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New York at the Turn of the Century, Buffalo Bill
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902), 2 mins
The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade. The participants in the parade include cowboys, Indians, and soldiers in the uniform of the United States Cavalry on horseback and riding horse-drawn coaches. Buff...
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902), 2 mins
Description
The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade. The participants in the parade include cowboys, Indians, and soldiers in the uniform of the United States Cavalry on horseback and riding horse-drawn coaches. Buffalo Bill can be seen on horseback, lifting his hat to the crowd.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1902
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Person Discussed
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
Topic / Theme
Parades, 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, Perilous Proceeding
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902), 1 min
The film follows a group of approximately ten men who are suspended on the cable of a large crane atop a building under construction. As the men are lifted over the site and gradually lowered, they wave to the camera.
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902), 1 min
Description
The film follows a group of approximately ten men who are suspended on the cable of a large crane atop a building under construction. As the men are lifted over the site and gradually lowered, they wave to the camera.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1902
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Cities, Commercial buildings, Construction, Equipment, Blue collar workers, 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, Skating on Lake
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902), 1 min
The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park crowded with ice skaters. The film is of such poor quality that it is difficult to tell if the apparent "snow" is real or just scratches on the film.
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902), 1 min
Description
The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park crowded with ice skaters. The film is of such poor quality that it is difficult to tell if the apparent "snow" is real or just scratches on the film.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1902
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Ice skating, 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, Star Theatre
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902), 2 mins
Using time-lapse photography, the film shows the demolition of the famous Star Theatre. Judging from the various exposures, the work must have gone on for a period of approximately thirty days. The theater opened in 1861 as "Wallack's Theatre," and was re-christened the "Star" in 1883. It was well known for it's e...
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902), 2 mins
Description
Using time-lapse photography, the film shows the demolition of the famous Star Theatre. Judging from the various exposures, the work must have gone on for a period of approximately thirty days. The theater opened in 1861 as "Wallack's Theatre," and was re-christened the "Star" in 1883. It was well known for it's excellent productions, and a number of celebrated actors and actresses worked there, among them Ellen Terry. The celebrated English acto...
Using time-lapse photography, the film shows the demolition of the famous Star Theatre. Judging from the various exposures, the work must have gone on for a period of approximately thirty days. The theater opened in 1861 as "Wallack's Theatre," and was re-christened the "Star" in 1883. It was well known for it's excellent productions, and a number of celebrated actors and actresses worked there, among them Ellen Terry. The celebrated English actor Henry Irving made his first stage appearance in America at the Star.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1902
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Commercial buildings, Blue collar workers, Theater 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, At the Foot of the Flatiron
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 2 mins
This street level view is of the Broadway side of the Flatiron, or Fuller Building, near the narrow north corner. Filmed on a very windy day, pedestrians of various descriptions are seen passing by the camera, clutching hats and skirts against the wind. According to some New York City historians, this corner was k...
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 2 mins
Description
This street level view is of the Broadway side of the Flatiron, or Fuller Building, near the narrow north corner. Filmed on a very windy day, pedestrians of various descriptions are seen passing by the camera, clutching hats and skirts against the wind. According to some New York City historians, this corner was known as the windiest corner of the city, and in the era of the long skirt, standing on it was considered a good vantage point for a gli...
This street level view is of the Broadway side of the Flatiron, or Fuller Building, near the narrow north corner. Filmed on a very windy day, pedestrians of various descriptions are seen passing by the camera, clutching hats and skirts against the wind. According to some New York City historians, this corner was known as the windiest corner of the city, and in the era of the long skirt, standing on it was considered a good vantage point for a glimpse of a lady's ankle. Policemen would chase away such loungers from the 23rd Street corner, giving rise to the expression "twenty-three skidoo."
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Urban life, Wind, 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, Broadway & Union Square
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 26 secs
A horse-drawn street car with a sign for Broadway pulls away from the camera with a full compliment of passengers. Another approaches the camera position and they pass. The first car stops to pick up and drop off passengers. Pedestrians walk pass on both sides of the street.
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 26 secs
Description
A horse-drawn street car with a sign for Broadway pulls away from the camera with a full compliment of passengers. Another approaches the camera position and they pass. The first car stops to pick up and drop off passengers. Pedestrians walk pass on both sides of the street.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Streetcars, Urban life, Transportation, 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, Delivering Newspapers
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 1 min
The film shows a group of about fifty pre-adolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "New York World." As they gather around the rear of the vehicle, a fight breaks out between two of the boy...
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 1 min
Description
The film shows a group of about fifty pre-adolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "New York World." As they gather around the rear of the vehicle, a fight breaks out between two of the boys. The film ends as the crowd forms around the two fighters. Probably filmed at Union Square.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Fights, Newspapers, 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, Elevated Railroad
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 1 min
The film was photographed from the front platform of a train traveling over elevated tracks in New York City. Although many of the buildings alongside the tracks can be seen, it is difficult to determine the exact location of the scene.
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 1 min
Description
The film was photographed from the front platform of a train traveling over elevated tracks in New York City. Although many of the buildings alongside the tracks can be seen, it is difficult to determine the exact location of the scene.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Trains, 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, Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island
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
hows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y. The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gang...
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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
Description
hows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y. The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is placed, and the immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock, where they cross in front of the camera.
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
Immigration and emigration, 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, Excavating for a New York Foundation
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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 3 mins
The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit to street level by a steam-powered crane. These carts are similar in design to those shown dumping rubble...
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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: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903), 3 mins
Description
The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit to street level by a steam-powered crane. These carts are similar in design to those shown dumping rubble at the end of the film New York City Dumping Wharf. Advertisements and campaign posters can be seen on the exposed wall of the buildin...
The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit to street level by a steam-powered crane. These carts are similar in design to those shown dumping rubble at the end of the film New York City Dumping Wharf. Advertisements and campaign posters can be seen on the exposed wall of the building in the background.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1903
Publisher
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Series
New York at the Turn of the Century
Topic / Theme
Construction, Blue collar workers, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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