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1938: Paperboy Depot Center Busting with Kids Making an Extra Buck

1938: Paperboy Depot Center Busting with Kids Making an Extra Buck

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  • Year1938
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationElyria, Ohio, United States
  • Duration18s
  • Pond5 pricefrom $178 USD

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Paperboy Depot Center Busting with Kids Making an Extra Buck — Clip Details

1938: A bustling paperboy depot in Elyria, Ohio, captures a group of young boys in period clothing working together to deliver newspapers during the Great Depression. Filmed on vintage 8mm film, this authentic 1930s home movie shows kids with bikes and wagons, embodying early 20th-century vintage. The black-and-white footage highlights their entrepreneurial spirit and daily struggles, offering a nostalgic glimpse into working-class youth culture in the Midwest. This historic, amateur film preserves a slice of American life with raw, unfiltered charm.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Film
Shot details
Black & white
Resolution
See Pond5 listing
License
Not licensed directly; available on Pond5
Delivery
Via Pond5
Duration
18s
Pond5 price
from $178 USD
Clip ID
55978672

Source & Documentation

Source reel
Reel 1920 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label
spring decoration day,nancy
Reel-level year note
1937-1938
Reel-level location note
elyria ohio
Date
1938 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
Elyria, Ohio, 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
Marketplace licensing (Pond5)

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

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Topics & Keywords

  • paperboy
  • delivery
  • gang
  • boys
  • kids
  • business
  • wagon
  • bikes
  • cute
  • dress
  • fashion
  • black white
  • job
  • poverty
  • help
  • newspaper
  • headline
  • midwest
  • usa
  • ohio
  • 1938
  • 1930s
  • innocent
  • forgotten
  • 1930s paperboy footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Ohio newspaper delivery
  • Great Depression kids
  • black and white 1938 film
  • midwest youth work
  • 1930s childhood
  • historical home movie
  • 8mm newsboys
  • Super 8 vintage footage
  • working class children
  • newspaper route
  • 1930s fashion
  • 1930s Midwest
  • 1930s kids
  • 1930s jobs
  • 1930s boys
  • 1930s nostalgia
  • 1930s documentary

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