Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Woman Tends To Her Garden Of Tulips And Ferns

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

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Woman Tends To Her Garden Of Tulips And Ferns — Clip Details

A woman in a blue patterned dress tends to her vibrant garden in Wauconda, Illinois, 1961. The 8mm home movie captures her watering red and yellow tulips and lush green ferns in a sun-drenched backyard. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American suburban lifestyle. The scene includes a house and trees in the background, with the woman moving gently through her garden.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123728160

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: Useful for 1960s U.S. home-movie requests needing suburban gardening, domestic leisure, or backyard spring color as documentary or commercial b-roll.
Period detail: The blue patterned dress, hand watering can, tulip beds, ferns, and modest house backdrop may show early-1960s Midwestern suburban garden life.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears comfortable and unstaged as she moves through the flower beds, watering plants while the camera observes from a family-home perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and yellow tulips, tall green ferns, a woman in a blue dress, a watering can, garden shrubs, trees, and a house roofline.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, slight color fading, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a family home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, seasonal transition, domestic memory beat, or cutaway for gardening and mid-century suburban life.
Historical context: The clip visually places home gardening within a residential setting, suggesting everyday domestic routines rather than a public event or staged scene.
Research note: A visible adult face and residential setting may require likeness or property review; copyright and source licensing should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm home movie, woman watering tulips, suburban garden footage, and vintage backyard gardening.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family garden scenes, then Wauconda or Illinois 1961 footage, then broader 1960s home gardening and suburban domestic clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda home-movie frame showing red and yellow tulips rising from a lush bed of ferns and garden greenery. — Tulips and ferns fill the foreground of the backyard garden.

In Wauconda, Illinois, a woman in a blue patterned dress tends tulips and shrubs in a backyard garden in 1961. — A woman steps through the tulip beds with a watering can.

A woman in a blue patterned dress stands among tulips and greenery in a 1961 Wauconda backyard garden scene. — The woman pauses near the flower bed as the house and shrubs frame the garden.

The woman continues tending tulips and garden beds in Wauconda, Illinois, captured on 8mm home-movie film in 1961. — She stands by the tulips with the watering can at her side.

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