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  • Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 2

    Directed by
    Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
    Date
    1924-1928
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    Film Reel (b): metal;
    Film Can (c): metal
    Dimensions
    Duration: 12 Minutes
    Length (Film): 350 Feet
    Title
    16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 2
    Caption
    Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
    Description
    A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal film reel (b) and original metal film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the second in a collection of nine films.
    There is an inscription on the metal canister in red ink that is partially obscured by two whtie labels, visible is [ance # 2]. The '2' has been written over again in black ink, and below it is [SEE LIST] also in black ink. Written on the adhesive labels in black ink is [Oklahoma - Jones / This is on video 2].
    The film opens with people dressed in semi-formal attire leaving the front door of a building. The next scene shows a woman shaking hands of people leaving the front door. Then same woman is then shown feeding chickens. The next scene shows the Mount Olive Baptist Church where S. S. Jones was the pastor. The next series of footage shows sheep in a field, two women and a girl on a front porch, and one of the women driving a car and exiting it to return to the porch. There is footage of the Langston, Oklahoma, post office, and cars pulling up to a gas station. The next scene shows a parade with soldiers in uniform followed by a group of men and then a group of women, perhaps students from the Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now Langston University). A man feeds chickens in the next scene that also shows a farmhouse and poultry houses. Several well-dressed men walk around outside. The next footage shows a group of several buildings, perhaps the university that the students paraded in front of earlier in the film. The following scene shows a man and a woman in front of a store with ducks. That is followed by footage of men and women picking cotton in a field. The next scene shows picked cotton in wagons pulled by horses. The cotton is removed from the wagons using a long tube attached to a building. The next footage shows cotton coming out of a door wrapped up in bales. The men roll the cotton out of the door. The next scene shows a large house with a car pulling up in front of it, then there is footage of a steam locomotive pulling passenger rail cars. The next scene shows men walking out of a store with a "Meat-Market" sign hanging over the front door. There is also some footage of the store interior. The next scene shows men and women dressed in semi-formal attire leaving the front door of what appears to be a school. A different school building that people exit in the next scene is identified as Vernon High School.
    Place filmed
    Langston, Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    16mm (photographic film size)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Agriculture
    American South
    American West
    Architecture
    Business
    Children
    Communities
    Domestic life
    Rural life
    Social life and customs
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
    Object number
    2011.79.2.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd502a88e75-5107-455e-b9d2-4bf752cc2b47
  • Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 5

    Directed by
    Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
    Date
    1924-1928
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    Film Reel (b): plastic;
    Film Can (c): plastic
    Dimensions
    Duration: 12 Minutes
    Length (Film): 350 Feet
    Title
    16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 5
    Caption
    Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
    Description
    A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original plastic film reel (b) and original plastic film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the fourth in a collection of nine films.
    Inscribed on the outside of the canister in is [#] in red ink and [5] in black ink. A handwritten inscription on a white adhesive label reads: [Okmulgee, Okla - Wealthy Black Fam / Oil well / Farm].
    The film begins with a man and a woman walking up the front porch of a house. The next scene shows the exterior of a house, probably the same one shown at the beginning of the film. The next shows men and women walking out of the door of a building, probably a church, and down the stairs. Many of the men and women are wearing hats. Two men stand on either side of the doorway while the people walk by. This footage continues for about four minutes. A title sign with Deacon and Mrs. M. C. Brown's First Farm Home appears in the next scene, and then the footage shows the Browns and various buildings and their fields. The next title sign reads At Their Daily Occupation. The footage shows horses pulling a man, probably Deacon Brown, on a plow, then a woman, probably Mrs. Brown, coming out to give the man something to drink. There is some brief footage of a group of children. The next title sign reads Their Second Farm Home. A man comes out to feed the horses, and there are also chickens in the footage. Chickens are being fed in front of the house in the next scene. Another title sign reads Their First Oil Well 2,000 Barrels Daily. A man and two women walk beneath an oil derrick. The footage shows a field with other oil derricks at various places on the landscape. A man holds another title sign that reads Their Second Oil Well 3,000 Barrels Daily. The footage shows the oil derrick then many others on the landscape along with houses. The next scene shows several people get into a car and drive away from the camera. Another title sign reads The Public School On Mr. & Mrs. Brown's Farm Near Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The footage shows children in front of a school building. The next title sign reads Their Present Home 908 E. 3rd St. Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The footage shows a car drive up to the house and the Jones get out and walk up to the front door. The next title sign reads Dunbar High School In Action Prof. W. H. Fort Principal Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Children of various ages are shown dancing and playing in the schoolyard. Another scene shows boys and then girls doing calisthenics. The next scenes shows girls playing basketball followed by boys playing football. Girls are shown doing calisthenics. The next scene shows men and women exiting a building, perhaps the school. The next scene shows a group of men standing in front of a brick church building, and the final scene briefly shows the exterior of a house.
    Place filmed
    Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    16mm (photographic film size)
    Topic
    Agriculture
    American South
    American West
    Business
    Children
    Communities
    Domestic life
    Education
    Families
    Labor
    Recreation
    Rural life
    Social life and customs
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
    Object number
    2011.79.5.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d7673f89-6b70-4b49-99d4-ff183398a78d
  • Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 7

