Sanders Family Collection
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Creator(s)
H.A. Sanders
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Collection Date Range
1944 to 1948
Summary
Collection contains a documentary, "Maine Canoe Trip" and [H. A. Sanders, Jr.--home movies]. The Moosehead Lake area canoe trip includes intertitles detailing the route through streams and smaller lakes. Footage includes fishing, camping, camp cooking and poling through narrow streams. The Native American guide for the trip is shown at the beginning and end in traditional dress. The Sanders home movie footage is of Jim Sanders, who flew for the airforce in WWII, and Canadian airplanes at the Greenville, Maine, airport.
Biographical/Historical Notes
The 1948 canoe trip in the Moosehead Lake area was guided by Henry Perley, Chief Red Eagle, and was shot as amateur promotional footage for the Moosehead Lake region. H.A. Sanders, Jr. was Jim Sanders’ father.
People and Organizations
Sanders Family, Chief Henry Red Eagle
Genre(s)
Amateur
Subject(s)
Boats and boating, Lakes, Native Americans, Outdoor Life, Tourist trade
Place(s)
Greenville, ME
Moosehead Lake, ME
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