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Guide to the Harrison Family Home Movie Collection
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Home movies

Physical Description: 5 reels + 6 digital files

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Includes five 8mm color films recorded by the Harrison family.
Box 1

Untitled reel 1 [MS177_A8P01] circa 1967

Physical Description: color, 8mm
Physical Description: Run time: 25 (min): 53 (s)
Material Specific Details: Men and women leaving Spottswood AME Zion Church (Denver, Colorado) in snow [0:01] Woman in red coat and man in suit walking in snow in front yard [0:20] Man wearing flannel shirt locking car, two women crossing street [2:18] Panorama of snow-covered residential street [2:38] Man in suit walking on sidewalk smoking [2:58] Woman in red coat putting items into car parked on residential street [3:12] Woman preparing salad in kitchen [3:31] Woman in shawl walking on walkway towards house [4:22] Exterior of Safeway grocery store and Great West Savings Bank, mountains in the background [4:32] Pedestrians crossing downtown Denver city street, Denver Post building [4:48] Woman folding laundry [5:25] Woman washing dishes in kitchen [5:30] Downtown city street, men and women looking in store front window, man and two women getting into parked car, driving on boulevard [5:43] Panorama of Furr’s Cafeteria parking lot [6:45] Exterior of Daddy Bruce’s Bar-B-Q, man in suit and boy loitering outside restaurant [6:57] Barber sitting in barbershop chair, man in suit and boy loitering outside restaurant [7:52] View from passenger’s seat while driving on freeway, mountains and city in the distance [8:13] Panorama of exterior of Crossroads Mall, Kresge department store, J.C. Penny’s, Walgreens, Furr’s Cafeteria stores [8:31] Liquor store and Golden Buff Motor Lodge at intersection near 1725 28th St. Boulder, Colorado [8:48] Two women crossing street walking towards camera, man in flannel shirt gets into car [9:01] Downtown city street, Diamond Shamrock service station across street, Welles Mart and M.H. Cobb Clothier, State Theater – A Covenant With Death on marquee [9:47] Houses on dirt road [10:23] Man in overalls walking outside house to talk with man standing at fence [10:32] Exterior of two-story farm house [10:56] Downtown Dallas street scenes, skyline in the background, Sheraton Dallas building [11:01] Woman wearing red coat walking on sidewalk [11:45] Strip mall parking lot, exterior of Wyatt Food Store and Bi-Lo grocery store [11:53] Woman and girl standing on front porch of ranch style house [12:25] Man and woman in front yard embracing [12:49] Pigs feeding in trough, man standing outside corral smoking a cigarette, panorama of dilapidated farm buildings [13:09] Two women standing in yard, walking toward camera [13:58] Man walking next to farm house [14:12] Panorama of farm land, horse feeding next to barn [14:30] Group of men and women talking next to car, man in overalls and dog wearing red sweater sitting on farm house porch [14:52] Horse feeding next to barn [15:13] Woman wearing red coat looks into well, panorama of men and women standing nearby [15:19] Man and three women standing on farm house porch [15:35] Group of men and women standing next to car, two women picking branches off tree [16:14] Panorama of farm [16:54] Man and woman holding baby standing next to fence on farm, elderly woman walking with cane in front of farm house [17:14] Woman leaning over fence post talking, panorama of exterior of farm house [17:54] Group of men in distance pouring foundation [18:15] Woman standing on farm house porch [18:17] Intersection with Texas Highway 190 East/West and Texas Highway 19 signs [18:28] Two woman in front of farm house walking toward camera in the rain [18:36] Elderly woman standing on front porch of farm house [18:52] Man and woman walking in Holiday Inn and Empire Restaurant parking lot, near Dallas, Texas [18:58] Panorama of stadium prepared for rodeo event, workers hosing dirt [20:05] Men and women drying cars at car wash [20:53] Two women feeding flock of geese on farm, woman playing with beagle, panorama of farm, cows in pasture [20:59] Farms houses, man on crutches on front porch, man walking along roadside toward camera [23:06] Charles H. Noyes statue, Ballinger Courthouse lawn, Runnels County, Texas, panorama of Runnels County courthouse and Ballinger downtown [23:35] Group of men standing next to parked car talking, man walking along dirt road toward camera [23:54] Two women walking toward camera getting into parked car [24:15] Woman wearing shawl and curlers holding paper bag walking toward camera [25:40]
Box 1

