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Title on Reel (transcribed from original)
Fair May at Morris and Deltaville and Buckroe, 1929 and 1930; Shield's Lake and Spring, 1930"
Date Created
1929/1930
Reel Format
16mm
Reel Description
This film reel contains footage of people and events in and around Richmond including:
- A car driving
- A fair with farm equipment demonstrations and footage of rides as the fair
- Performers in costume outdoors at a fair
- Demonstration of International Six-Speed Special (a farm truck produced between 1929-1931) at a fair
- Individuals looking at cattle at a fair
- Individuals standing and picking flowers in a garden in front of a residence
- A large crowd of children lining up on the street in front of the Byrd Theater in Carytown
- Street vendors selling Christmas trees near a "Harper Hardware Company" storefront
- Trains with a "Richmond Times Dispatch" building
- Individuals at a horsetrack watching horse races
- A band and spectators sitting on bleachers
- Horseshow featuring individuals in cowboy outfits or headdresses on horseback with tipis in the background
- Acrobats performing on a highwire
- Wrestlers performing at a fair
- Individuals swimming in a lake
- A riverfront with boats
- Boats in a large body of water
- An individual holding and bouncing an infant with left arm limb difference
- A child standing in the street
- Individuals collecting water from a spring
- Individuals riding bicycles in a park, likely Byrd Park
- The James River near what appears to be downtown Richmond, with an unidentified bridge
- Individuals on a beach and swimming in a large body of water
- A beauty contest or fashion show on a beach
- A young individual pushing a cart on the street
Runtime
00:11:35
Personal Name Subject
Stilson, Harris, 1868-1934
Topical Subject
Monroe Park (Richmond, Va.); Byrd Theatre (Richmond, Va.); Parks; Airships; Automobiles; Swimmers; Lakes; Bicycles; Bathing suits
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
black-and-white films (visual works)
Local Genre
moving image
Type
Moving Image
Digital Format
video/mov
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Harris H. Stilson Films Richmond film collection, circa 1929-1931
Source
Harris H. Stilson Films Richmond film collection, circa 1929-1931, M 575, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m575_stilson_001.mov