# Dewenter Home Movies: Europe 1929 3

Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married in 1914 in Los Angeles. They purchased land in Southern California, and oil was discovered on the property. They built up an orange ranch north of La Verne, California, now on the National Register of Historic Places (listed as the DeWenter Ranch/DeWenter Mansion). The elder Henry Dewenter passed away in LA in 1954 and Elizabeth passed away in 1962. They had two sons, Henry Adolf Dewenter (1915-1992), and Paul Dewenter (b. 1917). Title card: A visit to Pilatus The Alps, Switzerland Pilatus cogwheel railway Sign: Station Pilatus Kulm People climbing stairs Views from summit Women doing embroidery on sidewalk outside tea room Street scenes Title card: Hotel Excelsior and the beach at the Lido, Italy Swimming and beach Cycle boats Title card: Venice. St. Mark’s Square with its thousands of pigeons Aerial views and street scenes Title card: A gondola trip through the canals of Venice

- Kind: Home movie
- Year: 1929
- By: Henry & Elizabeth Dewenter
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/CHMHUB05Europe19293)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/CHMHUB05Europe19293?play=1)