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Description
A 3/4" video tape of a 8mm film silent transfer of the final day at Cal Expo, the California State Fair, during its opening year at its location near the American River. The original film was shot by Bill Rase. Bill Rase (1926-2006), was a well-known Sacramento figure. He founded and performed with the Bill Rase Band starting in the 1950s until his death. He was a disc jockey on local radio in the 1950s, he hosted a television variety show, and portrayed "Bosun Bill" on a children's television show.
Type
moving image
Format
Copy Silent U-matic
Extent
1 Tape of 1 00:06:51
Identifier
2017/022 casacsh_000562
Language
English
Subject
Fairs Exhibitions California State Fair and Exposition
Place
Sacramento (Calif.) Cal Expo (Sacramento, Calif.)
Provenance
Center for Sacramento History California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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