Untitled reel 2 [MS177_A8P02] circa 1960s

Physical Description: color, 8mm
Physical Description: Run time: 16 (min): 50 (s)
Material Specific Details: Man driving 1950s Chevy station wagon, woman and two boys riding in front seat of car driving toward camera, two boys petting shaggy dog [0:01] Man getting into rusty black pickup truck [0:23] Shaggy dog lying in front yard [0:28] Panorama of Davis Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Richmond, California), service station, market, and liquor store, man wearing white apron on sidewalk in front of church, woman walking on sidewalk smoking cigarette trying to avoid camera, woman and two boys get into car [0:30] Man in suit and boy on bicycle in street [1:58] Woman and girl walking on sidewalk [2:08] Group of boys riding bicycles on sidewalk, man and woman inspecting vehicle at service station [2:18] Man holding basket in yard [3:10] Young man walking past service station, two men in car drive past talking to camera [3:17] Woman working inside Harrison’s Pit Bar-B-Que [?], city street [3:35] Panorama of street from inside car [3:53] Crowd on sidewalk in front of Davis Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Richmond, California) [4:15] Man closes car hood, walks into market [5:51] Man getting into car [6:05] Two women working in Harrison’s Pit Bar-B-Que’s [?] kitchen [6:14] Shaggy dog itching in backyard, woman commanding dog to sit in backyard [6:55] Boy and girl walking past service station [8:12] Woman getting into car [8:19] Woman and boy crossing street [8:25] Man standing outside service station [8:51] Congregation outside Davis Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church during funeral service, man standing outside service station, funeral procession drives in front of camera [8:54] Two women standing on front porch, man and woman walking into house [10:19] Woman washing dishes [10:50] Woman walking into house [10:54] Three children in street holding ice cream cones walking slowly towards camera, boy and girl walking on sidewalk [11:03] Men pouring concrete slab [11:30] Man in the distance walking on sidewalk [11:40] Men pouring concrete slab [11:56] Two girls and boy in front of house talking [12:31] Two men walking on sidewalk talking [12:44] Man getting into parked car [12:59] Woman crossing street in front of service station walking toward camera [13:09] Young man going inside building, man crossing street and walking on sidewalk toward camera [13:27] Two girls in yard next to house, Harrison’s Pit Bar-B-Que truck parked in yard [13:58] Woman talking to person sitting inside truck [15:05] Group of young men crossing field toward camera, young men boarding blue school bus [15:18] Field workers picking peas [15:58] Field workers weighing, sorting, and crating peas [16:17]
Box 1

