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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)
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
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.

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Languages
English
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Content Description

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.

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Other Descriptive Information

Individual film titles have been derived from canister and box labels, if present at the time of donation.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ryan Oftebro, December 2014.

Processing Note

Collection processed by Hannah Palin, 2015; Kelly Burton, 2016.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • DeLateur Family Home Movies

    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1939, 1941, 1944-1946
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 1
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (150 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1945, 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 2
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1945, 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 3
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (350 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1945, 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 4
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1949, 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 5
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (350 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1949, 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 6
    • Description: Thunderbird

      People leaving an establishment called "Thunderbird," and getting into a car.

      Original

      1 reel (50 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 7
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (300 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1950, 1951, 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 8
    • Description: Ice Skating and Puppies

      Ice skating. Children and adults playing with a litter of puppies.

      Original

      1 reel (200 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1950, 1952
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 9
    • Description: Ice Skating in Yakima

      Adults and children ice skating.

      Original

      1 reel (400 feet): silent, black and white and color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1950, 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC459, Item 10
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (400 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1950, 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC460, Item 11
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (400 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1951, 1952
      Container: Viewcopy VC460, Item 12
    • Description: Swimming Vacation

      Children playing in a body of water.

      Original

      1 reel (50 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1952
      Container: Viewcopy VC460, Item 13
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (400 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1952, 1954, 1957-1959
      Container: Viewcopy VC460, Item 14
    • Description: Halloween Party; Bird Hunt; Duck Banding

      Autumn activities, such as raking leaves and carving pumpkins. A costumed Halloween party. Men and dogs hunting birds.

      Original

      1 reel (200 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Viewcopy VC460, Item 15
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (150 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1959
      Container: Viewcopy VC460, Item 16
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (350 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: circa 1959, 1960, 1964
      Container: Viewcopy VC460, Item 17
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (350 feet): silent, color ; 16mm

      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Viewcopy VC460, Item 18
  • Commercial Productions

    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm

      Dates: 1933
      Container: Viewcopy VC461, Item 19
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (250 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm

      Dates: 1942
      Container: Viewcopy VC461, Item 20
    • Description: 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.

      Original

      1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm

      Dates: 1943
      Container: Viewcopy VC461, Item 21
    • Description: Blazing Guns

      Released in 1949, the short film involves the apprehension of bandits in a western scenario. A shootout concludes the narrative.

      Original

      1 reel (300 feet): silent, black and white ; 16mm

      Dates: 1949
      Container: Viewcopy VC461, Item 22

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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

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Subject Terms

  • Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
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