Stanford University, California / motion picture

"Taken at the above University, noted the world over, being the personal gift of the late Senator Leland Stanford. The view shows an immense arch in the background through which are seen coming groups of students, some walking, others on bicycles. The figures show life size, clear and distinct. The ivy covered walls of the building form the background to a pleasing picture"--F.Z. Maguire catalogue.

60583 U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60583.

Camera, Frederick Blechynden.

Duration: 0:26 at 30 fps.

Paper print shelf number (LC 1081) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.

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Filmed ca. September 3, 1897, at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

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

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 336-337; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 310; F.Z. Maguire & Co. Catalogue, March 1898, p. 38.

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

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01/01/1897

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