A rube couple at a county fair /

Porter, Edwin S., production, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Publication date

January 1904

Publisher

United States : Edison Manufacturing Co

Abstract

From Edison films catalog: Scene I--Driving into the Grounds. Scene II--Machinery department. Scene III--Getting weighed. Scene IV--On the Pike. Scene V--Looking at the big pumpkins. Scene VI--Cattle parade. Scene VII--Trotting race, with female jockeys. Scene VIII-- Hurdle jumping, female riders. Scene IX--High school horse. Scene X--Slide for life. 540 Ft. $81.00.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24Oct1904; H52013.Duration: 3:57 (part 1) and 4:39 (part 2) at 16 fps.Filmed ca. October 1904 at the state fair in Danbury, Connecticut.Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Before the nickelodeon, 1991, p. 289; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 288, July 1906, p. 34 [MI]