[Arnold P. Allen--home movies] Reel 5

2764.0005
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1938 – 1962
Mostly horse pulling. Woman and girl reading and wearing "Mount Desert" sweatshirts
Note Title: 2/19/2016-JG Phone call with David Allen, asked about Arnold P. Allen Collection, Acc. 2764 Horse pulling footage: After the fire of 1947 on MDI, or maybe a little before, Arnold Allen had a sawmill on MDI (at Somesville, David thinks). He also had another sawmill at Washington Juncture. The horses were used to pull the logs that were cut down (in the park?) to use for making lumber. He would show these horses in horse pulling events at fairs (Fryeburg, Blue Hill, at least) and they were state championships horses.

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