| QUEER PALS A Massachusetts hermit man is seen with his bird and squirrel friends. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6919 |
| Catalog #: | 502050 | |
| Clip Number: | 502050-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PSP 813 | |
| Timecode: | 01:20:54 - 01:22:04 | |
| Location: | New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of Ameri | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Massachusetts UNIQUE PEOPLE: Hermits | |
| Description: | QUEER PALS A Massachusetts hermit man is seen with his bird and squirrel friends. "Queer Pals. The friendship of man for bird and beast has surely not been more charmingly exemplified - than by this mixed family." New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America. Various shots of "New Bedford's hermit", Oliver P Tripp, sitting in a garden with birds and squirrels all around him. Oliver plays a flute or whistle as a squirrel runs about his shoulders and hangs on the end of it. He feeds birds with a spoon. A squirrel takes a nut from his pocket and from Oliver's mouth. A male version of Snow White. (People & animals) | |
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