler wanders around on an outdoor porch, and plays with a ba...
51) 2241.0010
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 10, Accession 2241
Box notes: " 1935 - good Naushon scenes; Black Duck; Little Warrior" View of children swinging on beech tree at Naushon. A young boy aquaplaning on a board behind a motorboat ...
52) 2241.0011
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 11, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1936- 1st 4 minutes - Milton- Florry & siblings tabogganing behind Parachute" Florry (Alexander's daughter Florence) tries skiing behind the horse Parachute as ...
127) 2241.0012
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 12, Accession 2241
Box notes: "(large reel) 1935- 610 Harland St.; Kitty's reception 1936; bridges, view from Field House" Aerial views over islands near Naushon Island, MA. HAS of footbridge...
54) 2241.0012A
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 12A, Accession 2241
Box notes: "Dec. 1936 - Jan/Feb 1937 - 1/30/37 flight over Mt. Washington; good shots of Tuckerman's Ravine without snow (Irving flying plane); 12/36-1/37 Intervale; 2/37 Skatin...
55) 2241.0013
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 13, Accession 2241
Box notes: " (large reel) 1937- Wyoming summer- packing horses- air view of canyons- rodeo- ends with 1 min. of Naushon." Aerial views among clouds of open land below, mostl...
56) 2241.0014
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 14, Accession 2241
"1937- Milton- garden; horses loaded onto truck; Fred tedding hay" Woman walking among the blooming shrubbery in a garden. She then kneels and plants a few small plan...
106) 2241.0015
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 15, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1937- South Shore Bathing Beach floats & bath houses" A party of young women arrives at a sandy beach with their swimming gear, then gathers around a bath house ...
12) 2241.0016
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 16, Accession 2241
Box notes: " 1937- Black Duck; horses; Naushon; Stone House" Views of two young women and a young man taking turns swinging in the bosun's chair off the leeward side of Black...
59) 2241.0017
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 17, Accession 2241
Box notes: " Milton - horses- Irving on bike" Group of young people skiing together amid rolling hills. A man exits a dormer window on a house, and throws a tire off towar...
13) 2241.0017A
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 17A, Accession 2241
Box notes: " Nov. 1938-July 1939 - Milton skiing- all 4 kids & 3 dogs; Fred plowing snow with team of horses". Forbes family members cross country ski on the property in Mil...
14) 2241.0018
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 18, Accession 2241
Box notes: "(large reel) - undated (1939?) - air shots; Japanese children's pageant; Hadley Harbor sailing; last quarter = Veckatimest & Monohansett" B&W, 4-masted schoon...
62) 2241.0019
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 19, Accession 2241
Box notes: " 1940-Apr- dogs & lamb- Milton - Nat" Dogs gather around as woman put down the top of a convertible car. A man throws items for dogs to fetch. Views of one o...
63) 2241.0020
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 20, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1941 - N. Goodhue - Milton & Darwins" Views of a baby on a blanket on the floor. Then the baby is held high in the air by a man. Views of baby on blanket outsid...
64) 2241.0021
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 21, Accession 2241
Box notes: " 1952- Charlotte & dog in Milton; pond in woods; Naushon; people at Upper Wharf; big Fisherman's Island picnic - blown down trees." Charlotte plays with dog in the...
65) 2241.0022
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 22, Accession 2241
Box notes: "1930- Yellowstone Geysers, Wyo. for Nat." Steam rises from Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone National Park. Visitors walk by and watch.
130) 2241.0024
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 24, Accession 2241
Can notes: " Harbor Island 1929. JFP cutting grass Sea Pigeon in action. Visits to Scray Id. " A group of children and adults quickly move furniture in and out of an old ho...
67) 2241.0025
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 25, Accession 2241
Can notes: "Harbor Island 1935 Forbes" Views aboard Black Duck as people sit in the stern on a rough day. POV toward the bow as it crashes through waves sailing upwind. Views...
25) 2533.0001
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 1, Accession 2533
Can notes: "Cruise of Ramah 1931" Ramah was a 97 ft. schooner owned by Alexander Forbes. He sailed it to Labrador in 1931, and took an all-male amateur crew, including hi...
69) 2533.0002
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 2, Accession 2533
Can notes: "On Board Ramah 1933 Hyannis to Naples #1" Subjects: Yachts and yachting, Sailboats, Sailing, Ramah was a 97 ft. schooner owned by Alexander Forbes. He sailed ...
70) 2533.0004
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 4, Accession 2533
Can notes: "Ramah 1933 #2" Ramah was a 97 ft. schooner owned by Alexander Forbes. He sailed it to Labrador in 1931, and took an all-male amateur crew, including his brother...
71) 2533.0006
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 6, Accession 2533
Can notes: " Aegean Cruise Reel 1 Naples-Delphi" Ramah was a 97 ft. schooner owned by Alexander Forbes. He sailed it to Labrador in 1931, and took an all-male amateur crew, inc...
72) 2533.0007
[Alexander Forbes—home movies] Reel 7, Accession 2533
Can notes: "Aegean Cruise - Corinth Canal- Delphi" Intertitle: "Through the Corinth Canal. Caikes in the Gulf of Athens." Views of mountainous and rocky coastline from Rama...
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