Untitled reel 3 [MS177_A8P03] circa 1960s

Physical Description: color, 8mm
Physical Description: Run time: 22 (min): 18 (s)
Material Specific Details: Snow-covered mountains in the distance, Blue Star Memorial Highway sign [0:01] Panorama of Donner Lake [?] [0:18] Panorama of street, Bar-B-Q and A & W restaurants [0:30] Girl in mini-skirt and red thigh-high socks standing on sidewalk, man and woman in car pull into driveway, Davis Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in the background [0:55] Women walking around roadside vista [Donner Lake?], panorama of mountains [1:40] Family crossing street [2:48] Three women and man in front of farm house [3:02] City park, view from car driving on residential street [3:37] Panorama of school building [4:09] Car idling in front of snow-covered house, woman in orange dress and man in suit taking photographs on front porch [4:19] Man and woman walking in snow-covered parking lot in the mountains [5:28] Group of men playing dice game on sidewalk [6:15] Two girls playing and dancing on sidewalk [6:34] Car driving on freeway in the mountains [7:02] Cotton field [7:23] Matador fighting bull in bullfighting stadium [7:26] Man walking past phone booth on sidewalk outside of Amarillo Municipal Court and Office Building [10:29] Woman standing on front steps of Langston Memorial Church of God in Christ, 213 S. Madison St Amarillo, Texas [10:52] Man standing next to menu sign outside of restaurant , Ramada Inn billboard in background, panorama of highway intersection [11:09] Two women laughing avoiding camera [11:31] Car driving on highway mountain range in the background, driving past motel, service stations, and souvenir shop [11:38] Albuquerque city limits sign, driving through downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, Johnson Gymnasium, driving through desert [13:10] Exterior of house, panorama of motel, woman standing by motel pool walks toward camera [14:52] City street [15:25] Girl wearing fuzzy red slippers sitting on front porch [15:31] Man hauling off garden clippings in pickup truck [15:35] Children standing in front of house [15:51] Four men in suits standing in driveway talking [16:05] Three women and three men in suits walking in driveway [16:28] Boy and girl kissing on sidewalk [17:05] Man in red car parked in front of service station [17:19] Five men and woman leaving house and standing on front walkway [17:30] Six girls standing next to car, walking up driveway [18:09] Group of people eating at banquet tables in park [18:39] The Soul Youths on bed of W.H. Harrison Construction’s truck prior to parade [18:50] Boy Scout troop and parade participants preparing to march in parade next to Quong Lee Laundry [19:31] Parade in downtown Richmond, California [19:50]
Box 1

Untitled reel 4 [MS177_A8P04] circa 1960s

Physical Description: color, 8mm
Physical Description: Run time: 18 (min): 15 (s)
Material Specific Details: Man and woman walking on sidewalk, Club Savoy in the background [0:01] Panorama of brick ranch style house, man and woman standing in driveway [0:03] Boy driving peddle car in driveway, family gathers in front yard [1:35] Man watching pig in corral, woman petting pig [2:31] Panorama of farm [2:54] Man washing car at service station, 343 Chesley Ave. Richmond, California [3:18] Woman crossing street waving [3:54] Man walking on sidewalk in front of service station, service station attendant servicing car, 343 Chesley Ave. Richmond, California [4:02] Girl standing next to Harrison’s Pit Bar-B-Que 418 Chelsey Ave. Richmond, California truck [4:36] Woman carrying loaf of bread walking on sidewalk past service station at 343 Chesley Ave. Richmond, California [4:47] Men standing on street corner talking [out of focus] [5:00] Man crossing street [5:35] Two men talking at service station 343 Chesley Ave. Richmond, California [out of focus][5:43] Commercial passenger plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport runway [6:35] TWA airplane at airport terminal, passengers walking down airplane jet bridge waving through window [6:44] American Airlines passenger plane leaving terminal and taking off from runway [7:02] Exterior of San Francisco International Airport terminal building, family walking in parking lot toward camera [8:34] Woman sleeping at diner counter, woman leaning against store front window [9:20] Field workers in the field [out of focus][9:44] Three women next to parked car, woman standing in driveway talking [9:49] Police car parked in street next to liquor store, group of men assembled on sidewalk in the distance [10:26] Panorama of parking lot, man standing next to Harrison’s Pit Bar-B-Que truck and trailer [11:08] Man and two women in front yard [12:24] Harrison’s Pit Bar-B-Q truck and trailer setup in parking lot [12:41] Woman standing on sidewalk [12:49] Panorama of office building [13:01] Field workers picking grapes [13:22] Field worker standing in pickup truck bed [13:26] Field workers picking grapes [13:32] Group of men and women standing next to house, man and woman walking in yard toward camera [14:41] Man and woman in front yard [15:02] Group of motorcyclists in street [15:11] Exterior of Harrison’s Bar-B-Q, group of motorcyclists in street [16:05] Driving through Richmond, California [16:58] Two men and two women in front yard [17:07]
Box 1

