VIDEO
Formosa to Oregon Item Info
- Title:
- Formosa to Oregon
- Creator (Person):
- Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960
- Date Created:
- 1929
- Time Period:
- 1920s
- Description:
- Iowa State College landscape architecture professors Philip H. Elwood and Walter Popham took four students (Bethane Carpenter, John Hall, Max Bird, and Norman Morris) on a tour of Japan, China, the Philippine Islands, and Hawaii in 1929. This video covers highlights of Formosa (Taiwan), China, and Japan. In Amoy (Xiamen), China, the group first visits a private home, then sees Camel Rock from the garden of a merchant and the private garden of another wealthy Chinese merchant. From there it is on to Formosa and a shrine at Keelung (Chi-lung or Jilong) and a visit to the city square. It is then on to Taihoku (Taipei) to see a Chinese temple and Japanese shrine, a great camphor tree near the inn, and the proprietress and daughter of the Asumya Inn, Tainan. Also on the island they pass by banana orchards, rice fields, bamboo groves, Chinese homes, and distant mountains. They then travel back to Japan where they see wayside wanderers by the road, Mt. Hiei and Lake Biwa, wayside shrines, and giant cryptomerias. They also see the Garden of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji) and Kyoto gardens;meet Professor Sekiguchi and Mr. Ida, their guides and hosts in Kyoto;see the gateway to Horai Garden;and view a street in Tokyo with newly planted trees. Sailing from Yokohama on board the Arabia Maru, they cross the "gentle" Pacific for the port of Victoria, British Columbia. From there they begin the journey back to Iowa by passing through the Cascade Mountains between Seattle and Portland. Annotation: Video made from original 16 mm film.
- Subject (Topic):
- Travel Gardens Shrines Temples, Chinese Landscape design
- Subject (Person):
- Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960 Popham, Walter D., 1898-1979
- Subject (Organization):
- Rokuonji (Kyoto, Japan)
- Location:
- Taiwan Japan--Kyoto Japan North America--Cascade Range
- Language:
- eng
- Source:
- Philip Homer Elwood papers
- Call Number:
- RS 26/5/11
- Archival Series:
- Films, 1927-1931
- Finding Aid Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tz3j
- Contributing Institution:
- Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Extent:
- 00:15:20
- Medium:
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Genre:
- motion pictures (visual works) silent films black-and-white films (visual works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Digital Collection Title:
- Philip H. Elwood films
- Digital Collection Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9r20rw31
- Identifier:
- elwood23
- Filename:
- av09689_h264.mp4
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w93d24
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Formosa to Oregon", Philip H. Elwood Films, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w93d24
Rights
- Rights:
- This item is protected by copyright and related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. No permission is required for noncommercial uses. For other uses, please obtain permission from Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.