Saranac Lake 1945: Jimmy McCahill, Mrs. Leary and Mary, scenery L. Placid, #1 Riverside Drive
Entry/Object ID
2023.62.2
Description
Color 16mm film reel of home movies from Gretchen Senn Wamsganz, 1945. Handwritten note on canister reads, "Saranac Lake 1945: Jimmy McCahill, Mrs. Leary and Mary, scenery L. Placid, #1 Riverside Drive." Footage shows scenes of Main and River Streets, a woman and young boy on the porch of a house, people and dogs along a river or other body of water, a woman and dogs in a garden, houses along Lake Flower, river rapids, a man picking flowers in a field, buildings (including the Lake Placid Club) along Mirror Lake, three women and a man in the yard of an unidentified house, and a woman and man playing with children and a dog (possibly at 1 Riverside Drive). Some portions of the film are printed backwards. 7:04.
