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Birthday Parties (1950-1975)

10,000+ birthday reels from 1950 to 1975. Candles blown out in one try or ten, a doll-dress cake from 1974, frosting-faced babies, grandma's giant white cake in Buffalo, and the same song mouthed silently on 8mm in every state.

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Focus: United States | 1950–1975

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