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- ↑ Langman, Larry; Borg, Ed (1989). "American Revolution". Encyclopedia of American War Films. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Garland Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8240-7540-8.
Edison presented a one-reel depiction of the tea-dumping as early as 1908 titled 'The Boston Tea Party.'
- ↑ Holmes, Dr. John R. (1 June 2009). Remembering Steubenville: From Frontier Fort to Steel Valley. History Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-62584-247-3.
Edison Studios in New York led the pack, and in 1908, Charles Stanton Ogle, son of Steubenville preacher Joseph C. Ogle, appeared in the Edison feature The Boston Tea Party.
Alt URL - ↑ Chalmers, J.P., ed. (11 July 1908). "Film Review". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 3, no. 2. New York: The World Photographic Publishing Company. pp. 10, 18 – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 Musser, Charles (1991). Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company . University of California Press. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-520-06986-2.
- ↑ Chalmers, J.P., ed. (8 August 1908). "Newspaper Comments on Film Subjects". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 3, no. 6. New York: The World Photographic Publishing Company. p. 6 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Chalmers, J.P., ed. (29 August 1908). "Newspaper Comments on Film Subjects". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 3, no. 2. New York: The World Photographic Publishing Company. p. 6 – via Internet Archive.
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