Web preview · 144px highA closer portion of the pan shows the white house and yellow gable beside water, with muddy ruts and debris in the foreground.
Muddy ground and scattered material sit between the camera and lakeside house.

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Muddy ground and scattered material sit between the camera and lakeside house — Wauconda, Illinois, 1961

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1961
Location
Wauconda, Illinois, United States
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Still 3 · 3.20s into the source clip
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A closer portion of the pan shows the white house and yellow gable beside water, with muddy ruts and debris in the foreground.

The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 3.20 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.

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Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: House with Yellow Gable by Flooded Lake

Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: House with Yellow Gable by Flooded Lake

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Source format: 8mm.

Browse the collection: 1960s collection.

Date documentation · estimated

Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.

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 2318

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

Year note: 1961

Location note: moline illinois

Period detail

The bare trees, modest lakeside house, muddy track, and color 8mm look may show early 1960s rural residential scenery in Wauconda, Illinois.

Film character

The 8mm footage carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, gate edges, and handheld panning that read as authentic physical-film texture.

Historical context

The view suggests a sparsely built lakeside rural area, with seasonal bare trees and wet ground giving context without proving a specific flood event.

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No people, faces, logos, or music are visible or indicated, but the house and land should be reviewed for property-use context and copyright status separately.

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