    Directed by
    Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
    Date
    1924-1928
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    Film Reel (b): metal;
    Film Can (c): metal
    Dimensions
    Duration: 16 Minutes
    Length (Film): 440 Feet
    Title
    16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 7
    Caption
    Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
    Description
    A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal film reel (b) and original metal film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the seventh in a collection of nine films.
    On the outside of the metal can are handwritten inscriptions on three white adhesive labels reading: [Acc Oklahoma Jones], [Kids Playing / Basketball], and [pumping gas / oil]. In the center is a yellowed label reading [O.K. / Rev. S S Jones / Reel reel - Red / Needs a leader.] on top of an impinted design.
    The film begins with footage from a gas station. The camera pans around the intersection in a commercial district with cars passing by in front of the camera. The next scene shows a man and a woman come out of a house and get into a car. Then the man and woman are seen in a field with cows. Then there is footage of two men in a cotton field. The woman is shown feeding chickens. The exteriors of two buildings are shown, and one of them is possibly the Grand Lodge of the Knights and Pythias. The next scene returns to the farm and a man working with horses and a woman taking care of some plants on the porch. Then a group of people walk out of the house and to a car in the front yard. At another house, a woman feeds the chickens and the camera shows a portrait of the family on the porch before they walk past the camera. Ducks walk around in the front yard. The footage shows people walking around in the yard. The next scene shows women exiting a building. After the women exit, men exit through the same door. There are also some children. The next scene appears to show those same people standing in a line as the camera pans and shows the group. There is a quick scene of children playing followed by young adult men and women walking down the steps after exiting the front door of a building. After a group of adults, possibly teachers, poses on the front steps and walks down, a large group of children walk out of the door and down the stairs. Following the children are more young adults. The next scene shows some of the students in the front of the school performing choreographed exercises and dances. The next scene is in a rural area with a building and an oil derrick. In the next scene, a man walks out of his house and is handed stacks of paper, perhaps money. The next scene shows four people standing on the front porch of a house before they walk down the front stairs. There are some other residential street scenes, and then footage of activity at a gas station. The next scene shows adults and children on the front porch of a house, and then the footage shows the exterior of the Eaglewing Hotel. The next scene shows the window sign for the State of Oklahoma Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge. The camera pans the exterior of the building, and a man comes out of a door and walks down the stairs to the sidewalk. The next footage shows a house and then a storefront. The next scene shows men working on a car, and then there is another scene at a gas station. The camera shows a Use Magnolia Gasoline and Magnolene Motor Oils and Greases advertisement painted on the side of the gas station building. The next scene shows a large house with a little girl playing outside. Then a man comes up to the porch and three women come out from inside. The next scene shows a farm and a woman feeding chickens. There is also footage of horses pulling equipment. The next scene shows a building with a long staircase and people coming outside to pose for a large group portrait. The footage includes the photographer setting up the camera. The crowd begins waving their hands and hats in the air as the film ends.
    Place filmed
    Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    16mm (photographic film size)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Agriculture
    American South
    American West
    Amusements
    Business
    Children
    Communities
    Domestic life
    Education
    Families
    Fraternal organizations
    Play
    Rural life
    Social life and customs
    Transportation
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
    Object number
    2011.79.7.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54826932f-531f-4010-997e-fdac4bd24e44
  • Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 1

