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For the Future (School) / Landmarks Exploration (America) / Little Bo Peep (Woolen Milling) / Guadalajara, Mexico / Little Bo Peep (Woolen Milling) Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Montcalm, Ethan Allen, Washington, Franklin and others who have made American history have passed through the gateway of this old fort.” Tourists enter stone ruin through arched opening - sign. List of great men who have entered. “Every effort is made to fit each boy in his proper place - as in the case of the printer.” Print shop - boys operate press, set type. “With surprising skill these boys surpass their more fortunate rivals.” Wood shop, boy making toy lawn swing - boy making child’s bench. “All the work-shoes for the school are of their own making.” Cobbler shop - boy making shoes - buffing with machinery. [1918] b. “A very old and well-preserved specimen of Spanish architecture on Saint Francis St. Why is the street so narrow?” Automobile, bicycle, pedestrian traffic. “Here in the midst of Spanish surroundings are the remains of a Huguenot cemetery. Who were the Huguenots?” “One of the first chapels in America.” “The old fort called San Marco Castle; these are only desolate cold walls, but if stones could talk, what wonderful stories they might tell.” Views of the fort, tourists. “The ramparts.” “The main tower.” “The narrowed street of St. Augustine.” “The Spanish were great explorers...San Miguel Church, the oldest church in the United States.” “This old adobe house was built by Pueblo Indians long before the Spaniards came. It is the oldest dwelling in America.” “Four hundred years ago Santa Fe was made the capital of the kingdom of New Mexico. This building was reconstructed from an old Indian building and was the palace of the governors.” Large one-story adobe building - monument - (‘Samuel Champlain with two companions and sixty Indians entered this lake in canoes in 1609. Lake bears his name’ written on film). “Columbus is given the credit for the discovery of the New World, but some evidences seem to indicate Leif Ericson touched the shore of America in 1000 A.D.” Monument. “The Old Stone Mill on Round Tower in Newport. Its origin is unknown but it was probably built by the Norsemen.” “The early Spanish settlements shown on a map of Florida.” “Ponce de Leon landed here.” “He thought this was the ‘Fountain of Youth.’” Tourist dips water from spring enclosed by building. “The sword he buried.” “In 1565 Pedro Menedez de Avitas touched these shores and landed where St. Augustine now stands. He established the first permanent settlement.” Panorama of St. Augustine. “Beyond these gates is St. Augustine. In the early days there were no other entrances.” Automobiles driven through gate. “While this may not actually be the ‘oldest house in the United States,’ it is a curious, old structure erected in 1590.” Sign in window, ‘The Oldest House in the United States, Containing $75,000 Collection of Antiques’ - the house - statue in garden. “An old Spanish building built in 1591. It was the Spanish governor’s palace but is now the United States post office.” [1918] c. “The carding machine combs and straightens the cotton fibers.” “Heaping cotton and wool in layers preparatory to mixing.” “A couple of good mixers mix things up for the final carding.” Old man with arms full of mixture. “Carding combs and straightens the fibers. What’s left is called ‘roving,’ the basis of yarn.” [1918] d. “A bountiful supply of good things to eat may be obtained throughout the year. Tropical fruits, such as the banana, thrive in certain altitudes about Guadalajara.” Street, tropical trees. “Rest assured that when there is an American colony there also will be found a Country Club.” “Although there are few important rivers and lakes in Mexico many good places to bathe may be found just the same.” Pools. “Independence monument.” “The Hospicio, instead of being used as a hospital, is an asylum for the poor of all ages.” Building, traffic, automobile and pedestrian - horseback riders in rocky desert canyon. “Natures Echo -- One Last Look.” “Produced by Ford Motor Co.” Man beside tent looks out over lake; cloud shrouded mountain. [1918] e. Little Bo Peep “Little Bo Peep she lost her sheep --” Worker shears sheep. “This river supplies about sixty-five percent of the motive power for running these woolen mills.” River, mill. “Unpacking a bale of Marino wool which is imported from Australia.” “Wool is sorted into grades according to textures.” “It is then fed into a washing machine containing strong solution of scouring chemicals.” “A fifty percent shrinkage results from scouring received.” Machinery in operation. “Raw cotton is placed in dusters to loosen fibers and eliminate dirt.” “The lapping machine partially straightens the fibers and removes other impurities.” Worker places fibers in hopper of a machine, they come out as batting. [1918]
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