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Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene
directed by James H. White, 1872-1944; produced by Thomas A. Edison (Jersey City, NJ: Thomas A. Edison, 1899), 1 min
Shows tap room of the 'Miners Arms,' stout lady at the bar, and three men playing stud horse. Old toper with a silk hat asleep by the stove. Rough miner enters, barmaid serves him with Red Eye Whiskey and he proceeds to clean out the place. Barmaid takes a hand with a siphon of vichy, and bounces the intruder, wit...
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directed by James H. White, 1872-1944; produced by Thomas A. Edison (Jersey City, NJ: Thomas A. Edison, 1899), 1 min
Description
Shows tap room of the 'Miners Arms,' stout lady at the bar, and three men playing stud horse. Old toper with a silk hat asleep by the stove. Rough miner enters, barmaid serves him with Red Eye Whiskey and he proceeds to clean out the place. Barmaid takes a hand with a siphon of vichy, and bounces the intruder, with the help of the card players, who line up before the bar and take copious drinks on the house.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Archival footage
Contributor
Thomas A. Edison
Author / Creator
James H. White, 1872-1944
Date Published / Released
1899-05-10
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Topic / Theme
Social drinking, Bars and saloons, Family and Culture, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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The Esquimaux Village
produced by Thomas A. Edison (District of Columbia: Thomas A. Edison, 1901, originally published 1901), 1 min
The first of three camera positions shows a low building resembling an igloo beside a small pool, and an ice floe. Dark-complexioned people dressed as Eskimos run up and down alongside the pool, and a dog pulls a sled. Next, some sled dogs are led in front of the camera. The last camera position shows the same dog...
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produced by Thomas A. Edison (District of Columbia: Thomas A. Edison, 1901, originally published 1901), 1 min
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The first of three camera positions shows a low building resembling an igloo beside a small pool, and an ice floe. Dark-complexioned people dressed as Eskimos run up and down alongside the pool, and a dog pulls a sled. Next, some sled dogs are led in front of the camera. The last camera position shows the same dogs running into a tent made from animal skins. From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: THE ESQUIMAUX VILLAGE. Unguineuse. [code...
The first of three camera positions shows a low building resembling an igloo beside a small pool, and an ice floe. Dark-complexioned people dressed as Eskimos run up and down alongside the pool, and a dog pulls a sled. Next, some sled dogs are led in front of the camera. The last camera position shows the same dogs running into a tent made from animal skins. From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: THE ESQUIMAUX VILLAGE. Unguineuse. [code for telegraphic orders]. One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are enacted just as they take place in the far away frozen North. In this subject we depict a large number of Esquimaux clothed in their native costumes and seated on their sleds, which are drawn by spans of four Esquimaux dogs. They are engaged in a race and are to be seen running over the ice and snow at a high rate of speed. There is a pond in the foreground of the picture on the shores of which the home stretch of the race takes place. The picture is perfect photographically, and the figures stand out clear and sharp, throwing a most perfect reflection on the pond.
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Date Written / Recorded
1901-07-31
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Archival footage
Contributor
Thomas A. Edison
Date Published / Released
1901, 1901-07-31
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Topic / Theme
World fairs, Inuit people, Family and Culture, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Inuit, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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New York at the Turn of the Century, Sleighing Scene
in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1898), 1 min
A view taken on the West Side Drive in Central Park. Shows a continuous stream of handsome rigs and turnouts passing in both directions. Pedestrians watch the gay carnival.
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in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1898), 1 min
Description
A view taken on the West Side Drive in Central Park. Shows a continuous stream of handsome rigs and turnouts passing in both directions. Pedestrians watch the gay carnival.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1898
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Sleigh riding, Sleighs, Snow, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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New York at the Turn of the Century, What Happened on 23rd Street
in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1901), 1 min
A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the actors, a man in summer attire and a woman in an ankle-length dress, walk toward the camera. As they cross a grate on the sidewalk they pause, and the escaping air blow...
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in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1901), 1 min
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A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the actors, a man in summer attire and a woman in an ankle-length dress, walk toward the camera. As they cross a grate on the sidewalk they pause, and the escaping air blows the woman's dress to her knees.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1901
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Apparel, Cities, Emotions and feelings, Urban life, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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New York at the Turn of the Century, Move On
in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1903), 2 mins
Filmed in New York's Lower East Side, the scene is a street where several pushcart vendors have gathered to sell their goods. In the foreground are fruit and vegetable carts. An elevated railroad track crosses over the street in the background. As the film progresses, two policemen can be seen heading up the stree...
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in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1903), 2 mins
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Filmed in New York's Lower East Side, the scene is a street where several pushcart vendors have gathered to sell their goods. In the foreground are fruit and vegetable carts. An elevated railroad track crosses over the street in the background. As the film progresses, two policemen can be seen heading up the street toward the camera and ordering all of the vendors to move. One of the policemen approaches the camera waving his nightstick, and the...
