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Windbigler, Gary
Gary Windbigler left this world on Sept. 30, 2010, about a mile from where he was born. He arrived to parents Jack and Harriet Windbigler on Nov. 19, 1941, in Fortuna, Calif. He spent a happy childhood in Orick with … Continue reading
Silent Film: Look What Just Happened in Blocksburg!
Friends, you may mistake this setting for New York or San Francisco, but nope! That orchestra just played an original score for Buster Keaton’s “The General” down at the church on Nov. 6, 2010. Unfortunately the audio my little Flip … Continue reading
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Silent Film: Warming Up for “The General”
I shot this at the Blocksburg Church on Nov. 6, 2010. A group of musicians came out and played an original score one of them wrote for Buster Keaton’s “The General.”
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Gary Windbigler and Jack Dog
Date: Late 1940s Description: Pictured are Gary Windbigler and Jack Dog at the Ralph “Punk” Rowley homestead on Sturm Road. Punk’s brother, Mike, was Gary’s step-grandfather. Punk and Mike’s sister, Effie, taught at the Blocksburg and Burr Creek schools. Reproduced … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, Bridgeville, dogs, Gary Windbigler, Rowley, Sturm Road, Windbigler
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Gary Windbigler and Jay Williamson
Date: Late 1940s Description: Gary Windbigler and Jay Williamson in the Redwoods Reproduced with permission of Gary Windbigler.
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Gary Windbigler and Harriet Williamson
Date: Late 1940s Description: Pictured are Gary Windbigler and mother Harriet Williamson at the Punk Rowley homestead on Sturm Road. Punk’s brother, Mike, was Gary’s step-grandfather. Punk and Mike’s sister, Effie, taught at the Blocksburg and Burr Creek schools. Reproduced … Continue reading
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Harriet Williamson and Geraldine Friel
Date: Late 1940s Description: Harriet Williamson (Gary Windbigler’s mother) and mother Geraldine Friel (his grandmother) at the Ralph “Punk” Rowley homestead on Sturm Road. Punk’s brother, Mike, was Gary’s step-grandfather. Punk’s sister Effie taught at the Blocksburg and Burr Creek … Continue reading
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Lloyd Hall
Date: Unknown Description: Thought to be Bridgeville. Man on right may be Lloyd Hall, former owner of the Bridgeville Store. Reproduced with permission of Gary Windbigler.
Hello, Goodbye! A guide to waving in the country
This is my film for the 2010 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, which takes place Jan. 23-30. For more information, check out the Western Folklife Center’s website at westernfolklife.org.
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Tagged Bigger, Brightman, Cottrel, Kristin Windbigler, Luke Knowland, McWhorter, Moore, National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Windbigler
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Silent Film: Little Girls Reconsider Eating Outside
This is at the Town Hall before the showing of Buster Keaton’s “The General” up at the church with a live orchestra.