Moving images; Arizona; Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.); Petrified forests
The Petrified Forest National Park is located in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. It became a national monument in 1906 and in 1962 was declared a national park. It is famous for its fossils, especially of fallen trees. 16mm film...
Moving images; Arizona; Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.); Dams
Roosevelt Dam is on the Salt River, northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. Construction began in 1903 and was completed in 1911. It was officially named after Theodore Roosevelt in 1959, and became a historic landmark in 1963. 16mm film shot by D.J. Angus...
Tuba City is located in Coconino County, Arizona. It is located within the Painted Desert. Directly to the southeast is the Hopi town of Moenkopi. The city is within 50 miles of the Grand Canyon National Park’s eastern entrance. It is famous for...
Moving images; Colorado; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.); Pueblo architecture--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park; Cliff-dwellings
Mesa Verde National Park is located in Montezuma County, Colorado. It was established as a national park on June 29, 1906 to protect the cliff dwellings built by the Anasazi. It was designated a World Heritage Site on September 6, 1978. 16mm film...
Moving images; Colorado; Royal Gorge (Colo.); Royal Gorge Bridge (Colorado); Bridges
Royal Gorge is a 10-mile-long canyon through Fremont Peak on the Arkansas River near Cañon City, Colorado. It is one of the deepest canyons in Colorado. The first excursion trains, or funiculars, traveled through Royal Gorge in 1879. In 1929,...
Florida; Moving images; Gandy Bridge (Hillsborough County, Fla.); Tampa Bay (Fla.); St. Petersburg (Fla.); Bridges--Florida
The Gandy Bridge spanned upper Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida. At the time it was completed in 1924, it was the longest automobile toll bridge in the world. It was dismantled in 1975. 16mm film shot by D.J. Angus while on a family...
In 1905, the first Greek colony was established in Tarpon Springs. By the end of 1906, 1,500 Greek sponge divers and workers had arrived in Tarpon Springs. The sponge industry grew in the 1920s and 1930s with a fleet of about 200 ships. In 1936,...
Florida; Moving images; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Sarasota (Fla.); Art museums--Florida
John Ringling, one of the five original circus kings of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus built a 21-gallery Museum of Art on 20 acres of waterfront property in Sarasota, Florida. The Florentine style building emulates the Uffizi...
