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America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/

Description:
A collection of 150 motion pictures illustrating "work, school, and leisure activities in the United States." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by title and subject. Includes films of "the United States Postal Service from 1903, cattle breeding, fire fighters, ice manufacturing, logging, calisthenic and gymnastic exercises in schools, amusement parks, boxing, expositions, football, parades, swimming...." Also contains related essays and a bibliography. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
Library of Congress

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Leisure -- United States -- History
Motion picture film collections -- Washington (D.C.)
Work -- United States -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 2967 created by Tom McGibney on 03/16/2002
Last modification on 07/19/2002
Published: 03/16/2002  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2967