Alton C. Melville home movies, Reel 28: Millcreek Canyon, Nebo Loop, Taylorsville, Christmas, Salt Lake City Main Street, cat and dog with Spencer, Sun Valley, Brighton skiing, Lu Ann's birthday

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Title Alton C. Melville home movies, Reel 28: Millcreek Canyon, Nebo Loop, Taylorsville, Christmas, Salt Lake City Main Street, cat and dog with Spencer, Sun Valley, Brighton skiing, Lu Ann's birthday
Creator Melville, Alton Crane
Publisher Digitized and published by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1947; 1948
Date Digital 2013
Spatial Coverage Millcreek City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Brighton, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Taylorsville, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Sun Valley, Blaine County, Idaho, United States
Subject Melville family; Melville, Alton Crane--Family; Autumn foliage; Automobile travel; Christmas--Utah; Salt Lake City (Utah); Skis and skiing--Utah--Salt Lake County; Skis and skiing--Idaho--Blaine County; Birthday parties
Keywords Home movies; Fall colors; Painters; Artists; Picnics; Christmas; Central b usiness districts; Downtown Salt Lake City; Cats; Dogs; Babies; Children; Mill Creek Canyon; Eating; Fool; Swings; Cattle; Automobiles; Cars; Skiers; Snow; Ski lifts; Birthday cakes
Description Home movie by Alton C. Melville featuring footage of various trips that the Melville family went on in 1947 and 1948. These trips include a day spent in Millcreek Canyon, a day spent driving the Nebo Loop, a trip to Taylorsville, and of the Melville's family trip to Sun Valley. In Millcreek Canyon, the family has a picnic, Lu Ann and Marie Melville collect leaves and swing on a nearby swing, and an unknown man paints the surrounding scenery in oil paints. The Sunday drive through Nebo Loop contains footage of the surrounding scenery and of the Melville family stopping for a picnic. The footage of the Melville's trip to Sun Valley contains footage of the family skiing, a list of lift ticket prices, and of a snow sculpture. This film also contains footage of Salt Lake City's Main Street in December of 1947, of the Melville family skiing at Brighton, and of their 1947 family Christmas celebrations. The footage of these celebrations contains images of the family Christmas shopping, visiting Temple Square to see the lights, and of Lu Ann and Marie Melville sitting on Santa's lap in downtown Salt Lake. Length: 10 minutes, 26 seconds
Collection Number and Name A0590 Alton Crane Melville family home movies
Format video/mp4
Extent 10:26
Rights Holder For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv73236
Conversion Specifications Digitized from 8mm film to MOV file master then converted to MP4 streaming format by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s60g788w
Collection Name Alton Crane Melville home movies
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Setname uum_hmcr
ID 1248956
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g788w