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Title

  • St. Patrick's Day parade, Lowell, Mass

Other Title

  • Saint Patrick's Day parade, Lowell, Mass

Summary

  • "Shows policemen and men in top hats and formal riding attire carrying large bunches of flowers as they parade on horseback. Angle changes slightly as a marching band carrying a drum inscribed Bugle Corps, Lowell appears, followed by a uniformed military group carrying rifles and marching in formation. Angle changes to show carriages and the rest of the procession. Scene changes to a building, pans to the steps, and shows a clerical figure in robes exiting from the [Immaculate Conception] church and waving his hat in acknowledgement"--The George Kleine catalog.
  • "The parade began by St. Michael's Church down by the mills, hooking onto Suffolk to Broadway to City hall, to Merrimack, to Central, to Sacred Heart Church. There were over 1500 marchers. The city's fire alarm sounded once to let the citizens who thronged the streets know the marchers were on their way. The City police forces led the way many of them on horseback with the horses festooned with green carnations. It was also noted the numbers of bouquets that were carried by many of the marchers, the city had not seen so many flowers before. The officials of the parade rode in carriages. Three full divisions followed the marshals. Division after division of Hibernians from Nashua, Lawrence, Haverhill, and Chelmsford made up the first division. Bands and fife and drum corps played patriotic and Irish airs. "The Harp That Once Thru Tara's halls" was a favorite of the crowd. Drum majors threw their batons in the air stirring the crowd. Military and veteran groups marched in formation dressed in full uniforms and carrying rifles. Mr. McEvoy's jaunting cart, direct from Ireland, was a must see. The oldest Irish organization in the city, the Irish Benevolent Society, marched proudly as they had since the first parades in the 1840s"--LowellIrish weblog, The Grand St Patrick's Day Parade in Lowell--1904.

Names

  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., [1904]

Headings

  • -  Immaculate Conception Church (Lowell, Mass.)
  • -  City and town life--Massachusetts--Lowell
  • -  Saint Patrick's Day--Massachusetts--Lowell

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  Duration: 3:21 at 16 fps.
  • -  According to the Lowell Irish weblog, the date of the film is 1904. No source is given for the date of the film (approximately 1905) in the George Kleine Collection catalog.
  • -  LC copy lacks titles.
  • -  At head of film: Thomas A. Edison, patented March 14, 1893, September 30, 1902.
  • -  Sources used: The George Kleine Collection...catalog, p. 128-129; LowellIrish weblog, "The Grand St Patrick's Day Parade in Lowell--1904", posted March 14, 2017 and comments, viewed May 27, 2021.
  • -  Filmed in Lowell, Massachusetts, probably on March 17, 1904.
  • -  Collection purchased from Kleine estate March 27, 1947. 35 mm. nitrate film destroyed.
  • -  The George Kleine Collection of early motion pictures in the Library of Congress : a catalog / prepared by Rita Horwitz and Harriet Harrison with the assistance of Wendy White. Library of Congress, 1980.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (80 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (80 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • non-viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (80 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 1783 (viewing print)
  • FRA 4418 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRA 4419 (non-viewing print)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp73117800

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Kleine. St. Patrick's Day parade, Lowell, Mass. [United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1904] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp73117800/.

APA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, I. & Kleine. (1904) St. Patrick's Day parade, Lowell, Mass. [United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp73117800/.

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Kleine. St. Patrick's Day parade, Lowell, Mass. [United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1904] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp73117800/>.