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Conrad DeLateur family films, 1933-1964
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Conrad DeLateur family
- Title
- Conrad DeLateur family films
- Dates
- 1933-1964 (inclusive)19331964
- Quantity
- 22 film reels (6,450 feet) : silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
- Collection Number
- PH1367
- Summary
- Home movies of the Conrad DeLateur family from Spokane, Washington, including scenes of ice skating, holidays, and family trips.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
The original films are not accessible due to preservation concerns. Arrangements can be made to view the film by contacting the Visual Materials Curator.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The DeLateur family films were created or otherwise collected by the Conrad DeLateur family from the 1930s through the 1960s. The home movies in the collection feature various locations throughout the American West, particularly the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Individual film titles have been derived from canister and box labels, if present at the time of donation.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
DeLateur Family Home MoviesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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viewcopy | item | ||
VC459 | 1 | Baby Barbara at Tokeland;
Children at Bend Young people play on a beach. A woman holds an infant. Man and
woman pose with two young girls outside in a backyard. A couple, wearing dress
clothes, stand in a backyard, fixing each other's attire, talking, posing for
the camera. Two couples sit on a porch with a dog, laughing and talking. Couple
stands by a stream. Man feeds an infant with a bottle. Children, wearing cowboy
hats and gun holsters with toy guns, play in a backyard.
Locations for these films are presumably Tokeland, Washington
and Bend, Oregon.
Original1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
|
circa 1939, 1941, 1944-1946 |
VC459 | 2 | Snow Activities A puppy and a grown dog play in a backyard while it is snowing.
A young boy makes snowballs and a snowman during a snowfall. Children go
sledding. House and an orchard covered in snow. Large herd of deer on a
hillside.
Original1 reel (150 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
|
circa 1945, 1955 |
VC459 | 3 | Around Home; Con's 7th Birthday;
The Fair Children riding bicycles, playing in a yard, riding on a
tractor, feeding chickens, preparing and having a birthday party. Attending a
fair with stockyards, horse races, and rides.
Original1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
|
circa 1945, 1955 |
VC459 | 4 | Thanksgiving; Xmas Washingtonian newspaper cover: "Grizzlies Tackle Bobcats Today."
Footage of a football game. Thanksgiving dinner. Children rollerskating and
performing gymnastics. Preparing for and celebrating Christmas.
Original1 reel (350 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
|
circa 1945, 1955 |
VC459 | 5 | Tokeland Vacation Adults and children packing a station wagon. Children playing on
a snowy slope, and in the water. Children digging holes in the beach during low
tide. Children playing on a swingset, swimming in the water, building a raft,
visiting Westport Dock, farming, and playing with a dog.
Original1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
|
circa 1949, 1955 |
VC459 | 6 | Spring Celebrations Family on a sheep farm,and dyeing Easter eggs. Children in
western costumes dancing. Adults in novelty glasses mugging for the camera.
Children with Easter baskets, and all wearing nice clothes.
Original1 reel (350 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
|
circa 1949, 1955 |
VC459 | 7 | Thunderbird People leaving an establishment called "Thunderbird," and
getting into a car.
Original1 reel (50 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm
|
circa 1950 |
VC459 | 8 | Holiday Celebrations A costumed Halloween party for children. A Christmas parade.
Children with a white horse. Children at a beach and a harbor. Ducks along the
water.
Original1 reel (300 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1950, 1951, 1955 |
VC459 | 9 | Ice Skating and
Puppies Ice skating. Children and adults playing with a litter of
puppies.
Original1 reel (200 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1950, 1952 |
VC459 | 10 | Ice Skating in Yakima Adults and children ice skating.
Original1 reel (400 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm
|
circa 1950, 1955 |
VC460 | 11 | Tokeland; Celilo
Falls Children and adults playing in water, and visiting a rural
setting. Views of a helicopter, from below. Children going to school. Men
holding ducks after a hunt. A costumed Halloween party. Fishing a raging
river.
Celilo was the oldest continuously inhabited community on the
North American continent until 1957, when the falls and nearby settlements were
submerged by the construction of The Dalles Dam.
Original1 reel (400 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1950, 1955 |
VC460 | 12 | Salamander Funeral Ice skating. Children in international dress. A large parade
from above. An event with international dress and dancing. Swimming in a public
pool. Shoeing a horse. Views of an airport. A funeral for a salamander.
Original1 reel (400 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1951, 1952 |
VC460 | 13 | Swimming Vacation Children playing in a body of water.
Original1 reel (50 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1952 |
VC460 | 14 | Easter; Boating; Pheasant
Shooting Dressed up, presumably for Easter. Christening, launching, and
riding in a small boat. Boating scenery. Another boat christening. A surburban
home, a runway, and aerial footage. Gardening, and various cut timber scenes. A
bird hunt with dogs.
Original1 reel (400 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1952, 1954, 1957-1959 |
VC460 | 15 | Halloween Party; Bird Hunt; Duck
Banding Autumn activities, such as raking leaves and carving pumpkins. A
costumed Halloween party. Men and dogs hunting birds.
Original1 reel (200 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1955 |
VC460 | 16 | Patty's Home; Trip to the
Lake Children playing in a small pool in the yard. Mountains from the
window of a plane. Outdoor scenes: mountains, snow field, log cabin, fishing.
Exterior of a small plane.
Original1 reel (150 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1959 |
VC460 | 17 | Arizona Digging up land with machinery. Exteriors of various buildings.
A fishing trip. Unknown skyline, and various city scenes. An old country
graveyard. A baseball game. A log cabin. A construction site.
Original1 reel (350 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1959, 1960, 1964 |
VC460 | 18 | Arizona '63 and '64 A landing strip with airplanes. Woman in a field of colorful
flowers. A subdivision. Boarding a plane. Dogs in kennels and cradled in
people's arms. Poolside panoramas with palm trees. A baseball game viewed from
the stands. Driving in nature. Horses in a groomed training ground. Various
people posing in front of various homes.
Original1 reel (350 feet): silent, color ; 16mm
|
1963-1964 |
Commercial ProductionsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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viewcopy | item | ||
VC461 | 19 |
Dirty
Work
Dirty Work is a film by comedic
team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The duo play chimney sweeps with a
cleaning job at the home of a chemist that has invented a rejuvination formula.
The sweeps soon begin to tinker with the experiments. This film is an edit of
the original 20 minute version from 1933.
Original1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm
|
1933 |
VC461 | 20 |
The Big Bad
Wolf A Castle Films cartoon from 1936 that brings together several
traditional fairy tales.
This short was originally titled Little
Boy Blue and released by ComiColor in 1936, then retitled
The Big Bad Wolf and released by Castle Films in
1942.
Original1 reel (250 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm
|
1942 |
VC461 | 21 |
Riot on
Ice Title card: "Excerpts from the Feature Film Production
Hit the Ice"; The duo plan a trip to Sun Valley,
and physical comedy ensues on an ice skating rink. From a 1943 feature
film.
Original1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm
|
1943 |
VC461 | 22 |
Blazing
Guns Released in 1949, the short film involves the apprehension of
bandits in a western scenario. A shootout concludes the narrative.
Original1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm
|
1949 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Families--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Family vacations--Arizona
- Family vacations--Northwest, Pacific
- Holidays--Washington (State)--Seattle--Manners and customs
Family Names
- Conrad DeLateur family--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Amateur films
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
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