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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