Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Woman Picking Dahlias and Gladiolus in Garden

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationWauconda, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Wauconda Illinois

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Woman Picking Dahlias and Gladiolus in Garden — Clip Details

A woman in a light-colored dress tends to a vibrant garden in Wauconda, Illinois, 1960. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her carefully picking flowers amidst a colorful array of dahlias and gladiolus. The scene unfolds outdoors on a sunny day, with a grassy field and trees in the background. The vintage quality, with natural film grain and saturated colors, evokes a nostalgic, everyday moment from mid-century America.

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: 123744277

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1960 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Wauconda, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 Midwestern home-movie requests needing an everyday garden, senior woman, or domestic outdoor memory beat.
Period detail: The light dress, bright flower bed, 8mm color, and suburban garden setting support a mid-century home-movie feel in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears absorbed in tending and picking flowers, giving the clip an unstaged family-film view of routine gardening.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older woman, light patterned dress, tall gladiolus, mixed garden flowers, lawn, trees, and a sunny outdoor setting.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a cutaway, seasonal insert, domestic-life transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s family or community sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a modest outdoor leisure and household activity rather than a public event, emphasizing everyday garden care in a Midwestern setting.
Research note: A visible adult face may require likeness review, while no logos or audible music are evident from the supplied metadata and frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm home movie garden, older woman picking flowers, Wauconda Illinois family footage, and vintage backyard gardening.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1960 Illinois material, then broader home-movie gardening and domestic outdoor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older woman in a light dress stands among garden flowers in Wauconda, Illinois, 1960 home-movie footage. — A woman stands in a flower garden with lawn and trees behind her.

In 1960 Wauconda home-movie footage, a woman tends flowers near a lawn and tree line. — The woman pauses among tall garden flowers with open grass and trees in the background.

A woman bends to tend or pick flowers in a sunny Wauconda garden, captured on 8mm film in 1960. — The woman leans into the garden bed, reaching toward flowers and plants.

The woman bends close to flowering plants in a Wauconda, Illinois garden scene from 1960 8mm footage. — The woman works close to the blooms at the front of the garden.

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