Web preview · 256px highCloser view of two men and a compact red tractor at a rural lakeside bank; a pale tarp-like material appears at the water's edge, circa 1962 Illinois, 8mm film.
Two men and tractor with pale material emerging at the lakeshore, c. 1962.

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Two men and tractor with pale material emerging at the lakeshore, c. 1962 — Illinois, 1962

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1962
Location
Illinois, United States
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Still 3 · 3.20s into the source clip
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Closer view of two men and a compact red tractor at a rural lakeside bank; a pale tarp-like material appears at the water's edge, circa 1962 Illinois, 8mm film.

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Illinois USA-1962: Two Men Using Tractor at Lakeside

Illinois USA-1962: Two Men Using Tractor at Lakeside

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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

Compact red farm tractor, work jackets, and blue jeans are visible; bare deciduous trees indicate late autumn, consistent with early-1960s rural Midwestern imagery.

Film character

Kodachrome-era 8mm saturation renders blues vividly against warm earth tones; film-edge blackout bands and fine grain frame the action with unmistakable period texture.

Historical context

Small-scale lakeside property work with a compact tractor was common in rural Illinois in this era; the retrieved object may relate to a dock section, boat, or seasonal debris.

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