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Indianapolis, Indiana / President Woodrow Wilson in Indianapolis, Indiana / Recreation at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. United States Post Office, federal building - Murat Temple - home of James Whitcomb Riley - automobile, streetcar, and pedestrian traffic - James Whitcomb Riley posing - Soldiers and Sailors monument - Riverside Park Pavilion - White River Bridge - residential areas - large mansion - night street scene with theater, sign, ‘Pauline Frederick Hawaiians’ - White River Bridge - lake or river scene. [1916] b. Reviewing stand with a man in foreground - Marion County Courthouse - United States Post Office, federal building - parade going toward Soldiers and Sailors monument and past monument toward Capitol - President’s motorcade approaches reviewing stand - reviewing stand - crowd - honor guard - band. “President Wilson and Governor Ralston of Indiana.” Reviewing stand in front of Soldiers and Sailors monument - on stand with Wilson and Ralston are Mayor Bell, Senator Taggart, Joseph P. Tumulty - honor guard. [1916] c. Park scenes showing activities in the park and park facilities including canoeing, picnicking, and band concert. Ice boating off Belle Isle. Lake excursion boat with a hole in side. [1916]

  • Part of Ford Motor Company Collection, Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

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