First Avenue, Seattle, Washington 1897 (Rossov Remastered)

First Avenue, Seattle, Washington 1897. This Edison short is part of their “Northern Pacific Rainway Series“ and runs just under thirty-seconds. There’s not too much to see in terms of story or actual action but the main reason for watching this is just to see a city street as it looked in 1897. We get to see a couple store fronts, a few people walking around and a couple banners hanging up. That’s pretty much all we see here but it’s a film that capture a real time in a real place and on that level it’s worth spending half a minute with. Fans of early cinema will certainly want to check it out but others will probably stay away.