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Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901 and other compilation footage from 1903

Description

Reel originally titled "SF Expo 1900."

Film is composed of a number of shorts: Circular Panorama of Electric Tower; Panorama of Esplanade by Night; and Martyred Presidents. The Martyred Presidents is a 1901 American film directed by Edwin S. Porter. The film, just over a minute long, is composed of two shots. In the first, a girl sits at the base of an altar or tomb, her face hidden from the camera. At the center of the altar, a viewing portal displays the portraits of three U.S. Presidents - Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, and William McKinley - each victims of assassination. At 3:04 is an excerpt from The Gay Shoe Clerk, 1903. Next is A Romance of the Rail, which was filmed in August 1903 along the Lackawanna Railway by Thomas Alva Edison. The last film is "Rounding Up of the 'Yeggmen.'"

The Pan-American Expo films were produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company from March to November 1901. The company, founded by inventor Thomas Alva Edison, operated from 1893 to 1917. More information about the films is available on the Library of Congress website.

Format of original: Reel

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
approximately 1914-1996.
Call number
SCE MP 054
Creator
Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
NOT AVAILABLE. Audiovisual materials are not available for paging until reformatted. Boxes 21-51 and oversize reels housed in cold storage. Please contact Reader Services for more information.
Rights
Authorization for commercial uses must be obtained from Southern California Edison through the EIX (Edison International) Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications. The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
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