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Title: Albert Armor home movies
Date: 1938-1949
Collection Identifier: MP
001
Creator:
Armor, Albert
Extent: 23 reels
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL:http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: This collection comprises home movies filmed by
Albert Armor from 1938-1949. The bulk of the films depict the Armor family of
Corcoran, California, participating in holiday and birthday celebrations and family
vacations. Other films depict cotton and grain harvesting, cattle ranching, and
irrigation, in the San Joaquin Valley.
Original home movies are unavailable for paging and viewing. Use digitized copies
available on the Internet Archive,
https://archive.org/details/californiahistoricalsociety.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker
Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco,
CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the
owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from
the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Albert Armor home movies, MP 001, California Historical
Society.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitized copies of home movies are available on the Internet Archive,
https://archive.org/details/californiahistoricalsociety.
The Albert Armor home movies were donated to the California Historical Society by
Nancy Pickford in 2013.
No additions are expected.
This collection comprises home movies filmed by Albert Armor from 1938-1949. The
films primarily depict the Armor family of Corcoran, California participating in
holiday and birthday celebrations and family vacations to a cabin in Doyle Springs
near Sequoia National Park; the San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition;
Pasadena Rose Bowl and Parade; and La Quinta Resort. The films also depict cotton
and grain harvesting, cattle ranching, and irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley.
Most of the agricultural films were taken on Elmer von Glahn's farm and include
footage of the planting and harvesting of cotton for the J.G. Boswell Company. The
films also show irrigation techniques used on the farm such as pumping water, the
dredging of irrigation ditches, and the construction of levees. The films also
include footage of Tulare Lake and its wetlands, ecosystem, and water fowl habitat
before it became a dry bed due to the diverting of water for agricultural and
municipal purposes.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's public access catalog:
Armor family.
Agricultural industries--California--San Joaquin
Valley.
Amateur films.
Corcoran (Calif.)
Cotton growing--California--San Joaquin Valley.
Families.
Irrigation--California--Tulare Lake Region.
Ranching--California--San Joaquin Valley
Tulare Lake (Calif.)