Collection

1) 2177.0001 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 1

Can label: 'H.T.D. Football.' // Date from edge code on film.;Providence Steam Roller plays Framingham Lion Tamers at Bowditch Field, Framingham, MA. The stands are filled with spectators, cars and people along the field. One team, probab...

2) 2177.0002 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 2

Can label: 'Martha's Vineyard Plane Skeet.' // Date from edge code on film.;Aerial view of land and water with watercraft. Small islands, possibly Boston harbor. Over wooded land, orchard, meandering river. Ponds beach and harbor, cranberry bog. Goes ...

3) 2177.0003 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 3

Label: 'J.W.S. Dobsis 1929.' // Film has 1928 and 1929 date codes.;Small boy looks at camera. Man with fishing rod at pond with children. On dock with canoe, small boy, boat tied to dock. Small boy with older boy, man with pipe. Children li...

2) 2177.0004 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 4

Label: 'DOB Fall 1929.' // Many tears and poor splices needed repair. // Footage of canoeing, family hunting party at dockside.;Canoe with two men, one standing paddles by. Men around smoky campfire framed by woods. Man wields axe. Dark shot of man with rifle in woods walking slowly, crouches. He loses ...

3) 2177.0005 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 5

Label: 'DOB 1929.' // Tears and poor splices needed repair. // Arriving by train and sporting camp footage.;Wooden train cars, people descending. Conductors, busy passengers. Five men in hats with their luggage, then sitting on logs leaning against building. View of wooden crib dam w...

4) 2177.0006 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 6

Label: 'Colored Home 3/8/30-9/10/30 + July 31.' // Warped. // Film has 1926, 1928, 1929 date codes. // 2177.0008 is apparently a copy of this reel. But: this reel on DVD doe...;Mixed reel includes domestic scenes at house in Framingham (Juniper Hill), Niagara Falls, womens tennis (at Longwood in Chestnut Hill, Ma.?) DVD transferred title is wrong, sa...

7) 2177.0007 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 7

Warped. // Film has 1931 and 1934 date codes. // 2177.0009 contains duplicated footage from this reel.;Faded pink man teaches small girl in jodhpurs to swing golf club. Baby crawls off blanket outdoors. Baby investigates woman's shoes, pulls self up on chair. Tests grass. Baby ...

8) 2177.0008 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 8

Color is faded. // Film has 1935 date code, but inspection sheet indicates that this is a copy of 2177.0006.;Not color, and image reversed from Reel 7. b&w young man with girl teaching how to hit golf ball, footage flipped from Reel 7. Nest in shrub, baby on chair. All identical foot...

6) 2177.0009 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 9

Label: 'Kids - Birds 7/3/1935.' // Film has slight vinegar odor. // Film has 1940 date code, but is a copy of 2177.0007;Sailing canoe, reversed from Reel 7. Family on dock, child fishing, wake boarding, swimming. All identical to reel 7, just not pink and flipped.

10) 2177.0010 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 10

Label: 'B&W Duplicate DOB Summer 1935.' // Film has 1940 date code. // 2177.0011 is exact duplicate.

11) 2177.0011 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 11

Label: 'B&W Copy DOB Spt 1935.' // Film has 1940 date code. // 2177.0010 is exact duplicate.;Men at camp standing around campfire, somewhat blurred, may be print. Pan around faces. One man shows hat with sun visor in it. They sit to eat from tin dishes in their laps. ...

12) 2177.0012 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 12

Label: 'To 5/11/36 Hild 1+(?), Perky+Swiff' // Film has 1940 date code. // Film is A-Wind - dupe stock.;Man and woman very dark, walk toward camera. Young man and dog wrestle. Dark and muddy footage, looks dupey. Two Airedale puppies run to camera: they are probably Perky and Sw...

13) 2177.0013 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 13

Label: 'Hans+Hilda For Hugs B+W Copy 1936.' // Film has 1939 date code. // Film is A-Wind - dupe stock.;Very muddy print of man and woman on lawn at Juniper Hill, home in Framingham. They are in summer clothes: he is wearing light trousers, she's in flowered shift. She is sewing ...

14) 2177.0014 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 14

Label: 'B+W Copy Butlers DOB Aug 1936.' // Film has 1939 date code. // Film is A-Wind - dupe stock.;Duplicate print of people at lake: two women and a man in canoe. Two men on shore. They are at Sysladobsis (Dobsis Damp). Eagle in tree, silhouetted, shaky shot. Woman seate...

9) 2177.0015 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 15

No label.;Print looks dupey. Girl walks by rhododendron, boy rides bicycle. Dog lies by rhododendron. Boy looks over shoulder. Many has children in wheelbarrow. Older man with dog. All ...

14) 2177.0016 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 16

Label: 'Helen Joan Donkers 1936.' // Film has 1940 date code - likely a dupe.;Woman rides horse in ring; she posts while horse trots. It is summer, she is in short sleeves. Girl on pone posts; holds reins with one hand. Horse canters. Horses take jumps....

17) 2177.0017 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 17

No label.;John Kenneth Galbraith and Dennison. The reference DVD has no Reel 17 slate. This film is a dupe reversal print. Camera original footage is part of Reel 20.

12) 2177.0018 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 18

Label: 'Butlers DOB Aug 36.';Canoe with motor, three people in it on Sysladobsis Lake. People on shore in foreground. Pan to man in swimsuit bending over. Man and woman are eating something. Picking berrie...

