Grays Harbor Happenings: The Newsreels of C.D. Anderson
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2013
- Winner of the 2014 Bronze Telly Award for History/Biography.
A collection of recovered films from the 1920s and '30s gives insight into the life and times of the small Washington communities in Grays Harbor County. The films, meticulously restored by the UW Libraries film preservation experts, were shot by photographer Charles D. Anderson and reveals how the sense of community in this southwestern Washington town has stood the test of time.
A great post!! I have to admit I was looking for my father and his brothers in the scenes shot at the football game and the playground shots. My grandfather and grandmother brought their large Catholic family to Aberdeen in 1923, from the prairies of Manitoba, Canada. Having viewed this set of films, many of the spots were still there in the 60's when I grew up in Hoquiam. As a FYI, this is the home of the longest running high school football rivalry west of the Mississippi River. Both Hoquiam and Aberdeen would shut down for the annual Thanksgiving Day football game. The city of Hoquiam has a WPA era wooden football stadium, (the last remaining one on the West coast), that has more seating than the entire population of the city!!! Olympic Stadium is truly worth checking out on your way through Hoquiam. My father, my brother, me and my kids all played on that field. Aberdeen and Hoquiam are the birthplace of 2 Nobel prize winners! How many small towns can boast of something like that?! LOL! Thanks again for this film,it brought back memories! Go Grizzlies!
When I was in grade school we had tree planting day. Three kids were given a hoe and a bag of trees to plant. The lumber companies got free labor for a day and we got hot dogs hot chocolate and a day off school. Most of our fathers worked in the woods or the mill. It was what put the food on the table. I noticed several references to this in the films.
My hometown of Aberdeen! I was born there in 1972. I attended AJ West Elementary. Thanks for all of the work restoring and posting for access. This is absolutely a gem of a find. I love taking a glimpse back into the history of the area and our great country.
That's my home town, born in the old community hospital in 57, went to A.J. West, Hopkins, Miller, Weather Wax. Great films, I love the parts of Finch park with old slide, I went down that slide so many times I can't tell you. I went there earlier this year alot has changed. Go Bobcats
Born there (1951) and raised there....thanks for keeping this history for us to enjoy!!
Terrific. Thank you! Lived in the Harbor for ten years now and enjoyed this history.
This youtube video is useless as a historical reference. It is heavily interspersed with talking heads and commentary. The actual historical scenes are reduced to a few seconds each and randomly presented. Most have no attribute for date, location, or subjects and have been heavily edited so that your only way of seeing anything useful is to repeatedly freeze the frame. UW could provide an actual public service if it would release the unedited video either without commentary or with only commentary that helped to identify the date, location, and subjects and which included the original attribution slides of Mr. Anderson.
Awesome find! My mom's Family is from Aberdeen. Barkley and Thomas familes. My great grandpa Irving Barkley went to WW1 and WW2 and I have the new paper article of him in Aberdeen. Thanks for researching and posting.
Wonderful film! What a treasure. I'm happy for the former mayor too.
SS Onondaga, a Ford Company ship, seen in this film, torpedoed and sunk at The Bahamas , in 1942, carrying a load of magnesium ore. On line sources disagree whether 15 or 19 men were lost.
Those women were not just existing and were more than likely happier than many women today.
This is one of the coolest videos I've see, grew up on the harbor. lots of rich history.
Thank you for this film.Very interesting! All of my father's family is from in and around Aberdeen & Montesano, as far back as the 1800s.
this was really exciting,since my relatives were from these areas. this made tears come to life.
First time i have seen this! OMG great video
Thank you for sharing this!
I love this. Grew up in Aberdeen.
Cool history
My mother talked about her relatives who were saw dust aristocracy. Apparently their mill burned down and they lost everything. The mother of the family continued to live in this big old mansion but broke. Cool to hear a reference to the high society of Aberdeen. Thanks.
Super interesting. I like the clips of the football game with the huge trees in the background.