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2) 0158.0001 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 1
'Cushman southern No. 1' ;First of four reels on a trip to the South. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (10 min.) 'The Ladies Travel South, a four reel picture of scenes from Pinehurst, N.C. to the Mississip...
6) 0158.0002 The Ladies Travel South, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 2
Travel scenes from Florida towns. NHF cataloguer's notes, 1/96: (12 min.) Alligator and ostrich farm. Alligators sliding down slides, creeping through shadows. Ostriches running...
5) 0158.0005 State of Maine Dedicates Carlton Bridge, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 5
Amateur. First 17 ft. perf. damage and brittle. 1928 footage, with Title 'Opening the Bake,' man selects corn and clams from large pit clambake. About 12 people look at men arou...
2) 0158.0006 Wrights Manor and Poland Spring, 1928--Edward Farrington Abbott--home movies. Reel 6
Amateur. Title, 'Summertime in Maine.' 'Wright's Manor, Norway' [Maines]. Man in plus-fours on road. Cars parked near stone house. Dog on lawn. Rapid pan of landscape. Women in ...
5) 0252.0006-.0012 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reels 6-12
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 6: (400 ft) 'FDR, cherry blossoms, White House, Washington monuments 1929-30.' Washington DC. ...
14) 0252.0023 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 23
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 23: (250 ft.) 'Cathancer.' 'St. Andrews Cathan[?] 1929.' People boating, towing skiff. Men and...
5) 0677.0001 [Howard Kane--home movies] A Trip to Machias Seal Islands
NHF cataloguer's notes: 'A Trip to Machias Seal Islands.' 'The Harbor, Cutler, Maine' hand lettered titles. Pan of pier covered with white sea birds. 'Seining for herring.' Herr...
3) 0998.0006-.0010 [unidentified--home movies] Reels 6-10
Amateur footage with hand-lettered intertitles. Reels 6-10: (reel divisions unclear in cat. notes) People playing with spotted dog and hose. Zoo. 'The homeopathic hospital at Rh...
21) 1026.0001 [Elizabeth Thompson Reed--home movies] Reel 1
[illegible] at 215 Bishop. Bill. Burd's 1st cat Anne + friends in snow. Grandfather Reed. Watch Hill, Eddy. Children. Nanna, Uncle Blair. Bill + Hotchkess. (over) [illegible] on...;Four women in chairs in a garden. Three older women outside a stone building. A young girl leaning against a pillar. Two girls holding cats. Puppies in a dog house. Dogs seen th...
28) 1154.0010-.0058 Arthur Libby Race--home movies. Reels 10-58
10: Niagara Falls July 1927 11: Detroit, Windsor, Buffalo July 1927 12: Golf Nassau September 1927 13: Boothbay Fishing October 19, 1939 'Hebron Island 14: St. Louis Trip N...
5) 1317.0008 [unidentified--home movies] Reel 8
Amateur footage [shot by Massachusetts family]. Intertitled. Preliminary NHF accessioning notes (using donor's/creator's reel numbers) as follows: unnumbered [#8.] d.c. 1925. Fi...
35) 1323.0004 [Henry P. Rines--home movies] Reel 4
Can notes: 'Cunard line [cruise] to St. Petersburg--Stella Polaris Russia. 1929.' // Large passenger ship at port, on deck. Crew secures railing footage taken from liner. Deck o...
18) 1327.0010 [Whipple--home movies] Reel 10
Reel 10: (32:22). Caribbean. Woman walking away from camera with elaborate hat. Jerky pan of family members on street. 180-degree pan of street. Gardens. Silhouettes of trees. P...
1) 1469.0019 [John K. Howard--home movies] Reel 19
NHF cataloguer's notes, 6/97: Reel 19: Cars. (46:00) Woman is in back seat of car. Another woman is with her. Both emerge from the car and head up steps of brick home. Man appea...
21) 1688.0002 [Annie Wood Nowell--home movies] Reel 2
Notes from can: Duplicate film. 1927. This film was made for family use because in 1927 they were so uncertain about the life of films which were in use. AWN. Films have been sh...;Intertitle: 'WINCHESTER, SPRING 1927, Nancy 1 YR. 9 MOS. OLD.' A little girl (Nancy) playing with books, flowers and a doll. A young woman reading. Intertitle: 'HELEN 12 1/2 YRS...
3) 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...
9) 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...
33) 2925.0033 [Reid Family--home movies] Reel 33
O6;Sailing ships. A military ship, with ‘240’ on the bow. Various boats. A sailing ship with ‘Thomas H. Lawrence’ on the side. People on the ship. Whales breaching. Shots of the sh...
34) 2925.0034 [Reid Family--home movies] Reel 34
O7;Ocean and islands. People walking on a rope strung between the shore and a sailboat. A dam and a water tower. A man standing at the base of a flagpole. A canal lock opening. Cli...
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