Web preview · 144px highElderly women in early-1960s house dresses, including a blue shift and a floral print, set up a picnic table on a green lawn beneath leafy trees, Illinois, circa 1962.
Women setting up a picnic table outdoors, Illinois, circa 1962.

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Women setting up a picnic table outdoors, Illinois, circa 1962 — Illinois, 1962

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1962
Location
Illinois, United States
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Elderly women in early-1960s house dresses, including a blue shift and a floral print, set up a picnic table on a green lawn beneath leafy trees, Illinois, circa 1962.

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Illinois USA-1962: Elderly Women Gathering at Park Picnic

Illinois USA-1962: Elderly Women Gathering at Park Picnic

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Source format: 8mm.

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Source reel 2325

Reel label: glenn t evans

Year note: 1962

Location note: moline illinois

Period detail

Women's house-dress attire, including a blue shift and a floral print dress, may indicate early-to-mid 1960s casual wear; the opening frame shows a deer among bare deciduous trees and may belong to a separate scene on the same reel.

Film character

Color 8mm stock shows warm saturation, moderate grain, and natural exposure variation, including an overexposed flash frame between scenes, consistent with amateur home-movie shooting of the early 1960s.

Historical context

The casual outdoor setting and women's everyday house-dress attire reflect informal picnic culture common at American public parks and private gatherings in the early 1960s.

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Identifiable faces of adult women are visible in at least two frames; likeness rights cannot be assumed cleared and should be evaluated before broadcast or commercial use.

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