Funeral of Admiral George Dewey, Washington, D.C. / Icebound Lake Vessels / Olives / St. Paul, Minnesota / Norfolk, Virginia

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Funeral of Admiral George Dewey, Washington, D.C. / Icebound Lake Vessels / Olives / St. Paul, Minnesota / Norfolk, Virginia Produced: 1917

Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Pall bearers carry flag-draped coffin down Capitol steps. “Simple but impressive services were conducted in the rotunda of the Capitol by Chaplain Frazier who served as chaplain of the ‘Olympia’ with Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay.” Coffin is placed on caisson - honor guard inarches beside caisson. “With Chaplain Frazier rode the Rev. Dr. Roland Cotton Smith rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church where Admiral Dewey worshipped.” Horse-drawn carriage - cortege marching along Pennsylvania Avenue. “Members of the General Board of the Navy of which Admiral Dewey was president and the survivors of the battle of Manila Bay, all in carriages, followed the caisson.” “A regiment of midshipmen from the Naval Academy acted as escort.” “Arlington Cemetery.” Coffin is carried to tomb. “Admiral Dewey’s flag, four white stars on a blue field.” Gates of cemetery are closed - two soldiers stand with bared heads in front of gate. [1917] b. Excursion boat and lake vessel frozen in ice. [1916] c. Map showing the San Joaquin Valley and the Sacramento Valley, Stockton and Sacramento. “Panorama of the largest olive grove in the world, known as the Sylmar Grove…” Worker’s family sits by camp fire eating. Worker grafts olive trees. Olive packing plant - workers sort and pack olives into cans - pressure cooker. [1916] d. “The earliest visitor to the site of St. Paul was Louis Hennepin, in 1680…” Snowy street - automobile, streetcar, pedestrian traffic - business district in a snow storm - Indian tepees - people enter and leave them - State Capitol - statue in front - detail views of Capitol - frozen river - island with houses - city in background. “Situated at the heart of navigation on the Mississippi, it has several competing lines of steamboats and railways and imports from the Orient via Pacific railways pass through its customs.” Freight yard. “Fort Snelling, U.S. Government Military Reservation - the old Stone Fort was erected in 1820.” “Five bridges span the Mississippi, the largest of which is ‘High Bridge,’ 2,770 feet long and 200 feet high.” “Minnehaha Falls, a natural ice palace.” Frozen falls. “30,000 marchers inaugurate St. Paul Winter Festival. More than 100 brilliantly arrayed marching clubs from Northwest make event a riot of color and fun.” Parade - organizations carry banners, pull floats - crowd - horse-drawn sleigh carries King of the Festival - aerial view of parade, writhing dragon - camel on toboggan - spectators. “Christening a totem pole.” “Mayor Irvin of St. Paul, in gay carnival attire.” Ladies in fur trimmed outfits - girl with ‘Ford’ sign on costume. “The Queen’s Ice Palace in Rice Park.” Castle built of blocks of ice. “Blanket tossing was a popular sport.” “The boys from Montana, led by Louis Hill, brought their guns and lariats and withal livened up the line of march. One energetic cowboy lassos a girl onlooker.” Marching units - band - sign, ‘Ford Parts’ - cowboys on horseback. “Horse racing on the ice at Como Park.” Trotters pulling sulkies. “Auto-sled races on the ice at Como Park.” Motor propelled sleds. “Down the steep toboggans, a thrilling sport.” Several toboggans going down slide. “Two skiing champions, Omtvedt, present champion and Barney Riley ex-champion. Omtvedt jumped 192 feet 8 inches.” “Albert Campbell, Hudson Bay trader, winner of Red River-St. Paul Carnival crossing line at finish of 500 mile race.” Dog sled. “Fred Hartman, American sportsman, finishes his sensational drive in semi-conscious condition…” Dog sled - crowd. [1916] e. Waterfront - ships underway on river - aerial panorama - business district - City Hall - waterfront and ships on river - streets in business district. “Looking south on Granny Street. Hotel Southland in foreground.” “U.S. Naval YMCA.” “Looking west on City Hall Avenue, Hotel Montecello and Royster Building in the background.” “City Hall.” Exterior and tower - monument in city square. [1916]

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