Benjamin Franklin and Modern Communication Systems / Scenes in the Southwest United States Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Railroad yard, trains pass - Indian in feather headdress sending smoke signals - ‘Franklin’ watching lightning from window - telephone workers installing pole - Indian sending smoke signals - rolling wooded country scene, Indian looks out over country side - Franklin with kite string with key attached, touches key, receives shock - Indian looks out over countryside - telegraph messages on wire conveyor - Franklin at desk writing, lightning flashes outside, Franklin watches, closes window, watches lightning. [1920] b. Three Indian men, two beat drums, one beats two sticks together - two Indians in bird costumes dance. Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole Indian girls pose in front of school building. Indian drummers and dancers in ceremonial dance - looking into canyon from above - man on overhanging rock - rock formation which looks like face, man sitting on nose - canyon - waterfall - clouds and mountain peaks in distance - old men pose on steps of building, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. Close-up of some of the men - more close-ups of men on the steps - close-up of old man in front of shrubbery - building with old men on porch, men mounting steps - man and woman pose by house - view from above of walled town - valley with farms - tourists look at valley from observation point - waterfall, river winding down mountain side - golf course, "Best 18 hole golf course in the South." Golfers tee off, pass water hazard, on green - four girls pose - marker, ‘Welcome to Hot Springs, the World’s Greatest Health and Pleasure Resort’ - automobile traffic passes marker, at the junction of the Bankhead and Albert Pike Highway. Hotel, pedestrians, horse and rider - man holds lady’s horse, she dismounts, shakes hands - woman poses holding horse - views of hotel, tourists - ‘Majestic Hotel’ - riverboat - automobile traffic on main street of town, sign, ‘Auto Parts.’ [1920]
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