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Film, Video Leander Sisters Leander Sisters, Yellow Kid dance

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About this Item

Title

  • Leander Sisters

Other Title

  • Leander Sisters, Yellow Kid dance

Summary

  • The Leander Sisters perform a clever, characteristic dance called the "Yellow Kid." Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., and the audience is composed largely of bathers. One sister appears to be dressed as Richard Outcault's Yellow Kid comic strip character.

Names

  • White, James H. (James Henry), production
  • Blechynden, Frederick, camera
  • Leander Sisters
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.

Headings

  • -  Yellow Kid--(Fictitious character)
  • -  Sutro Baths (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • -  Dancers--California--San Francisco
  • -  Tough dance

Genre

  • Filmed vaudeville acts
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  60561 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60561.
  • -  Duration: 0:26 at 30 fps.
  • -  Parts of summary from the Edison films catalog.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1277) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 331-332; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 181; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 51 [MI].
  • -  Camera, Frederick Blechynden.
  • -  Performers: Leander Sisters.
  • -  Filmed August 22, 1897, at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, California.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (26 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 (26 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 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 4291 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2755 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1442 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 9571 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0478C (paper pos)
  • Box 5071D (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694233

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Blechynden, Frederick, Camera, Leander Sisters, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Leander Sisters. produceds by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1897. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694233/.

APA citation style:

Blechynden, F., Leander Sisters, Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1897) Leander Sisters. White, J. H. U., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694233/.

MLA citation style:

Blechynden, Frederick, Camera, et al. Leander Sisters. prod by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1897. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694233/>.