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Film Reel 4, February 1931

 Item — Box: 1

Dates

  • February 1931

Extent

From the Collection: 1.35 Linear Feet (The collection contains 8 16mm film reels stored in metal cases. Jane Gill Gilmour did not provide a detailed inventory of all of the reels; only four of them. The Gilmour inventory can be found in the box.) : They film reels were cleaned and digitized by NY Camera in Southampton in June, 2024.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

The 16 mm silent, black and white film is 20:48 long and includes a Gun Shoe Production, February 1931, censored by Bill Search, Jno. Stackhouse about the 40th Anniversary of the Northampton Farmers Club.

Farmer’s Club – 40th Anniversary February 18, 1931, it was organized at Henry Gill’s farmhouse on Hatboro Road in 1891. The anniversary dinner was held at the fire hall - $1.35 a ticket. This film is done as thought Harry Gill is recalling the past 40 years of the Farmer’s Club and some of its members.

Individuals filmed include: Stella Finney (Mrs. William), Rev. Kline and his wife, Al Bartlett at Seltzer’s Meat Products (now Catelli’s on Almshouse Road), Dick Davis (Marion’s husband) and his mother Hallie Scott, Joseph Addis (Marion Davis’ father), Milton Luff’s parents, Jim Craven (Harold Craven’s father), Nettie Gill (John Gill’s mother), Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Dungan, Bert Leedom, Mattie ?, Fannie Doan, Mr. and Mrs. William Search (George’s parents), Doctor and Helen Ponnel, Laura Cornell, John Stackhouse and Harold Weir, Esther Stackhouse, Ed Search.

The film was digitized and is located on the township network.

Repository Details

Part of the Northampton Township Archives Repository

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