
6 Items in This Collection
1) [Keppelman--home movies]
NHF cataloguer's notes for cat. 5461-01: Winter weather shots outdoors in yard. Girl whispers in young woman's ear. Girl in fur collar coat and cap mixes something in buckets as mother...
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2) [Keppelman--home movies]
NHF cataloguer's notes for cat. 5461-02: 'Cody Stampede Buffalo Bill Town's Annual Rodeo, July 4, 5, 6' sign. Parade through town. People in western dress on horseback. Indians. Horses...
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3) [Keppelman--home movies] Wyoming 1932
NHF cataloguer's notes for cat. 5461-03: Includes intertitles. Beginning credits show who plays what roles in trip. Map showing route for journey to west. Intertitle: 'At Valley.' Ranch...
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4) [Keppelman--home movies]
NHF cataloguer's notes for cat. 5461-04: Adults and dog in parked car. Man offers Camel cigarette pack to Irish Setter. Woman in hat lights cigarette.
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5) [Keppelman--home movies]
Surviving can notes transferred from cans 6/99: Reel 4 1926 Reel 5 [dc 1930] Where West Is Still West Reel 6 [dc 1931 Wyo. # 1 Trip West Reel 7 [dc 1932] Wyo. # 5, Pack Trip # 3 Reel 13...
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6) [Launching of Aurora]
Footage of launching of sloop Aurora on April 20, 1992 in Brooklin boatyard at night. NHF cataloguer's notes: People standing, waiting for launching. Moonlit night. Brooklin Boatyard. L...
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Keppelman, Del Collection


Primary Format and Extent
film (2,075 ft.) : si. and sd., b&w and col. ; 16 mm. reversal pos.

Secondary Format and Extent
video (38 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

Collection Date Range
1930 – 1992

Summary
This collection contains home movies of a 1930s Buffalo Bill parade and rodeo, family scenes, and a children's Easter egg hunt. An edited and intertitled segment shows a horseback journey near Yellowstone National Park in 1932 with scenes of elk hunting and butchering, a man shooting at an eagle and close-ups of baby eagles. Also included is a 1992 video of the launching of a sailboat, "Aurora," from the Brooklin boatyard.

Biographical/Historical Notes
Original footage of the "Aurora" launching is Hi-8 format videotape.
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