Datebook 1919: Monday, July 7, 1919

Beautiful bright mild day. Up 2:15 A.M. Took 3:25 A.M. train from Columbus, O. Arrived in Sch'dy 10:57 P.M. 4 hrs. in Buffalo. Fine trip. To bed 12:30 A.M. Thankful for friends and opportunities.

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Because of his departure on 7 July, one of the special days of the Exposition that Stanford missed was "Motion Picture Day."

Below is a description of that day and a photo of D.W. Griffith and company, excerpted from The Asbury Journal article previously cited.

I tried to locate the Griffith film about the Centenary mentioned in this article, but was unable to find it in any of the lists or databases of his films. I think it's interesting that the Centenary Celebration changed the ME policy on film viewing, helped in large part by such prominent filmmakers as Griffith.

About this blog . . .

I've created this blog to make a record of the hand-written journals of Stanford Stillman Closson (1900-1982), who was in his life a Methodist Minister, grandfather, father, brother, husband and son. I'm starting with the first one, written in 1919, but I plan to record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--May 5, 1919 to May 5, 2013, for instance--with one entry per day. So it will take a year to get through the first diary.

The daily entries are pretty short, though, so in addition to recording the diaries, I'm also annotating them, giving additional information about the people, places and events mentioned by Stanford. By doing this, I hope to convey a sense of 1919 Schenectady, New York and the people Stanford interacted with. Of course, I'm also hoping to give Stanford's descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.

Datebook 1919

Monday, July 7, 1919

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