Washington, D.C., Spring 1939--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reel 20

Date1939

AbstractCompiled color home movies of friends and colleagues in Washington, D.C., including scenes at the law office of Houston & Houston and at the Howard University campus.

Donor-supplied NotesFRIENDS 1939 NATURAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY by SBH COLORED GROUP--FATHER HOUSTON --his office probably-SBH Reddish-Q simple original light MAX RABB, EUNA, CHARLIE, ZIMMER? whole WASH DC group ([from?] my office [summer prep?]) sign SUPREME ORDER OF HELPERS HOUSTON & HOUSTON LAWYERS FLYING American (JUDGE) SPIEGEL (Jack) REPUBLICANS? in TUXEDOS J. PINANSKI, GEORGE RABB Lou Gordon (H. 1920) invitation APR 11 1939. COPLEY PLAZA [?] fall scenery City Line - MANCHESTER - BEVERLY SARA II on wharf Max & wife RABB 75 ft. dark poor pictures Dirigible, Wash DC sign LINGOLN MEMORIAL etc 2 youngsters ?Paul + David? SBH ZOO (JUDGE) HASTIE, & wife? HOWARD LAW SCHOOL JUDGE HASTIE THE END (bluish)

Viewing NotesTitle: “Natural Color Photography by Samuel B. Horovitz” Young woman eats ice cream with small spoon. Man to camera. African American group meeting in the law offices of Houston & Houston, the Washington, D.C., practice of William L. and Charles H. Houston. William LePre Houston appears first in a framed photograph held by the young woman, then directly. Chiaroscuro portraits of family members and friends by window. Windows from outside, Supreme Order of Helpers, Houston & Houston. Woman in cap with bakelite necklace, seems fashion-forward. On city street. View from airplane, mostly wing. Color fading in this sequence. View of pilot, very brief. Plane lands in Boston. Woman on city street. American Airlines plane. Pilot. Woman in jaunty cap (military?) View from plane. Man in office (he has moustache). Bald man. View of passing trolley through window, three arched building. “Jacksonville” on building with pillars. ECU small child. Adults at formal party. Invitation: “Testimonial Banquet to Honorable Joseph R. Cotton By his Friends April 11th, 1939 Copley Plaza” Rural road, fall colors. Man in cart with two horses on road. Rocky shore. City Line, Manchester/Beverly (MA) road signs. Sky and tress. Boat on ways. Sara II, a rather bigger boat. [This boat was built by Owens Yacht Company, Baltimore. Good views of boatyard elsewhere in Horovitz Collection.] Young couple talking to Horovitz. Dark footage. Men with boutonnieres, wedding? Footage no good, very dark. Child in garden, still too dark. Woman. House exterior and garden. Storm. Blimp. Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, small plane. Women in Washington, D.C. Traffic by reflecting pool. Sign, Lincoln Memorial visiting hours. Lincoln. Guard at Lincoln Memorial. Family members visit. Zebra in zoo. Wild ass or onager, sign. Mongolian wild horse, sign. Squirrels in tree. Dean William H. Hastie and others at Howard University School of Law. African American men and women with brick wall behind. . Howard University campus, Washington, D.C. Douglass Hall, McMillan Reservoir.

Can DescriptionsOn can: "Wash D.C. Howard Law 1939 group, Euna, Charlie K?, J. Spiegel, group Manchester/1939 spring"

Creator

• Samuel B. Horovitz

• Samuel B. Horovitz