# Dewenter Home Movies: Misc. 5

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). Filmmaker's notes: Personals Peckelsheim House Black Fox \[Black Foxe Military Institute\] Ice House Canyon Palm Springs, 1927 Family at home in Peckelsheim, Germany \[?\] Marching band Boys sledding, Toboggans Snowball fight Marching bands and horses in Rose Bowl \[?\] Family's outdoor recreation in mountains Sign: Ice House Canyon Resort \[California\] Title card: April 1927 Family playing in stream Boys in military school uniforms Garden gnome Potato sack race Horses Family on the beach Airplane ride at amusement park

- Kind: Home movie
- Year: 1927
- By: Henry & Elizabeth Dewenter
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/CHM_HUB_26_MISC_5)
- 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/CHM_HUB_26_MISC_5?play=1)