Filmed in New York's Lower East Side, the scene is a street where several pushcart vendors have gathered to sell their goods. In the foreground are fruit and vegetable carts. An elevated railroad track crosses over the street in the background. As the film progresses, two policemen can be seen heading up the street toward the camera and ordering all of the vendors to move. One of the policemen approaches the camera waving his nightstick, and the cart in the foreground begins moving. The film ends with a closeup of the policeman scolding the vendor.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Law enforcement, Merchants, Police officers, Urban life, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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New York at the Turn of the Century, New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol
in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1903), 2 mins
This was probably filmed in the southern part of the Upper New York Bay looking towards the Narrows, with Fort Lafayette partly visible in the far background. The subject is a simulated capture by the police gunboat "Patrol" of three "pirates" in a rowboat. Puffs of smoke appear as the gunboat fires several rounds...
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in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1903), 2 mins
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This was probably filmed in the southern part of the Upper New York Bay looking towards the Narrows, with Fort Lafayette partly visible in the far background. The subject is a simulated capture by the police gunboat "Patrol" of three "pirates" in a rowboat. Puffs of smoke appear as the gunboat fires several rounds from the bow cannon, which can be clearly seen later in a side view of the boat. The "Patrol" was a steel, twin screw, 135 foot, 118 t...
This was probably filmed in the southern part of the Upper New York Bay looking towards the Narrows, with Fort Lafayette partly visible in the far background. The subject is a simulated capture by the police gunboat "Patrol" of three "pirates" in a rowboat. Puffs of smoke appear as the gunboat fires several rounds from the bow cannon, which can be clearly seen later in a side view of the boat. The "Patrol" was a steel, twin screw, 135 foot, 118 ton police boat, built in 1893 at Sparrow's Point, Maryland.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Boats and ships, Law enforcement, Police officers, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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New York at the Turn of the Century, Skyscrapers of NYC from the North River
in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1903), 3 mins
Filmed from a moving boat, the film depicts the Hudson River (i.e., North River) shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan beginning around Fulton Street and extending to Castle Garden and Battery Park. It begins at one of the American Line piers (Pier 14 or 15, opposite Fulton Street) where an American Line stea...
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in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1903), 3 mins
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Filmed from a moving boat, the film depicts the Hudson River (i.e., North River) shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan beginning around Fulton Street and extending to Castle Garden and Battery Park. It begins at one of the American Line piers (Pier 14 or 15, opposite Fulton Street) where an American Line steamer, either the "New York" or "Paris," is seen docked. The camera passes one of the Manhattan-to-New Jersey commuter ferries to Jersey...
Filmed from a moving boat, the film depicts the Hudson River (i.e., North River) shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan beginning around Fulton Street and extending to Castle Garden and Battery Park. It begins at one of the American Line piers (Pier 14 or 15, opposite Fulton Street) where an American Line steamer, either the "New York" or "Paris," is seen docked. The camera passes one of the Manhattan-to-New Jersey commuter ferries to Jersey City or Communipaw. Proceeding south, the distinct double towers of the Park Row, or Syndicate Building, erected in 1897-98, can be seen in the background. A coastal freighter is next, then Trinity Church appears, to the left of which can be seen the Surety Building, as a tug with a "C" on the stack passes in foreground. Several small steamboats come into view, and the B.T. Babbitt Soap factory at Pier 6 is seen, followed by the Pennsylvania Railroad piers (#5 & #4), with a group of docked railroad car floats, and the Lehigh Valley Railroad piers (#3 & #2), also with car floats. Next are the Bowling Green Building (rectangular, with facade to camera), the Whitehall Building (vertical, thin side to camera), followed by Pennsylvania Railroad Pier #1. Pier A (with a clock tower) is seen with the New York Harbor Police steam boat "Patrol" at its end. The Bowling Green Offices and the Produce Exchange at Bowling Green are visible in the background. The breakwater (sheltered landing) and the New York City Fireboat House appears and the distinctive round structure, Castle Garden, once a fort and immigrant station, but at the time of filming the City Aquarium, comes into view. The camera then pans east along the Battery Park promenade: the Barge Office (with tower) is visible in the distance, and further out the Brooklyn shoreline with the grain elevators at Atlantic Avenue can be seen. This view is continued, with only a minor break in continuity, in the film Panorama of Sky Scrapers and Brooklyn Bridge From the East River. Together they comprise a sweep around the southern tip of Manhattan, from Fulton Street on the Hudson to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Boats and ships, Cities, Commercial buildings, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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New York at the Turn of the Century, White Wings on Review
in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1903), 4 mins
Filmed on an unidentified street in New York City, probably Fifth Avenue. Rows of men wearing the white uniforms of New York City street sweepers (known as White Wings) march by the camera. Each row has a police escort. The parade of uniformed men continues until several hundred pass. Immediately following the mar...
