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Theodore Roosevelt [in Louisiana], 1915 [4]
Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR on Pelican Island, 1915
Theodore Roosevelt on Pelican Island, 1915
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : [s.n.], 1915.
SUMMARY
Views of TR walking on beach; holding his hat, TR stands near bushes on an island and follows the flight of birds. Film photographed by Herbert K. Job of the National Audubon Society, on an expedition with TR to bird sanctuary islands off the Louisiana coast in June 1915.
NOTES
Copyright: no reg.
Photographed by Herbert K. Job.
Appearing: President Theodore Roosevelt.
Duration: 0:20 at 18 fps.
Research indicates location is the Breton Island Reservation or one of the Audubon bird sanctuary islands off the coast of Louisiana; areas visited by TR included the Chandeleur Islands, Grand Isle, Breton Island, Bird Island, Last Island, Battledore Island, and Barataria Bay. Breton Island Reservation was established by Executive Order 369-A on Nov. 11, 1905. Exact location is undetermined.
MAVIS 1244974; TR [in Louisiana], 1915 [4].
Sources used: The Times-picayune, New Orleans. 6/7/15:2; 6/8/15:16; 6/10/15:10; 6/12/15:1; 6/13/15:(real estate sec.):7; Scribner's magazine. v. 59, no. 3, 1916:261-280; Audubon magazine. v. 17, no. 5, 1915:410-412.
National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association. RMA purchased from Pell Mitchell.
viewing print, dupe neg; Received: June 1976 from LC film lab; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.
SUBJECTS
Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Travel--Louisiana.
Islands--Louisiana.
Water-birds--Louisiana.
Wildlife refuges--Louisiana.
Birds--Conservation--Louisiana.
Breton National Wildlife Refuge (La.)
Louisiana--Description and travel.
Mexico, Gulf of.
Short films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Newsreels.
Nature films.
RELATED NAMES
Job, Herbert Keightley, 1864-1933, photographer.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals.
MEDIUM
viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (23 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
dupe neg. 1 film reel of 1 (23 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
CALL NUMBER
FEA 8961 (viewing print)
FPB 9919 (dupe neg)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
trmp 4103 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/trmp.4103
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