Two women in patterned dresses seated in a sunlit backyard, circa 1962, with a third woman partially visible behind them.
1962 · Illinois, United States
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Two women in patterned dresses in a suburban backyard, sunlit grass behind them, circa 1962 Illinois — Illinois, 1962
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- 1962
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- Illinois, United States
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- Still 4 · 4.60s into the source clip
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Two older women in early-1960s patterned house dresses seated in a sunlit suburban backyard, consistent with Illinois home-movie footage circa 1962.
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Source footage and archive context
Illinois USA-1962: Women Conversing on Lawn in Summer Dresses
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1962 Illinois.
Date documentation · estimated
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Location documentation · estimated
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.
Source reel 2325
Reel label: glenn t evans
Year note: 1962
Location note: moline illinois
Period detail
Short-sleeved patterned house dresses with fitted bodices and the informal suburban backyard setting are consistent with early-to-mid 1960s American women's everyday attire.
Film character
Warm color shift, visible grain, slight halation in sunlit areas, and informal close-medium framing are consistent with consumer 8mm home-movie stock from the early 1960s.
Historical context
Patterned cotton house dresses were common daywear for women of this generation in mid-century American suburbs; the informal backyard gathering reflects typical postwar domestic leisure patterns.
Research note
At least two principal women's faces are clearly identifiable in multiple frames; standard likeness review applies — no commercial clearance should be assumed without further assessment.
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