Blair Family Swingset
Title
Blair Family Swingset
Moving Images
Subject
Palmer Blair, Palmer Blair Jr., Sharon Blair, Swingset, Poplar Hill Drive, Palmer's Studio, Blair Farm, Deerfield Road, Henry Neal Blair, Rebecca Blair Penwell
Description
Reel #24 of the home movies in the Palmer Blair Collection was shot in March and April of 1956. It begins with Palmer Blair, Jr., and Sharon Blair swinging on a swingset at the rear of the new Blair family home on Poplar Hill Drive in Boone. At the 1:18 mark, focus shifts briefly to the new station wagon for Palmer's Studio. At the 1:42 mark, Palmer Blair can be seen briefly pushing Susan in the swing. At the 2:24 mark, unidentified relatives appear briefly at the Blair home. Rebecca Blair Penwell, sister to Palmer Blair, can be seen at 2:26 and again at 3:21. The focus then shifts abruptly at 2:42 to the shearing of a horse with a hoe, apparently at the Blair Farm, by Henry Neal Blair (Palmer's father), followed by Palmer, Jr., and Sharon riding the same horse at the farm. Excellent views of the Deerfield Road valley appear at the end of the reel.
https://youtu.be/rMEKSil_Hkg
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Creator
Palmer Blair
Date
1956
Contributor
Sarah Lynn Spencer
Format
16 MM Film
Language
English
Identifier
Pal-Bla-9-24
Spatial Coverage
Boone, NC
Files
Collection
Citation
Palmer Blair, “Blair Family Swingset,” Digital Watauga, accessed October 21, 2018, http://digitalwatauga.org/items/show/5929.
Comments
Sarah Lynn Spencer
This film was taken in March and April of 1956. The children are Palmer, Jr and Sharon. The woman who appears at 2:26 and 3:21 is Rebecca Blair Penwell, Palmer's sister. The man shearing the horse is Palmer's father, Henry Neal Blair.
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