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in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in New York at the Turn of the Century (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1903), 4 mins
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Filmed on an unidentified street in New York City, probably Fifth Avenue. Rows of men wearing the white uniforms of New York City street sweepers (known as White Wings) march by the camera. Each row has a police escort. The parade of uniformed men continues until several hundred pass. Immediately following the marching men come approximately a hundred horse-drawn two-wheel carts of the kind used for hauling garbage. One four wheeled cart is seen...
Filmed on an unidentified street in New York City, probably Fifth Avenue. Rows of men wearing the white uniforms of New York City street sweepers (known as White Wings) march by the camera. Each row has a police escort. The parade of uniformed men continues until several hundred pass. Immediately following the marching men come approximately a hundred horse-drawn two-wheel carts of the kind used for hauling garbage. One four wheeled cart is seen near the end of the film. In 1895, under the reform administration of Mayor William L. Strong, New York City's Department of Street Cleaning was headed by Colonel George Waring. It was he who garbed his workers in the white duck suits (earning them the name "White Wings") seen in the film. He is also recognized as a brilliant sanitary engineer who marshalled the two thousand man force to clean four hundred and fifty miles of streets each day. According to Jacob Riis, "his broom saved more lives in the crowded tenements than a squad of doctors." By 1903, the date of the filming, a new city administration was in power and Waring had been replaced.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Cities, Blue collar workers, Parades, Sanitation, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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William McKinley, Esquimaux Village
in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in William McKinley (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1901), 1 min
The first of three camera positions shows a low building resembling an igloo beside a small pool, and an ice floe. Dark-complexioned people dressed as Eskimos run up and down alongside the pool, and a dog pulls a sled. Next, some sled dogs are led in front of the camera. The last camera position shows the same dog...
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in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in William McKinley (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1901), 1 min
Description
The first of three camera positions shows a low building resembling an igloo beside a small pool, and an ice floe. Dark-complexioned people dressed as Eskimos run up and down alongside the pool, and a dog pulls a sled. Next, some sled dogs are led in front of the camera. The last camera position shows the same dogs running into a tent made from animal skins.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1901
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Series
William McKinley
Topic / Theme
Dogs, Fairs and festivals, Indian villages, Inuit people, Social customs, Transportation, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Inuit, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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William McKinley, Funeral Leaving the President's House
in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in William McKinley (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1901), 3 mins
In this picture we show a most perfect view of the front entrance of the McKinley home in the background. The hearse which is to bear the President's body to its last resting place drives into view. President Roosevelt's Cabinet forms in line on either side of the walk. The Admirals of the Navy and the Generals of...
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in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection, in William McKinley (United States: Thomas A. Edison, 1901), 3 mins
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In this picture we show a most perfect view of the front entrance of the McKinley home in the background. The hearse which is to bear the President's body to its last resting place drives into view. President Roosevelt's Cabinet forms in line on either side of the walk. The Admirals of the Navy and the Generals of the Army form lines in their rear. President Roosevelt takes his place at the head of the Cabinet and immediately the body emerges fro...
In this picture we show a most perfect view of the front entrance of the McKinley home in the background. The hearse which is to bear the President's body to its last resting place drives into view. President Roosevelt's Cabinet forms in line on either side of the walk. The Admirals of the Navy and the Generals of the Army form lines in their rear. President Roosevelt takes his place at the head of the Cabinet and immediately the body emerges from the front door, borne on the shoulders of the soldiers and sailors. As it passes through the lines of Diplomats, Admirals and Generals, all heads are uncovered. The sailors and soldiers descend the steps slowly to the sidewalk and then the body is placed in the hearse. Here we secured another life size view. The hearse starts slowly away and President Roosevelt and his Cabinet walk toward their carriages. Then with the aid of our panoramic device we followed the hearse until it passed slowly out of view down Market Street. This scene dissolves into a picture of the body leaving the church at Canton borne on the shoulders of the sailors and soldiers and placed again in the hearse. From the time the casket appears at the church door it does not pass out of the view of our camera until the doors of the hearse are closed upon it. We follow it constantly with our panoramic device, and the views are perfect and life size. The hearse finally starts away for the cemetery, followed by the famous Black Horse Cavalry, Troop A, of Ohio.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1901
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison
Series
William McKinley
Person Discussed
William McKinley, 1843-1901
Topic / Theme
Burial services, Funerals, Heads of state, Religious processions, Religious rites and ceremonies, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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