Sound and Visual Collection
Master reel and user copy of the film Ice Harvest, (previously numbered III.31.11), were removed from the collection and cataloged as C-84 master reel, and C-84 user copy, copy 2. The film dates from 1953-1954 and shows footage of ice harvesting as well as scenes from a Winter Carnival parade, a Stillwater ice-cream social, and ice fishing.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota
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Access to the master copies is restricted and requires the permission of the sound and visual curator.
Accession number: AV2009.96; AV2000.116 (for III.31.29 only).
Processed by: Jennifer Huebscher, November 2009.
Catalog ID number: 001685956
Bulk of the film consists of footage shot on the St. Croix River but also includes opening shots of Lowell Park.
Includes footage of the 1952 flood, Stillwater Pioneer Park, boating, fishing, and the American Legion beach.
Includes footage of scenery, bridges, the dam, and shoreline of the Taylors Falls area.
Includes parade and boating footage from the St. Croix area.
Includes footage of fishermen and their catches by the Stillwater Bridge. The last four minutes show flower plantings in Lowell Park.
Includes footage from the 1953 Minnesota State Fair, including a brief shot of a horse race.
Includes footage from the Elks' parade, senior citizens' picnic at Como Park with lions, tigers, and seals. Also includes the Washington County Historical Society picnic at Pine Point Nursing home, and view of flowers at Lowell Park.
Footage of miscellaneous scenes and events including a car wreck, water skiing, a parade, an American Legion ceremony, an amateur baseball game, chickens strutting, and more.
Most of the footage is views of people, horse shows, and amusements from the county fair, but the film also includes footage of boating on the St. Croix, beach scenes from the VFW beach at Lily Lake, view from a soap box derby, and a parade.
Footage of this film id divided between view from the Winter Carnival, and boating, canoeing, and scenes of Mullers Boat Yard.
The bulk of the footage features various shots of the eclipse, and brief shots of the Stillwater Bridge and a barge on the St. Croix River.
Footage consists of ads for Kodak still and movie cameras interspersed with short feature films; "K.P. Serenade," "Rhumba Amalia," "Lola Molina," and "West of Laramie."
Opening footage features views of fishing and boating in Stillwater, and shots from the Washington County Fair. Frame 312 to the end of the film is footage from the Minnesota State Fair.
Footage includes views of scenery along the St. Croix and its banks, swimming ducks, and a sequence featuring an auto race at a county track.
The bulk of the footage shows view from the ceremony at the installation of Engine No. 328 as a historic marker in Stillwater's Lowell Park. Film concludes with brief shots of streetcars in Minneapolis and a view of the Minnesota Centennial Exhibit.
Miscellaneous footage that features numerous activities on or near the St. Croix River.
Footage of boating and parades.
Footage includes scenes of the Minnesota Centennial Showboat, beach scenes, a parade, and boating.
Footage includes views of the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers and surrounding areas, historical markers such as Fort St. Antonia and Lake Pepin, highways, and visitors in Lowell Park.
Footage includes a parade, scenes at the beach, a picnic at a home for the aged, and a man feeding pigeons.
Footage shows wrens at a birdhouse, and scenes from Stillwater Play Days that includes boat races, pushmobile races, and a parade.
Shows footage of the construction of Hooley's Supermarket on the site of old Union Depot. Views include foundation work through shoppers in the completed store.
Footage provides views of all aspects of razing old Union Depot.
Footage provides views of construction work at the Stillwater plant, including repairing broken piping, creating trenches, and laying new sewer pipes.