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Gift of Blue Moon Camera, May 2023 (RL2023-22)
The Albany Timber Carnival, a popular event in Oregon's Willamette Valley, ran from 1941 until 2000 and often took place in July to coincide with Independence Day. Activities included parades, logging sports, and fireworks displays, and the event included a royal court of princesses from Albany and other nearby communities.
Source: "Albany Timber Carnival," by Edward Loy, Oregon Encyclopedia,
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Albany Timber Carnival home movies, MIC 12, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The Albany Timber Carnival home movies consist of four reels of silent, color 8mm film recorded on July 4, 1949. Footage includes tree climbing, water races, lake recreation, and log rolling. The reels all appear to have been made by the same person or family on the same day. Each reel is approximately 50 feet in length, and footage totals approximately 10 minutes over the four reels.
A home movie depicting the Tygh Valley All-Indian Rodeo in 1963 that the Oregon Historical Society Research Library received with this collection was cataloged separately as MI 11957.
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