Web preview · 144px highIn 1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie footage, a man in a blue check shirt gestures as a woman in a plaid dress tends purple flowers.
Man gestures near the camera while a woman reaches into flowering foliage.

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Man gestures near the camera while a woman reaches into flowering foliage — Wauconda, Illinois, 1961

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Catalog year
1961
Location
Wauconda, Illinois, United States
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Still 1 · 0.40s into the source clip
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In 1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie footage, a man in a blue check shirt gestures as a woman in a plaid dress tends purple flowers.

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Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man and Woman Picking Purple Flowers from Tree

Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man and Woman Picking Purple Flowers from Tree

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Source format: 8mm.

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Source reel 2318

Reel label: glenn t evans,baby come home,june,tommy

Year note: 1961

Location note: moline illinois

Period detail

The clothing, 8mm color stock, backyard setting, and metadata-supported 1961 Wauconda location place the scene in early 1960s suburban or small-town Illinois life.

Film character

The clip has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that read as original home-movie texture.

Historical context

The scene shows casual adult activity in a leafy yard, reflecting everyday domestic home-movie attention rather than a formal event or public landmark.

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