Film, Video
The first sleigh-ride /

Format	Film, Video
Dates	1897
Location	Harrisburg Pennsylvania
Language	English
Subjects	Harrisburg Harrisburg (Pa.) Horse Racing Horse Drawn Vehicles Horses Pennsylvania Sleighing Sleighs Snow

Title

The first sleigh-ride /

Created Published

United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.

Subject Headings

-  Sleighs--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg.

-  Horse-drawn vehicles--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg.

-  Sleighing--Pennsylvania

-  Snow--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg.

-  Horse racing--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg.

-  Horses--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg.

-  Harrisburg (Pa.)

Notes

-  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 8Jan1897; 3846.

-  Camera, William Heise.

-  Duration: 0:22 at 30 fps.

-  From Maguire & Baucus catalogues: This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective horses and cutters.

-  MAVIS 180350. DLC

-  Filmed December 24, 1896, on River Road in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.

-  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 269-70; Maguire & Baucus. Edison films, supp. catalogue, Jan. 20, 1897, p. 4 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 8 [MI].

-  Received: 5-13-1994; viewing print; preservation; Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.

Medium

1 Film Reel of 1 (Ca. 1 Min., Ca. 41 Ft.) : Si., B&W ; 35 Mm. Viewing Print.

Call Number/Physical Location

FEC 8104 (viewing print)

Repository

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Edmp 4053 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Mbrsmi/Edmp.4053

Library of Congress Catalog Number

00694206

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