Vanderbilt archive family films home movies production movies 16mm circa 1928 to 1938 with stated Charles Lindbergh content. Titles include Baby, Aiken Fashion Show Flora and Cully, Chateau de Boulay, Adirondacks plus Beginning of Lindbergh, Lindbergh Parade, Me Riding Studio Mum Cully, FWM Flora Whitney Miller In Pants. Mailed to Mrs. GW Miller in both Old Westbury, E.48th st. NY, and Vanderbilt Ave. Plus 400ft. Reel 16mm titles 6 include Egypt, Aiken, Thomasville, Flora in Carriage, York River, Poughkeepsie, Adirondacks 1938, Aiken 1938 to 1939, Summer of 48 possibly damaged, Adirondacks 1938 with later interior notes studio GVW Gloria Vanderbilt Whitney, J. Force,Len Flora Swimming, Plane Sonny and Gee, Boat Sonny, Gee and Nancy W., Race Bliss Prides Crossing possibly Lily Wedding another 16 reels comprising plus two or three production films Sex on the Rex and Rex to Rio plus possibly Rex and. Sex on the Rex, the Sex appears in quotations and appears to be a murder mystery shipboard film noir while Rex to Rio opens on a vast ocean beach with sunbathers presumably Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, there are six reels between the two films and 1 titled box.Provenance: The Vanderbilt Whitney Family Archive from the landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio former residence of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff this spring during real estate staging. Comprising over 500 to 1000 items offered as 50 to 100 lots including the Cornelius Vanderbilt era, late Victorian photography including Yale athletics and fraternal photography, important Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Flora Whitney items including soiree costumes and couture as well as love letters, documents, equestrian memorabilia, ephemera and more. A once in a lifetime glimpse into family threads that are forever woven into the American experience of a nature seldom seen on the market. The Studio, decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Earlier this year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family. We are now excited to present a second sale including the Vanderbilt Whiney Archive and Important Studio Garden Sculpture and Decorations. All lots but the 18 large garden sculpture and annex decorations have been transported to our Florida facilities, including Archive items, for FL pick up or shipping with the 18 large garden sculpture and decorative arts now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Florida previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday July 15th through Friday July 21st as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 18 large garden sculpture and decorations stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale.

Two additional opened metal reel images have been added. Films overall appear sound, pliable and viewable, none have been run, 50ft reel boxes have some postal stamps, various inscriptions and are a bit tattered and dusty in estate discovery condition. We were asked about if a vinegar odor and while the film has a bit of a chemical smell it is not overt nor at least to us is it distinctly vinegar. Films in metal cases appear in very nice shape.