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[The Coffee Family Collection, No. 3 - Elektro]
This film is an excerpt from "The Middleton Family At the New York World's Fair" and features a demonstration of Elektro, a robot built by Westinghouse.
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 1 - Life with Elizabeth]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of Peter Pauls Stewart and Elizabeth May Exall Stewart with their oldest daughter Elizabeth Stewart Wally in Dallas, Texas. The footage begins with Elizabeth as a baby with her mother and father and includes a title card which reads " Dallas June 1946 (04:16). The film ends with Elizabeth celebrating her third birthday in 1946 (10:18). Also included in the film is footage of two unidentified women standing in front of a home on Hurst Street (03:40-04:16).
Date:
1943/1946
Creator:
Stewart, Peter Pauls
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 2 - Family Life]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of Peter Pauls Stewart and Elizabeth May Exall Stewart with their oldest daughter Elizabeth Stewart Wally in Dallas, Texas. Because of damage to the film, only this brief excerpt was able to be digitized. Footage includes Peter and Elizabeth and unidentified family members posing with young Elizabeth on the hood of a car and also in front of an unidentified home.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Stewart, Peter Pauls
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cochran Family Films, No. 1 - Road Trip to Louisiana and Florida]
This home movie documents the Cochran family's road trip through Louisiana and Florida. Footage from Louisiana includes driving across the O.K. Allen Bridge, driving through Baton Rouge toward the capitol building with signs for the Dominique Stockyard and Diamond Ducks, visiting the capitol building and footage of the city from the tower, driving across the Huey P. Long bridge with a stop in an unidentified city and driving across the Long-Simpson bridge. Footage from Florida includes driving past the Highway Patrol sub-station, driving along the Florida Coast, stopping at Staff's Restaurant and Cafeteria in Fort Walton Beach, under-exposed footage of fish, an unidentified woman in a flower garden, a rail yard, an ocean picnic, riding on a boat labeled the "Jean Lafit," driving through an industrial area , an unidentified woman taking photographs, a city skyline, and a banana tree.
Date:
1949?
Creator:
Cochran, Jay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 15 - Mesquite High School Marching Band]
This home movie documents the Mesquite High School Marching band performing and posing for the camera.
Date:
1950
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 16 - Easter celebrations]
This home movie documents the Greenhaw family and others celebrating Easter in Mesquite, Texas.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 17 - Niagara Falls and Washington, D.C.]
This home movie documents a family vacation to Niagara Falls and Washington, D.C.
Date:
1950/1951
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nelson Family Films, No. 7 - At Home with the Nelson Family]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Nelson children including footage of children playing in a wagon, older family members on the front porch, and family members playing on a swing set, seesaw, and slide.
Date:
1950?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 3 - North Central Expressway]
This home movie documents members of the Stewart family driving on the North Central Expressway (U.S. Highway 75). Footage shot from the moving car and from the roadside includes road signs (Manderville and Northaven Road, Henderson Avenue, and Fitzhugh Avenue), Mrs. Baird's Bread plant, the Dallas skyline, Superior Lanes Bowling Alley, Republic National Life, and Turtle Creek.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Stewart, Peter Pauls
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 2 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1950-1951]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including birthdays and holidays in the years 1950 and 1951. The footage begins with family members outdoors in an unidentified location (00:00-00:29) and includes footage of young Helen Riley with a teddy bear (00:29-00:50), a family in their Easter clothes posted on the front steps of a home (00:50-02:04), people boarding an airplane and a plane taking off (02:04-02:12). Helen swims in a small pool (02:12-02:41), poses and swings on a swing set (02:41-03:37), and celebrates her birthday (03:37-05:39). In the next scene an evolving group of family members pose next to a piano while they talk, laugh, and sing. Different groups convene until there is one large group portrait (05:39-07:23). The film concludes with children and family members posing and playing outdoors (07:23-09:29) and a Christmas celebration (09:30-11:31). Family members set the table, serve appetizers, and family members entertain young Helen in front of the Christmas tree.
Date:
1950/1951
Creator:
Riley, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 1 - Summer Vacation 1950]
This home movie documents the Riley family on summer vacation. Footage includes family members riding a ferry, a forested landscape with vacation homes located on the water's edge, family members fishing and posing with fish, family eating a meal in the forest, and children playing in the water.
Date:
1950-07/1950-08
Creator:
Riley, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 2 - Christmas Holidays]
This home movie documents the Hall and Hennen families celebrating the Christmas holiday. The film begins with a Hall family Christmas gathering in Millsap. Family members socialize and pose for the camera in a front yard. Young boys wear cowboy outfits and shoot toy guns at the camera. Visible in the footage are advertisements for Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, and a Clark Service & Grocery (00:00-01:34). Also included is footage of Seventh Street in Forth Worth shot from a moving car (01:34-01:48) and a Hennen family Christmas gathering in Sherman (01:48-03:48).
Date:
1951
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 4 - Vacation in Lake Tahoe, 1952]
This home movie documents the Hennen family's vacation to Lake Tahoe, California and includes footage of family members sunbathing, swimming, and fishing.
Date:
1952
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 20 - Strawberry, California]
This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen famliy including a trip to Strawberry, California. Footage includes family members playing in the snow and riding on a snowmobile (00:00-02:00). Footage also includes an outdoor family gathering at an unidentified location with covered wagons or stage coaches observed from a parking lot.