20) 2177.0020 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 20

Label: 'Jun. Hill+Family Bl+Wh 1935-1936.' // Film has 1934, 1935, 1940 date codes.;Man runs away from camera. Winter. Horse and rider in snow. Intervale, NH? Cantering down driveway. Construction on large building, possibly hotel, behind them. [Could be The...

20) 2177.0021 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 21

Label: 'Intervale.';DVD slate says "Reel 21 Intervale" But does not match with label above. Snow, dog team with sled and man running. He has "8" on his back. In front of ? Craft Inn. Group of p...

9) 2177.0022 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 22

Label: 'Dunkers Swimming B+W Copy.' // Probably a dupe of film shot at earlier date.;DVD slate: "Reel 22, Donkers Swimming" Toddler on lawn and wading in water with toy boat. Children swim in background. Diving. Toddler on plank walkway runs to water. Dennison, ...

22) 2177.0023 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 23

No label.;DVD slate says just "Reel 23" Color: brush fire. Color is good. Firefighters with water tanks on their back. Boys walk with firefighter. People climbing dune and sliding down...

7) 2177.0024 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 24

Label: 'Cape Cod B+W 1931 KCHROME 1940.';DVD slate: Reel 24, Cape Cod, B&W 1931, Kodachrome 1940. Waves on beach, b&w, film is dirty. Woman in bathrobe walks toward camera and past. Various shots of breaking w...

24) 2177.0025 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 25

Label: 'Helen Flying, Horses, (illegible).';DVD slate: Reel 25, Helen Flying, Horses. Color, very dirty, mold? Single engine plane in air from ground. Hills, field with light snow on it, plane coming in to land, lands....

25) 2177.0026 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 26

No label.;DVD slate: Reel 26 Color. Woman in kerchief and coveralls (looks like Soviet uniform) pushes lawnmower at Juniper Hill, Framingham. Bird on branch, film very dirty. Dark, girl...

4) 2177.0027 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 27

Label: 'MTD VESTA Copy B+W Jim-Joan+Wimpy.' // Dupe of film shot at earlier date. // Film has slight vinegar odor.;DVD slate: MTD Vesta. Jim, Joan & Wimpy Duplicate of Reel 7 section: Boat comes toward camera. We are at Dobsis Camp. Family gets out of boat onto dock. Boy fishing in la...

28) 2177.0028 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 28

Label: 'Dobsy Sprg 41.';DVD slate: Reel 28. Dobsis, Spring 1941 Color. Sailing boat. Men fishing at outlet by dam. Man casting with light on log crib in the background, another man on rock on the far ...

29) 2177.0029 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 29

No label.;DVD slate: Reel 29, 1946 Color. Fire outside with house in background. Swimming pool with children and red inner tube. Woman seated in shade under umbrella. Girl lying on benc...

29) 2177.0030 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 30

Box label: '(illegible) Children, Beverly. Doug. 48.';DVD slate: Reel 30. Children, Beverly, Doug, 1948. Color. Family group seated outside Juniper Hill (bricks, awnings). Two girls in rocking chairs. People are dressed up. Henr...

36) 2177.0031 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 31

Box label: 'Family I 27.' // Some chemical decomp near head of reel. // Film had mold on edges - cleaned.;DVD slate: Reel 31, Family 1. 1927 b&w. Decomposition, playing with dogs at Juniper Hill. Girl in overcoat with two horses. Man with glasses leads one horse. [hair in gate...

35) 2177.0032 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 32

Box label: 'Family II Ja 28 - 5/30/28.' // Film is warped.;DVD slate: Reel 32. Family 2. Jan 1928-May 30, 1928. Man and woman on horseback jumping fences in countryside. Boston terrier. Baby in high chair outside by brick wall. Woman ...

8) 2177.0033 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 33

Box label: 'Family III Summer 28 to Nov 28.';DVD slate: Reel 33. Family 3. Summer 1928 to Nov 1928. Lawn, mother and children on blanket laid on grass, dog rolling in foreground. ECU blurry child's faces. Various toys and...

33) 2177.0034 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 34

Box label: 'Family V 29-30.';DVD slate: Reel 34. Family 5. 1929-1930. Baby on grass, mother and small girl interact with baby. ECU baby. Riders. Baby on blanket seated on grass. Little girl running, lifts...

34) 2177.0035 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 35

Box label: 'Family VI 1/28-5/16/30.' // Film had mold on edges - cleaned.;DVD slate: Reel 35. Family 6. 1/28/30-5/16/30. Baby in wooden playpen indoors. Birds on lawn with light snow in background. Not sure if sparrows, starlings or robins. Blowing ...

36) 2177.0036 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 36

Box label: 'Family VII 5/20-7/14/30.' // Film had mold on edges - cleaned.;DVD slate: Reel 36. Family 7. 5/20/30-7/14/30. Naked baby on its back being washed. Lowered into cloth bath by window. Mare and colt. Man walks them around property, car in bac...

23) 2177.0037 [Henry Sturgis Dennison--home movies] Reel 37

Box label: 'Family VIII July 30-2/1/31.' // Film had mold on edges - cleaned.;DVD slate: Reel 37. Family 8. July 1930-February 1931. In the yard, toddler with a marble ramp game. It is breezy. Climbing on structures in the garden. Some shots too close, o...

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