Web preview · 256px high1961 Wauconda lakeside view through dark foreground trees, showing blue water, small docks, and a pale shoreline area.
Foreground trees create a shaded frame around the lakeside docks.

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Foreground trees create a shaded frame around the lakeside docks — Wauconda, Illinois, 1961

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1961
Location
Wauconda, Illinois, United States
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Still 4 · 4.60s into the source clip
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1961 Wauconda lakeside view through dark foreground trees, showing blue water, small docks, and a pale shoreline area.

The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 4.60 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.

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Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Lake Visible Through Bare Trees in Wauconda

Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Lake Visible Through Bare Trees in Wauconda

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Source format: 8mm.

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Date documentation · estimated

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Location documentation · estimated

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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 soft 8mm color, wooded shoreline, simple docks, and bare spring trees may show a modest early-1960s lakeside recreation setting.

Film character

The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, and gentle exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.

Historical context

The footage visually places a quiet lake within a wooded Illinois setting, suggesting everyday recreation rather than a formal public event.

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No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any shoreline property questions still need normal review.

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