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Film, Video Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, U.S.P.O. Internal Revenue stamp from Treas. Dept / Transporting Internal Revenue stamps, U.S.P.O. / Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, United States Post Office

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About this Item

Title

  • Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, U.S.P.O.

Other Title

  • Internal Revenue stamp from Treas. Dept
  • Transporting Internal Revenue stamps, U.S.P.O.
  • Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, United States Post Office

Summary

  • "The film shows a two-horse postal delivery wagon backed against a ramp, where two men are unloading the contents of the wagon into a delivery chute"--Early motion pictures.

Names

  • Weed, A. E., camera.
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Post Office Department
  • -  Revenue stamps--United States
  • -  Postal service--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Delivery of goods--Washington (D.C.)

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H34994 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 22Aug03; H34994.
  • -  Cameraman, A.E. Weed.
  • -  Filmed August 5, 1903 in Washington, D.C.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2475.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1902) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 334; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1091; Biograph production logs.
  • -  paper pos (copy 2) Received: 1903-08-22; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (27 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (27 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4916 (viewing print)
  • FEC 3282 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1915 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPF 0921 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1722 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0098B (paper pos)
  • Box 5177 (paper pos, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00564575

Online Format

  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Weed, A. E., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, U.S.P.O. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00564575/.

APA citation style:

Weed, A. E., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, U.S.P.O. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00564575/.

MLA citation style:

Weed, A. E., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, U.S.P.O. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00564575/>.