1929 Home Construction

[JaxxBat]

Shovel ready back then was just that..

[howtofinishabasement]

If it's been preserved, that might still standing there until today.

[Sodnal]

Does anybody know if this house s still there?

[KmerWannabe95]

These old films are amazing, but they show the peoples lives and personalitis and such a short time; its sad that we wont know what ever happened to these people. All of them are LONG GONE dead by now.

[Sodnal]

@KmerWannabe95 We all come and we all go. Try and contribute while you can.

[tuckahoeneck]

Did you happen to know the location and whether the house still stands? I guess you would have posted that had you known.

[murdak]

thanks for shareing a part of America thats gone craftsman ship

[foilseal]

@murdak sadly gone, just like correct spelling

[CineGraphic]

Tom,

What a wonderful peak into the past!

Thanks for sharing and preserving this one-of-a-kind footage.

[foilseal]

@CineGraphic fuck you

[CineGraphic]

I have no idea what brought that reply, but it's clear that intelligence had nothing to do with it.

[Tadd1925]

Terribly interesting! Wonderful estate home!

[scurran007]

The Great Depression hit in October of that year. I wonder if they finished or if they had to sell/ abandon it?

My father said he used to have to walk the train tracks for coal to stick in the Potbelly stove to keep their house warm. I look at pictures of him and my aunts, and how drawn they looked! This is an interesting piece of history here..pre Depression Mansion Building!

[bearcreme]

I don't think too many people in Irvington worried much about the Depression.

[sporty05]

Cool!

[FoPo4]

Pine trees are still often placed atop office buildings when they reach their highest level. Old tradition. I've never seen it done on homes.

16 mm cameras weren't that expensive in '29, but the film and development sure were. Only very rich people made home movies prior to the introduction of the smaller 8mm format and the end of the Depression. Use of title cards was very rare in home movies. Wouldn't be surprised if these people were in the motion picture business.

[Josh3455]

Lol, nice to see some humor in this video. This video is strangly kinda like alot of youtube vids, where they have funny captions.

[JiggyHo]

Really interesting! Thank you. They still do that tree thing in Germany; it must have faded out in the US.

[NoHeejin]

would be curious to see if that house is still standing!

[carrotville]

Boooooooring!

[lesbois63]

Swank!