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Fisherman's Wharf / motion picture

Fisherman's Wharf / motion picture

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Summary

"Shows the wharf at San Francisco, Cal., with a large fleet of fishing boats at anchor. The crews are engaged in mending nets, arranging lines, etc., all of which lend action to the view. The figures are clear and life size, and the scene is truthfully reproduced"--F.Z. Maguire catalogue.
60562 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60562.
Camera, Frederick Blechynden.
Duration: 0:25 at 30 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1014) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Filmed in August, 1897, at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.
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, p. 334; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 107; F.Z. Maguire & Co. Catalogue, March 1898, p. 39.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9659 to FZA 2776.

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Date

01/01/1897
person

Contributors

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

Location

San Francisco, California, United States37.77507, -122.41907
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