Albert Armor home movies MP 001

Finding aid prepared by Jaime Henderson
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
(415) 357-1848
reference@calhist.org
2014


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/
Location of Materials: Collection is stored onsite.
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.

Access

Original home movies are unavailable for paging and viewing. Use digitized copies available on the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/californiahistoricalsociety.

Publication Rights

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.

Preferred Citation

[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.

Acquisition Information

The Albert Armor home movies were donated to the California Historical Society by Nancy Pickford in 2013.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

Scope and Contents

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.

Indexing Terms

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.)


 

Anne's first birthday 1944 June

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts Anne Armor's first birthday celebration; Anne playing with her friend Sue Boswell and swimming in the pool at the family's summer cabin in Doyle Springs, California.
 

Elmer von Glahn showing machinery, tractors, and harvesting 1941

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts farmer Elmer von Glahn and the machinery used in his cotton and grain harvesting operation in Corcoran, California.
 

Doyle 1938

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts the Armor family's trip to their cabin in Doyle Springs, California.
 

Grain harvest 1943

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts the harvesting of grain on Elmer von Glahn's farm in Corcoran, California.
 

Family and folks 1938

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts the Armor family at home in Corcoran, California, and a visit to the beach on the Southern California coast with J.G. Boswell's mother and grandmother.
 

Anne and Bill Armor 1949

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts siblings Anne and Bill Armor playing with friends at their family's home in Corcoran, California, and a visit to Pasadena to view the 1949 Rose Parade.
 

Bill Armor 1946

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts Bill Armor's first birthday and first haircut; family life in their Corcoran, California home; and a family trip to their cabin in Doyle Springs, California.
 

Anne and Bill, birthday, Doyle 1947

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts siblings Anne and Bill Armor at a birthday party with friends and vacationing at their family's summer cabin in Doyle Springs, California.
 

Easter 1939

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts the Armor family's Easter holiday in 1939.
 

Christmas, La Quinta 1947

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts the Armor's trip to the La Quinta Resort in La Quinta, California, and Christmas at the Armor family home in Corcoran, California, in 1947.
 

Anne and Bill Armor, Summer 1948

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts siblings Anne and Bill Armor through the summer of 1948. In the film Anne and Bill play dress up, celebrate Anne's fifth birthday and Bill's third birthday, attend a wedding where Anne is the flower girl, and celebrate Anne's first day of school.
 

Elmer von Glahn on Gates Ranch 1944

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts Elmer von Glahn pumping water, dredging an irrigation ditch and planting seeds on his farm in Corcoran, California.
 

Anne and Bill 1945

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts Anne and Bill Armor playing at their home in Corcoran, California, and at the family's summer cabin in Doyle Springs, California.
 

World's Fair, '39, Rose Bowl, Christmas 1939

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film includes footage taken at the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939 in San Francisco, the Rose Bowl Parade and football game in Pasadena, and the Armor family Christmas at their home in Corcoran, California.
 

Love life and growth of cotton circa 1935-1945

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts the stages of growth in the life of cotton from the planting of seeds to the harvesting. The cotton was harvested for the J.G. Boswell Company in Corcoran, California.
 

Baby in playpen 1944

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts Anne Armor's baptism and includes footage of Anne as a very young girl at her family's home in Corcoran, California.
 

Diary of Anne Armor 1943

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts newborn Anne Armor's first days upon arrival at the family home in Corcoran, California and her first trip to the family's cabin in Doyle Springs, California.
 

Pelicans, Tulare Lake, flood scenes at Doyle 1938

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts a drive along Tulare Lake, flocks of pelicans at Tulare Lake, farm scenes and levees in the Central Valley, and flooding at Doyle Springs, Calfornia.
 

Cotton and cattle 1943

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film contains footage of cotton harvesting, weighing of cotton bales, cattle pens and cattle branding on the Elmer von Glahn farm in Corcoran, California.
 

Anne and Bill Armor at Doyle 1949

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts siblings Anne and Bill Armor at their family's summer cabin in Doyle Springs, California. Activities include riding ponies, climbing rocks, a barbeque and playing in the Tule River.
 

Grain 1946

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film includes footage of Tulare Lake, possibly the Kern River, and methods of irrigation for the harvesting of grain in Corcoran, California, by Elmer von Glahn.
 

Kings River, gliders, pelicans, and miscellany undated

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film includes various scenes filmed in the Central Valley of California including the Kings River, pelicans (possibly at Tulare Lake), and gliders in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
 

Cotton 1943

Film was digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).

Physical Description: Color, film format: 16 mm, silent.

Scope and Contents

Film depicts cotton planting, weeding, picking and mechanical harvesting on Elmer von Glahn's farm in Corcoran, California.