
1 Item in This Collection
1) [unidentified--home movies]
Film box notes as follows (reel numbers are NHF assigned). #1. Cadillac Mts, Maine. Bar Harbor. [postmarked Sep 1932] #2. Crane's Beach [Mass.] #3. Conary. New York. [postmarked May 193...
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Deer Isle Historical Society Collection


Primary Format and Extent
film (700 ft.) : si. , b&w ; 16 mm. reversal pos.

Collection Date Range
circa 1932

Summary
Collection contains home movies of Maine, Massachusetts, and NY, with scenes of Bar Harbor and the Porcupine Islands from Cadillac Mountain, men preparing a baseball field, New York City streets and buildings, a boy rowing a boat with his dog as passenger, men shearing sheep, summer cottages and the seashore.

Biographical/Historical Notes
Robert D. Conary, believed to be the creator, lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts, when the films were shot. The Deer Isle Stonington Historical Society aims to preserve materials relevant to the life and people of the Deer Isle area.
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