Summary Information
Ross Family Home Movies 1927-1936
AC 771; AE 386-AE 394; CB 278-279; CC 670; DE 129; VBB 425-428
14 reels of film (16 mm) and 4 videorecordings (U-Matic viewing copies)
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Contact Information
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Amateur home movies of the Hamilton Nelson Ross family, circa 1927-1932. H.N. Ross was the author of La Pointe—Village Outpost, a book on the history of La Pointe. Most films contain footage of the Ross children playing outdoors at their Geneva, Illinois home and on Madeline Island, Wisconsin. Several films contain segments with adults, neighbors, friends and family visiting the Ross family. The collection includes shots of picnics, ball games, skiing, and other outdoor activities. CB 279 contains footage of President Calvin Coolidge visiting Wisconsin in 1928.
There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details. All films are silent in black and white.
English
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Arrangement of the Materials
Roughly chronological.
Administrative/Restriction Information
No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.
Contents List
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Madeline Island and children, 1927 : Footage of children playing on dock, a black bear drinking from soda bottles, footage of shoreline and row boats, kids playing in front of homes.
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VBB 425
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Viewing copy
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DE 129
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Master copy
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AE 390
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Young America, 1927 : With intertitles. Children set up a lemonade stand, Summer, children playing on slide, running and biking on sidewalk, Mom reads paper on front porch, children playing with dog and her puppies in yard, Ted dancing on front porch, takes Mom's newspaper, Ted playing with toy truck on sidewalk, visitors getting out of car, kids on tricycle, Ted drinks Canada Dry ginger ale for first time, children on bikes, girls sitting on front porch, children in sandbox, girl carrying American flag, grandparents? getting off a train in a city, children playing in yard.
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AE 391
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La Jolla, California, 1927 : La Jolla, California, family on beach flying a kite, Dad in suit on beach with boys, toddler pulling a toy duck, girl feeding seagulls, Ross family on beach by beach house, waves crashing on shore, family all dressed up walking down a neighborhood street in California with Spanish style houses, digging and playing on beach.
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AE 392
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1927 October : Beloit, children on bicycles, Dr. and Miss Fletcher, Meads, mother in old gown, Geneva Christmas and New Year's, Foxes and Collins, children playing in snow, sledding and shoveling, Pat Ma, 1928 neighborhood kids playing in tree.
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Madeline Island and children, 1927-1929 : Footage of a church, Leo Capoer's cottage, Bayfield, Sunset, Island Golf tournament.
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VBB 426
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Viewing copy
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CB 278
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Master copy
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CC 670
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1928 : Segment 1: D.D. roller skating, children bicycling, playing football in yard; Segment 2: D.D. riding a bicycle and tricycle, and playing with dog Spark, Spark playing with rabbits in pen; Segment 3: D.D. playing with steamroller on sidewalk, Spark playing with rabbit in play pen; Segment 4: Children having races in the yard, family puts on a fashion show; Segment 5: Ross and Collins Young, swimming, D.D. in pink at Marty Garden; Segment 6: Father and mother at Geneva, children playing in snow.
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AE 393
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1928-1929 : Spring or summer, Hull kids playing and goofing around in yard in front of Geneva house, adults dressed up in coats in front yard, women laughing, Winter 418 Geneva house exterior, 1929 women walking in snow with camera in front yard, horse with sleigh, children playing in snow, shoveling and sledding, Mrs. Ross waving to camera, smiling.
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Madeline Island and children, 1928-1930 : Footage of children playing in backyard, Frank mending road, also contains footage of President Calvin Coolidge visiting Wisconsin in 1928.
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VBB 427
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Viewing copy
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CB 279
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Master copy
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AE 394
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Skiing, 1929 : January Campden skiing, adults and children skiing in woods, downhill skiing on small hill, wipeouts on bottom of hill, children tobogganing, more wipeouts downhill skiing, close-ups of adults and children smiling and talking to camera, children sledding and playing in snow, skiing off of a wooden ski jump.
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AE 386
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Pierre La Point Trading Post, 1929 : Segment 1: Dopps at Geneva 1929, having picnic in summer, families playing ball games; Segment 2: D.D. and other children and adults dressed up in Indian costumes for festival at “Pierre la Pointe” trading post, golf tournament at driving range; Segment 3: Children on the Hull Beach and dock in Fall; Segment 4: D.D. at Island in September, Thanksgiving in Geneva, men and children playing football in the yard, D.D. playing in snow.
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AE 387
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1930 : Segment 1: D.D. playing in the snow in January; Segment 2: Ted's birthday, dogs playing with bowls in March; Segment 3: Brownies Troop gathering in June, rabbits playing in pen; Segment 4: Start of cruise, D.D. and children swimming.
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AE 388
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1930 Summer : Segment 1: Long Isle, Gulls Hulls; Segment 2: Cynthia camping, Skeedadler swimming; Segment 3: Sally Poteat, D.D. at Geneva, July 4 at Island, J.R. Poteat, Edison General Electric; Segment 4: Sally Poteat, Brownies Troop gathering.
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Madeline Island and children, 1930-1936 : Footage of camping, playing baseball, swimming, carnival, Labor Day.
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VBB 428
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Viewing copy
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AC 771
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Master copy
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AE 389
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1931-1932 : Segment 1: Campton 1931, Poteats and Collins, D.D. towed by Ted, Spark and rabbits; Segment 2: D.D. wheeling Spark in buggy, family and Cynthia Cooke playing with dogs in yard at Geneva, Ted as “bride,” family playing baseball with Collins at Campton; Segment 3: D.D. and children playing, Jerry and Spark swimming in July; Segment 4: Cooke's at Island, Man sawing wood outdoors, children playing on sidewalk in Geneva, children sledding in Winter, family on Island in 1932, Summer on the waterfront.
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