Date:
1952
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]
This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (8 min., 58 sec.); the exterior of the WFAA studio (11 min., 48 sec.); pianist Knocky Parker and guitarist Zeke Campbell playing together in 1954 (12 min, 07 sec.); a trip to the Port of Beaumont (12 min., 36 sec.); a stop in Lubbock for a parade and performance with Jack Perry at the ABC Rodeo (13 min., 40 sec); the LCD in Cedar Ridge recording studio (15 min., 48 sec.); the LCD and other performers filming a television show at Cross Road Store in May 1957 (16 min., 24 sec.); another performance at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock in May 1957 (17 min., 47 sec.); the LCD …
Date:
1952/1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[ Riley Family Films, No. 3 - Vacations and Birthdays]
This home documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including birthdays and vacations. The film begins with footage of a man gardening while another poses for the camera and smokes a pipe (00:00-01:10) followed by footage of the Galveston sea wall (01:10-01:31). Young Helen Riley plays outdoors with an umbrella (01:31-02:29), rides a train--possibly the Texas Eagle--with her family (02:29-03:05), celebrates her birthday (03:05-05:11), and rides a pony (05:11-05:34).
Date:
1952?
Creator:
Riley, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 4 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1952-1953]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including birthdays and holidays with an especial focus on oldest daughter Helen and her newborn sibling. The film begins with the new baby being held by relatives in front of a Christmas tree (00:00-01:47) and continues with the new baby being carried into Catholic church, possibly for baptism (01:47-02:55), and the family gathered outdoors and posing with the new baby (02:55-05:00). The film continues with the family watching cattle (05:00-05:25), the new baby and family (05:25-09:03), Helen's fourth birthday party (11:47-14:23), the baby's first birthday (14:24-16:26), and a Christmas celebration (16:26-18:33).
Date:
1952/1953
Creator:
Riley, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 13 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest (Narrated)]
This home movie, narrated by Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) member Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The entire film is out of focus. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte on March 4, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the La Porte Theatre performing at segregated schools, visiting with Johnny Hicks, and touring the San Jacinto Monument (02 min., 10 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Baytown, Woodville, Winnie, and then Port Arthur on March 25-27, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the Strand Theatre and spending time by the water (5 min., 45 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Nederlands, Beaumont, Port Neches, and Mineola on April 3, 1952. Footage includes the LCD performing at the grand opening of the Silver Creek Creamery in Mineola and friends and family of the LCD (07 min., 58 sec). The tour continues in Orange on April 8 and 9, 1952 with …
Date:
1952-01-08/1952-05-15
Creator:
Montgomery, Marvin ("Smokey")
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 15 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest]
This home movie, with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte on March 4, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the La Porte Theatre performing at segregated schools, visiting with Johnny Hicks, and touring the San Jacinto Monument (01 min., 38 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Baytown, Anahuac, Channelview, Conroe, Jasper, Livingston, Woodville, Willie, and then and then Port Arthur on March 25-27, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the Strand Theatre and spending time by the water (06 min, 54 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Nederlands, Beaumont, Port Neches, and Mineola on April 3, 1952. Footage includes the LCD performing at the grand opening of the Silver Creek Creamery in Mineola and friends and family of the LCD (10 min, 14 sec.). The tour continues in Orange on April 8 and 9, 1952 (12 min, 26 sec.). The tour continues to Selsby and …
Date:
1952-01-08/1952-05-15
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 3 - Vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952]
This home movie documents the Hennen family's vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada. The footage begins with a woman posing for the camera and a shot of the Hangman's Tree in Placerville, California (00:00-00:16) and includes a cattle drive (00:16-00:52), neon signs on the Las Vegas strip (00:52-01:08), a Santa Fe Railroad train accident (01:24-01:53), family socializing in a front yard (01:53-02:55), and boys petting a horse and riding a tractor (02:55-03:47).
Date:
August 1952
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Coffee Family Collection, No. 1 - Christmas holidays]
This home movie documents the Coffee family celebrating multiple Christmas holidays.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Coffee, J. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 21 - Redwood National and State Park]
This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen family including a trip to the Redwood National and State Parks with footage of the Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues at the Trees of Mystery (00:00-02:42). Footage also includes an outdoor family gathering with children blowing up Wonder Bread balloons.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No.14 - The Doughboys on tour 1953 - 1955]
This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in New Mexico and Texas in 1953 - 1955 and performing for various events including the March of Dimes in Lovington, New Mexico and a labor convention in El Paso, Texas. The film begins with band members boarding the Flagship San Antonio airplane and includes footage of Midway Airport and Carswell Air Force Base (01 min., 08 sec.); Paul Blount, Lefty Perkins, "Big Bill" Lister, Joe Bill, Johnny Hicks, Claude King, Bobby Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Al Turner, Mr. and Mrs. George McCoy, Carol Hubbard, and Gene Bradley aboard an airplane (01 min., 30 sec.); aerial footage of Sweetwater, Texas (03 min., 03 sec.); arrival and takeoff at an airport in Midland, Texas (03 min., 30 sec.); arrival and interviews at the Lea County Airport in Hobbs, New Mexico (05 min., 17 sec.); actor Johnny "Mack" Brown (05 min., 47 sec.) and singers Tommy and Goldie Hill (06 min., 20 sec.) talking to news reporters; LCD band members and friends (Jim Boyd, Elizabeth Ann Boys, Bob Shelton, Johnny Gimble, Zany Blainy, Carol Hubbard, Paul Blount, Red Kidwell, and Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery) traveling to a labor convention in El Paso, …
Date:
1953/1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 5 - LS Ranch]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family in the fall of 1953 including young Helen Riley posing for the camera on a bridge (through 00:57), a family gathering at LS Ranch with men posing with dead deer, women gathering autumn leaves, and family grilling meat and socializing (00:57-03:43), and the exterior of the family home with fall foliage (03:43-05:06).
Date:
1953
Creator:
Riley, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History