Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Woman Carrying Large Bouquet of Purple Lilacs in Backyard

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationWauconda, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Wauconda Illinois

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Woman Carrying Large Bouquet of Purple Lilacs in Backyard — Clip Details

A woman in a plaid dress carries a massive bouquet of purple lilacs through a sun-dappled backyard in Wauconda, Illinois, 1961. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet, domestic moment with natural light filtering through trees. A man in a white shirt walks into frame, and a vintage tractor sits in the background near a wooden structure. The scene exudes mid-century Americana, with authentic film grain and color saturation typical of home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123727897

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 2318 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans,baby come home,june,tommy
Reel-level year note: 1961
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Wauconda, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1961 Wauconda home-movie footage useful for mid-century domestic life, backyard gardening, spring flowers, and family-memory sequences in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The plaid dress, white shirt, open yard, older tractor-like equipment, and 8mm color stock support an early-1960s home-movie setting without identifying a specific event.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged domestic moment as a woman carries a large bunch of lilacs while a man briefly enters the yard beside her.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a plaid dress, a large purple lilac bouquet, a man in a white shirt, trees, lawn, dirt path, water beyond the yard, and old yard equipment.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a springtime cutaway, domestic memory beat, garden insert, or transition into family life in a small Midwestern town.
Historical context: The scene shows informal backyard life in Wauconda, Illinois, with flowering shrubs and yard equipment suggesting everyday household or garden activity.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property concerns should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Searches it may match include 1961 Wauconda Illinois home movie, 8mm woman carrying lilacs, mid-century backyard flowers, and vintage family garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader 1960s home-movie scenes of gardens, flowers, and family yards.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Wauconda, Illinois, a woman in a plaid dress carries a large bouquet of purple lilacs across a sunlit backyard. — A woman moves through the yard carrying a large bouquet of purple lilacs.

A woman in a plaid dress is partly hidden by a large lilac bouquet in a Wauconda backyard, with trees and yard equipment behind her. — The lilac bouquet fills the center of the frame as the woman pauses in the yard.

The woman continues carrying a large bouquet of purple lilacs through the Wauconda yard as another adult is partly visible at left. — A second adult appears at the edge while the woman carries lilacs across the backyard.

A man in a white shirt enters beside the woman with lilacs in the 1961 Wauconda backyard scene, with trees and old equipment behind them. — A man steps into frame near the woman as she holds the large lilac bouquet.

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