Home Movie: Eckelman Collection: 003753

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An Illinois family celebrates the holidays and birthdays together in 1951. Scenes of exuberant children and teenagers inside the home and in a rural area.

Notes found in can read:

"1951 / 10 / [?] boat Wonder Lake / [?] wiener roast / Bob-Oscar kayak / slow motion Gwen + Tom [?] / Lion Bob - Marg [?] / Brooksmiths Wonder Lake / Brooksmiths at g[?]"

"Oct 1951 / Uncle Bus at [?] / backyard rolling + leveling / Sam + Bus planting grass seed / Sam [?] grass seed / Tom O' Shanter golf course / Dad + Ashley golfing / Louise + Andy at the farm / Glenn, Kathy, + Bob new room addition / playing with the pigs / moving to new home / Sam lanting gooseberry bushes / Tom's 8th birthday party / 1951 / Tom's Birthday - 8th at 7824 Killhorn - 1951 - / Pheasant hunting with Tim Strackan / Fireside scene at 7824 with Bob / Tina in backyard / Tina + L[?] in snow / Bob shoveling / L[?] + boxer dog in snow / [?] in kitchen / parakeet (Scooter) + Louise"

"Punky + Gwen baking cupcakes / Thanksgiving 1951 / Tina in snow / xmas at Georges (mom + dad) / Ashley, Georges + Sam + Bob / skiing at Montrose - Bob, Tom, Louise, + Sam"

"Xmas 1951-Summer 1952 / xmas-1951 at 7824- party in kitchen - Georges', Paul + Carol, Punk, Gwen, Tom. Santa pinata in basement / Louise shoveling snow [?] / 1952 with Punky + dogs / Sam applying lime in backyard - Spring '52 / Tom at cub scout picnic / Louises' girl scout troop at Camp Pine / Garden early summer '52"

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Internet Archive, in Prelinger Archives

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Credit

Eckelman Family

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