View of letter signed by Thomas A. Edison, dated September 30, 1902, concerning restrictions on use of the film. Line at top of letter reads: "Patented March 14, 1893." The film shows four Girls, in white night dresses, engaged in a pillow fight. One of the pillows tears and feathers fly everywhere. A single frame inserted at time code 00:14/ 00:30 reads: "Copyright 1897 by Thomas A. Edison."
Minnehaha falls in Minnesota. Visitors watch the falls from a viewing platform. (Filmed by Edison Company in June, 1897, and copyrighted July 31, 1897)
The great Erie Railroad docks, Cleveland, Ohio. A large Cylindrical metal dumper overturns railroad coal cars to dump contents into a ship, at the rate of two cars per minute. It rolls up an incline,with a coal car inside, turning the coal car upside down to empty it. This is repeated twice. Then the empty coal car is moved out and a new full one arrives ready to enter the dumper. (Edison Company, June, 1897)
The Corner of Madison and State Streets in Chicago, Illinois. The busiest corner in Chicago. Trolley cars crowding the streets and pedestrians filling the sidewalks and crossing the streets. Hundreds of shoppers. Several persons carry signs through the crowds, advertising Boating at Electric Park. (Edison Company film)
Shows the private electric railway of Armour & Co. in the packing company's Chicago yards. Electric trolley passes along tracks. Men stand on the electric trolley, which is filled with. Cartons. (Filmed by Edison Company)
Sheep run in stockyard, Chicago, Illinois. A large flock of sheep run down a ramp to the stockyard slaughter pens.
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