    Directed by
    Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
    Subject of
    Mosaic Templars of America, American, 1882 - 1930s
    Date
    1924-1928
    Medium
    16mm Film (a): acetate film;
    Film Reel (b): metal;
    Film Can (c): plastic
    Dimensions
    Duration: 13 Minutes
    Length (Film): 350 Feet
    Title
    16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 1
    Caption
    Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
    Description
    A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal Kodascope film reel (b) and original plastic film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the first in a collection of nine films.
    Consists of: 16mm Film (a), Original Film Reel (b), Original Film Can (c).
    2011.79.1.1a: 16mm film.
    This film begins with congregants exiting down the front steps of a church and walking by the camera. They are all dressed in semi-formal attire with some wearing hats. After showing a close-up of some of the congregants, the footage shows the front of a grocery and cafe. There are children and adults standing in front of the store. A woman in a waitress uniform comes out of the store, turns in front of the camera and walks back inside. The next footage shows the front of the Douglass School, possibly in Oklahoma City. The camera pans around to show adults and children in the front of the school, parked cars, and other nearby buildings. The next scene shows children in front of a different building, possibly another school, lined up in rows with many holding books. They begin walking in formation passing in front of the camera. After showing some adults standing in front of the building, the footage then shows children playing on a playground. The next scene shows the children climbing into automobiles with long rear seating areas and driving down a hill away from the building and passing in front of the camera. The next scene shows agricultural work with scenes of men performing various tasks. They work with trucks and mechanized equipment to bag the crops and transport them. The next scene shows women and children working in a field and a man riding a plow pulled by a horse. There is footage of a family walking out of a farmhouse, probably the same family from the previous footage in the field. The next scene shows a swimming pool followed by a panning shot of a residential neighborhood with single family homes. Some of the residents walk in and out of their homes so that they can be filmed. There is footage of a man in a commercial area with a sign that reads "Yukon's Best Flour," although the footage is probably not from the town of Yukon, Oklahoma. The next shot shows the front of the Mosaic Temple of America building. There is a brief shot of a storefront window before more footage of single family homes in a residential neighborhood. There are more shots of residents on their porches, both adults and children. The footage again shows the commercial area including a billboard advertising Camel cigarettes. There is more footage of people leaving the front door of a building followed by another scene of agricultural work with a team of horses pulling a plow and men working. Following that, there is a brief shot of a man standing next to a horse and buggy. The next scene shows a man and woman outside of a house under construction that appears to be close to completion. The camera then shows more homes and a brief street scene of two men grappling for the camera.
    2011.79.1.1b: Original film reel.
    2011.79.1.1c: Original film can. Inscribed on the outside of the canister is, in red ink [#], followed in black ink by [1] / [SEE LIST]. A handwritten inscription on white adhesive label reads: [Cont'd OKC Jones 1 / SEE LIST Potatoes Wybark].
    Place filmed
    Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Wybark, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Oklahoma+City"&op=Search">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Type
    motion pictures (information artifacts)
    16mm (photographic film size)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Agriculture
    American South
    American West
    Business
    Children
    Communities
    Domestic life
    Education
    Fraternal organizations
    Rural life
    Social life and customs
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
    Object number
    2011.79.1.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50bc93553-aae3-4131-b7d8-6c0bd796eb77
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    Photograph of a Guilford County school bus and school children

    Photograph by
    Siddell Studio, American, founded 1916
    Subject of
    Guilford County Schools, American, founded 1875
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Date
    ca. 1916
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (8.9 × 14.6 cm)
    H x W (Image): 5 5/16 × 3 1/16 in. (13.5 × 7.8 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of a covered school bus with spoked wheels with [No. 2 / Guilford County Schools], stenciled on the side of the bus. A young girl wearing a white dress is climbing into the back of the bus and other children can be seen through the bus windows. There are two black ink marks on the verso. A stamp in black ink on the back, center, identifies the photographer. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subject. A number has been handwritten on the back in black ink.
    Place depicted
    Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Children
    Education
    Photography
    Rural life
    Transportation
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
    Object number
    2014.94.9
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c7c5ba5f-70f0-4547-8a7c-a8080d8da35c
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