"A fine picture of the celebrated "White Wings" or street- cleaning department of one district of Greater New York, showing over 350 men in line, and over 100 carts that are used to carry the refuse away to the dumping wharf, marching through the streets of New York. Code word Urachness. Length 225 feet"--Edison films catalog.Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1903; H32033.Camera, James Blair Smith.Duration: 3:53 at 15 fps.Photographed April 29, 1903. Location: New York, N.Y.In 1895, under the reform administration of Mayor William L. Strong, New York City's Department of Street Cleaning was headed by Colonel George Waring. It was he who garbed his workers in the white duck suits (earning them the name "White Wings") seen in the film. He is ...
Depicts a great crowd of men, women and children, from every walk of life, playing and scrambling to...
"Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian buses are passing. 75 fee...
"A very lifelike picture of the famous New York politician and Tammany Hall boss. This picture was t...
Photo shows men dressed in white uniforms and hats sweeping garbage in the streets,during a New York...
Photo shows men in white uniforms and hats with brooms in the street to sweep trash during the New Y...
The first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 by the Automobile Club of America, in d...
From The Phonoscope, January 1899, p. 15: As they appeared in New York on Saturday, January 21 [sic]...
"A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with militar...
"A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are seen p...
"Shows the "Brooklyn," flying Schley's twin-starred blue flag. Every detail brought out with wonderf...
The film shows a wharf where a barge is being loaded with trash from two-wheeled, horse-drawn wagons...
"An excellent view of "The Finest," on their annual parade and inspection, June 1, 1899. The head of...
"First comes the famous Marine Band of the "Brooklyn," with the mascot goat alongside the bass drum....
"The scene as suggested by the title is made on 23d Street, New York City. In front of one of the la...
" $30.00""We equipped eight parties on the occasion of Admiral Dewey's arrival in New York Harbor, W...
Depicts a great crowd of men, women and children, from every walk of life, playing and scrambling to...
"Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian buses are passing. 75 fee...
"A very lifelike picture of the famous New York politician and Tammany Hall boss. This picture was t...
Photo shows men dressed in white uniforms and hats sweeping garbage in the streets,during a New York...
Photo shows men in white uniforms and hats with brooms in the street to sweep trash during the New Y...
The first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 by the Automobile Club of America, in d...
From The Phonoscope, January 1899, p. 15: As they appeared in New York on Saturday, January 21 [sic]...
"A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with militar...
"A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are seen p...
"Shows the "Brooklyn," flying Schley's twin-starred blue flag. Every detail brought out with wonderf...
The film shows a wharf where a barge is being loaded with trash from two-wheeled, horse-drawn wagons...
"An excellent view of "The Finest," on their annual parade and inspection, June 1, 1899. The head of...
"First comes the famous Marine Band of the "Brooklyn," with the mascot goat alongside the bass drum....
"The scene as suggested by the title is made on 23d Street, New York City. In front of one of the la...
" $30.00""We equipped eight parties on the occasion of Admiral Dewey's arrival in New York Harbor, W...
Depicts a great crowd of men, women and children, from every walk of life, playing and scrambling to...
"Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian buses are passing. 75 fee...
"A very lifelike picture of the famous New York politician and Tammany Hall boss. This picture was t...