Untitled reel 5 [MS177_VTS_01_1] circa 1960s

Physical Description: color, 8mm
Physical Description: Run time: 18 (min): 04 (s)
Material Specific Details: Two women walking on sidewalk [0:01] Camera filming from moving car, two men on sidewalk talking [0:13] Two women standing next to car [0:19] Panorama of ocean beach from Cliff House Inn [0:24] Fishing boat off coast, people on rocky outcrop [0:37] Woman in shawl eating corndog walking along sidewalk at ocean vista, Cliff House Inn in the background [0:55] Woman walking to car holding Pepsi [1:42] Crowd outside church, woman walking on sidewalk in front of service station [1:52] Children next to Frozen Bananas stand at California State Fair [?][2:06] Ski lift at California State Fair [?], children in front of Hot Dog on a Stick stand, tractor pulling visitor sitting in thatch roof cars [2:22] Children waiting for corndogs at stand [3:14] Children on sidewalk in front of house [3:24] Workers picking grapes in field [3:39] Worker in overalls dumping buckets of grapes into trailer [5:28] Man in overalls on tractor [5:34] Man dumping buckets of grapes into trailer [5:44] Workers picking grapes in field [6:05] Wooden crates of picked grapes stack at end of grape rows [6:40] Workers picking grapes in field [6:45] Workers dumping grapes into W.H. Harrison’s dump truck bed [7:55] Unloading grapes from W.H. Harrison’s dump truck into mechanical crusher-destemmer at grape processing plant [8:50] Man walking on road next to grape fields [9:55] W.H. Harrison’s dump truck parked on gravel road [10:05] Workers unloading grapes from wooden crates into W.H. Harrison’s dump truck [10:07] Workers picking grapes in field [11:17] Unloading grapes from W.H. Harrison’s dump truck into mechanical crusher-destemmer at grape processing plant [11:48] W.H. Harrison’s dump truck parked in field, woman unloading buckets of grapes into bin, workers picking grapes [11:53] Man and woman on front porch of farm house [13:10] Man holding garden house [13:27] Man walking toward camera looking at check [13:31] Man standing next to wooden crates with grapes [13:40] Man and woman walking on dirt road in vineyard [13:55] Workers picking grapes in field [14:01] Horses on racetrack, panorama of racetrack stand, California State Fair [?][14:58] Children riding bumper cars [15:12] Panorama of California State Fair [?] [15:56] Panorama of valley [16:50] Man watering front lawn and cleaning sidewalk [17:07] Woman talking on telephone, German Shepard in house at patio door [17:46]
Box 1

Untitled reel 5 [MS177_VTS_01_2] circa 1960s

Physical Description: color, 8mm
Physical Description: Run time: 6 (min): 26 (s)
Material Specific Details: Man and woman walking with arms locked down walkway in front of house [0:01] Group of people standing around campfire [0:06] Blue bus parked next to vineyard field, panorama of field [0:11] W.H. Harrison’s dump truck parked on dirt road, workers picking grapes [0:21] Workers unloading grapes from wooden crates into W.H. Harrison’s dump truck [1:44] Two men unloading wooden crates from truck bed of Harrison’s Pit Bar-B-Q [1:54] Workers picking grapes in field [2:02] Workers in line [2:55] Buses and cars parked in field [3:02] Man weighing wooden crates of peas [3:17] Man and woman sifting through peas in trough and packing them into wooden crates [3:29] Workers picking peas in field [3:36] Man weighing wooden crates of peas [4:18] Man in overalls carrying two bushels of peas [4:20] Children in front of church [4:24] Man walking along dirt road, buses in the background [4:42] Masons and members of Order of the Eastern Star walking down front steps and congregating on sidewalk [4:56]