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General Wheeler and Secretary Alger /

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"This picture was taken in front of Gen. Wheeler's headquarters at Camp Wikoff during Gen. Alger's tour of inspection of the camp. The two distinguished military men are seen overlooking the immense camp ground, and then turning and walking toward the camera. The negative is very fine photographically, and the portraiture unexcelled"--Biograph picture catalogue.

H28551 U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 24Feb1903; H28551.

Original main title lacking.

Probable release date from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910.

Duration: 0:23 at 16 fps.

Filmed in September, 1898 in Camp Wikoff at Montauk Point, Long Island, New York.

Biograph production no. 775.

Paper print shelf number (LC 0120) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.

Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 116-117; Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902, p. 107 [MI]; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 402; Biograph production log, v. 1: 1899-1903.

Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.

35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9292 to FZA 2722.

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wheeler joseph alger r a russell alexander military camps new york state montauk point army inspection officers history spanish american war montauk point ny history military 19th century montauk ny general wheeler general wheeler secretary alger camp wikoff ny actualities motion pictures silent films short films nonfiction films camp wikoff the spanish american war in motion pictures motion picture broadcasting and recorded sound division american mutoscope and biograph company american mutoscope company niver kemp collection library of congress paper print collection library of congress film video secretary alger united states history library of congress
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Date

01/01/1898
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Contributors

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906.
Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander), 1836-1907.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
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Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War volunteer infantry, San Francisco
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Location

Montauk (N.Y.) ,  41.03583, -71.95444
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Library of Congress
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wheeler joseph alger r a russell alexander military camps new york state montauk point army inspection officers history spanish american war montauk point ny history military 19th century montauk ny general wheeler general wheeler secretary alger camp wikoff ny actualities motion pictures silent films short films nonfiction films camp wikoff the spanish american war in motion pictures motion picture broadcasting and recorded sound division american mutoscope and biograph company american mutoscope company niver kemp collection library of congress paper print collection library of congress film video secretary alger united states history library of congress