Hemp family home movie collection 1926-1937

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Hemp family home movie collection 1926-1937

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These home movies capture images of the Hemp family and their friends and neighbors in a variety of settings: in their neighborhood on Napoleon Boulevard in Louisville, Ky., family picnics, vacations, historic places. Highlights include 1929 American Legion Parade in Louisville, Ky., footage of Charles Lindbergh's visit to Louisville in 1929, footage of New York City (statue of Liberty from the water, shot of lions in front of the NYPL, blimps flying over the city), two long scenes of a neighbor girl doing the Charleston, a steamboat race between the Steamer Cincinnati and Steamer America.

11 film reels

The Filson Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7527233

The Filson Historical Society

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

West Baden Springs Hotel (West Baden Springs, Ind.)

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America (Steamship)

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City of Cincinnati (Steamship)

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Hemp family

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Shirley Hemp, Sr. was an optometrist who worked for Paul Johnston Optical Company. He was married to Roxana Pariois and they had one son, Shirley J. Hemp. From the description of Hemp family home movie collection 1926-1937 (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 435838724 ...

American Legion. National Convention

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French Lick Springs Hotel

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In the 1830's Dr. Thomas Bowles purchased land surrounding the largest mineral springs near French Lick, Orange County, Ind.; his son built a hotel there. In 1883 French Lick citizens bought the hotel, and it was later purchased by Indianapolis mayor Thomas Taggart, who added new buildings and a golf course. In 1946 it was sold to a New York syndicate and operates today as the French Lick Springs Resort. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1926-1927. (Indiana Historical Society Libra...