The Rosenberg Library Collection - Galveston Beach and Stewart’s Mansion (1928)

Duration: 16:58

Year Published: 1928

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This home movie captures George Sealy, Jr., a prominent Galveston businessman, and his family in 1928. First, the family spends a day at the beach, where the children play in the sand. Later, the Sealys return to their summer retreat, Isla Ranch. (The home is better known as Stewart’s Mansion, one of Galveston’s most historic—and haunted—buildings.)