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March 07, 2008
In the American West
This is some 16mm home movie footage from my collection of a rodeo in Dubois, Wyoming in 1927. It came from the estate of a wealthy Illinois family (wealthy in 1920s-30s anyway) who vacationed at a dude ranch near there. The footage is a bit problematic- my copy of the film is a dupe made in the 1930s and obviously the speed of the transfer was off so the whole thing runs a little fast. Also, like a lot of old film, unfortunately it's shrunk slightly which makes it a little jumpy. I have another reel taken at the rodeo which I'll hopefully get transferred at some point- it features a cowboy/indian tug-o-war (the indians are Arapahoes by the way). At some point I'll do a cowboy/indian show over at Square America but for now enjoy the film (the first bit's a little slow but it picks up from there)!
*Thanks to Andy Uhrich for the transfer!*
Posted by nick at March 7, 2008 07:57 PM
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It's absolutely great ! Thanks so much for publishing it ( I shared from our Art Club Caucasus Blog) Best regards from Tbilisi, Hans
Amazing video !
Posted by: Hans at April 5, 2008 05:42 PM