Cooperstown/Lake Otsego, 1920s

From my grandparents' home movies. Cooperstown and Lake Otsego views, shooting bricks from 0:50 - 1:21, party at the Cooperstown Country Club w/ tennis, badminton and croquet, old cars, 4:07 The Otesaga Hotel, a biplane seaplane takes off and lands, tour of lake from speedboat with Kingfisher Tower...
For a higher quality version of all of the Cooperstown footage my grandparents' took, along with a narration by my mother who spent some time there, see this newer compilation: • Cooperstown, NY compil...

[@ShellyOlmstead]

Wow, this is awesome! Thank you for sharing these with everyone!

[@wilber53]

Interesting! In the last piece of the film I could spot my old house that I grew up in.

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

Thank you

[@lipwak]

Hi, Thanks for the kind words. I am very happy that they have been so well received! I think I have uploaded about all that I can. The rest are personal scenes. I have given the source tapes to the NYSHA so they will hopefully share more of them in the best way possible. Cheers, John L

[@lipwak]

Good question. I don't know. Sometimes Grandpa shot it, sometimes Grandma, since Grandpa is in the shot or vice versa. I'm glad they shared and am impressed at the good camerawork throughout!

[@lipwak]

Hmm, I wonder if all the outside party scenes, tennis, etc are Lakelands rather than the CCC? Is there some CCC in there? My mom, daughter of the people who shot it (both Grandpa and Grandma used the camera), thought it was the CCC. Thanks. John L, who's only been to Cooperstown once or twice, many years ago.

[@lipwak]

So, do you think all the footage of people standing around and playing tennis is at Lakelands or could it be the CCC? Did both have tennis courts? As for more video, I do have more but my mom wants to keep scenes of her family out of what I put on KZbin. She would be happy to give it to the NYS Historical Society though.

[@lipwak]

Thanks! What's the Narramattah? And what's funny about the Chenango boathouse? (Which one is it?) Cheers, John L

[@walterhogan2874]

The launch is at 4:56 in the Cooperstown Otsego Lake 1920 movie. I do not have the previous message I sent so I may have had a typo in the time. The seaplane lands and the a close up of it at thr dock and a few seconds later the launch (white hull half cabin half canopy) goes by, right to left.

[@lipwak]

+Walter Hogan I see. Good to know. Too bad it isn't a longer shot.

[@Shadowsniper689]

Ah, Kingfisher Tower. Too bad it's never really used for anything. It'd be a heck of a house to live in, even if it is tiny... I'm gonna ask my grandparents if they have any old footage of Coops. We have a lake house there, and have plenty of current footage of the family and such. Would have to get it off the tape, though.

[@walterhogan2874]

Would like to connect on some other mail system as you have a lot of footage of Lakelands when the Bower's owned it.

[@lipwak]

+Walter Hogan I'm trying... Tried to find a way to message via Google+ and KZbin and am not having luck. It used to work on KZbin at least. I never use Google+. Will keep trying to figure out a way that is private...

[@lipwak]

I do have more and want the NYS Historical Society to have it. I have tried to contact them. AFAIK, they are not skeet shooting but shooting bricks! Mystified me but that's what my mom says they did! lol Shooting them out of the building? Wish I could ask them. (And doesn't the shooting take place on a hillside whereas Lakelands would be by the lake, no?)

[@gregwddriver]

Monster Pierce Arrow at :45.