Web preview · 144px highIn 1960 Wauconda, Illinois, a woman appears behind a dense garden bed with purple flowers and sunlit green foliage.
A woman tends a flower bed, partly obscured by foliage and purple blooms.

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A woman tends a flower bed, partly obscured by foliage and purple blooms — Wauconda, Illinois, 1960

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Catalog year
1960
Location
Wauconda, Illinois, United States
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Still 1 · 0.40s into the source clip
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In 1960 Wauconda, Illinois, a woman appears behind a dense garden bed with purple flowers and sunlit green foliage.

The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 0.40 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.

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Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Woman Cutting Yellow and Purple Flowers

Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Woman Cutting Yellow and Purple Flowers

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Source format: 8mm home movie.

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Period detail

The 8mm color, light patterned dress, headband, and informal garden setting may show early-1960s home-life details consistent with the supplied Wauconda, Illinois metadata.

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The clip carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges.

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The footage offers a small-scale view of household flower gardening in 1960 Wauconda without making broader claims about the neighborhood or family shown.

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