Herbert B. Miller Motion Picture Collection ca. 1920-ca. 1959 1930s

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Herbert B. Miller Motion Picture Collection ca. 1920-ca. 1959 1930s

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Collection of home movies beginning with 9.5mm in the 1920s, and continuing on 16mm in the 1930s. Most of the footage is of family vacations in Oregon and elsewhere in the western United States, Alaska, Canada, and Mexico. The collection also includes some short news and documentary films manufactured for the home market.

26 reels of 16mm film; 13 cassettes of 9.5mm film

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6366956

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