The Making of a Ukulele / Glimpses of Jacksonville, Florida / Detroit High School Parade / Old St. Augustine, Florida / Seattle, Washington Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “The finished ukulele is highly polished, the work being done by hand, the more elaborate instruments are often beautifully inlaid with choice woods.” Worker polishes ukulele. “The man who put the ‘uke’ in ukulele, Mr. M. Nunes of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.” Holding and playing ukulele. [1917] b. Panorama of business district, waterfront, bridge - business district, sign, ‘Newsom Kennedy Furniture’ - streetcar, pedestrian, automobile traffic. “The residential section of Jacksonville is particularly beautiful, the streets being shaded with Live Oaks, Water Oaks, and bitter oranges.” Horse-drawn cart. “Views in Panama Park. Florida moss hangs from the trees. A peculiar property of the Moss is its faculty to live on air, at least so they told our cameraman, not ‘Hot Air’ we trust.” Country road, tree lined. “A typical Florida beach scene. Here has been staged many a motion picture of ‘Darkest Africa.’” “Jacksonville ship yards are busy constructing wooden bottoms for overseas shipments to our Allies.” Views of workers and ships under construction. [1917] c. “School boys show fine form in big military review. To the stirring music of bugle, fife, and drum, our boys march down Woodward Avenue.” “General Hurrah, Major Evans, Captain Laurence, Mayor Marx, and Dr. Chadsey in the reviewing stand.” d. “On March 27, 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon landed near what is now St. Augustine, the day being the Feast of the Flowers he named his discovery Florida.” Street - horse-drawn ice wagon. “King Street.” Automobile, streetcar, pedestrian traffic - old cannon. “Old Spanish monument erected in 1813…” “The old market, built in 1840, erroneously called the ‘slave market.’” “Memorial Presbyterian Church, erected in 1890…” “Sister Suzie’s sewing shirts for soldiers a daily scene in the Plaza.” Group of women sewing. “The Cathedral built in 1793, destroyed by fire in 1887, rebuilt in 1888.” “In the garden of the Ponce de Leon Hotel.” “The gardens of the Alcazar.” “Bowling on the green. A sport popular with native and tourist.” Mansion - city sky line - views of ruins of fortress. “Where prisoners were executed, note the bullet holes in the wall.” “St. Augustine has responded vigorously to the nation’s call for a bumper crop. A 1,200 acre potato crop.” Workers dig potatoes - mule-drawn farm implement - potatoes go through chutes - sacking potatoes - worker displays potatoes - freight yard - sailor and girl sit on large stump. e. “The Birthplace of Seattle. At this place, on the 13th of November, 1851, there landed a little colony that developed into the City of Seattle.” Monument. “The colony was at first called ‘New York Alki,’ meaning New York City by and by.” Sign on monument. “The lighthouse on Alki Point where the first landing was made.” Panorama of business district - sign on buildings ‘Orpheum’ - waterfront. Streets - automobile, streetcar, pedestrian traffic. Traffic - some film in reverse, action accelerated. [1917]
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