What happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City /

What happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City /

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"The scene as suggested by the title is made on 23d Street, New York City. In front of one of the large newspaper offices on that thoroughfare is a hot air shaft through which immense volumes of air is forced by means of a blower. Ladies crossing these shafts often have their clothes slightly disarranged, (it may be said much to their discomfiture). As our picture was being made a young man escorting a young lady, to whom he was talking very earnestly, comes into view and walks slowly along until they stand directly over the air shaft. The young lady's skirts are suddenly raised to, you might say an almost unreasonable height, greatly to her horror and much to the amusement of the newsboys, bootblacks and passersby. 50 ft."--Edison films catalog.
H7985 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Aug1901; H7985.
Duration: 1:17 at 15 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1933) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 360; AFI catalog online, viewed November 13, 2015; Edison films catalog, no. 135 (September,1902), p. 86.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5572 to FZA 2487.

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01/01/1901
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Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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