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Labor Day at Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, Elma, Washington, ca. 1926
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| Clip Title | Labor Day at Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, Elma, Washington, ca. 1926 |
| Clip Summary | J. M. Phillips stands on a platform and addresses a crowd in the stands of what appears to be the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds in Elma, Washington. Signs on a barnlike building: Merchant's Exhibits, A.F. of L. Bldg., Judge Phillips will Deliver Labor Day Address [illegible]. Ferris wheel in background. Men walk in and out of building. A marching band is followed by men leading horses, bulls, and cows on track in front of the stadium and reviewing stand. Two couples exit a car, stand on the track and pose for the camera. They couples stand on the platform in front of the and J. M. Phillips appears to perform a wedding ceremony in front of the crowd. They pose for the camera and the crowds. The bride and groom sign marriage certificate while sitting in the bleachers. They smile at the camera. Crowds in stands look at the camera, smile, watch activities on the field. (Community Events) |
| Duration | 4 min., 9 sec. |
| Digital Format | Video |
| Original Source Title | MV64, Newsfilm of Grays Harbor County, ca. 1925-1933. GHOR 211568-1-2 |
| Original Source Summary | Original reel contains newsreel footage of events in Aberdeen, Washington, ca. 1925, including stores, swimming and waterskiing, a football game, Labor Day at the Fair, log rolling, and a drawbridge. |
| Participants/Performers | Phillips, J. M. (1873-1959) |
| Notes | Clip title supplied by cataloger.
James M. Phillips was an attorney, Mayor of Aberdeen, and is believed to be the first Native American to serve asa judge in the Washington state court system. Phillips was born in 1873 in North Carolina and was primarily Cherokee, although he had ancestry in other Native American Tribes, as well. He attended the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania and played football under coach "Pop" Warner and was a teammate of Jim Thorpe. Phillips attended law school at Dickinson College of Law and attended post-graduate law classes at Northwestern University and Chicago. He married Earnestine Wilbur, a descendant of the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin. They moved to Washington state around 1905 and Phillips worked as a hod carrier by day and read law by night. In 1907, he began working as a lawyer, was made police judge, and later was elected justice of the peace. He became mayor of Aberdeen, Washington and served as a Superior Court Judge from 1929 to 1950. Phillips died in 1959. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | XYZ
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| Location Depicted | United States – Washington (State) – Elma |
| Date Created | ca. 1926 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Special Collections Moving Image Collection |
| Order Number | MV0276 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Newsfilm of Grays Harbor County, ca. 1925-1933, PhColl 925, VC178.12 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid for this collection, see: http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/permalink/NewsFilmGraysHarborCountyPHColl925/ |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital streaming QuickTime video file made from DVD viewing copy, by Special Collections at Special Collections, Allen Library, on December 13, 2011, using iMovie, version 9.0.2 |
| Rights | Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details. |
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