The woman smiles toward the camera with a hand on the hibiscus while the girl looks up at her.
1945 · Florida, United States
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A toddler grins at the camera as a young woman reaches for a hibiscus bloom, likely Florida, circa 1945 — Florida, 1945
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- 1945
- Location
- Florida, United States
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- Still 1 · 1.44s into the source clip
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Toddler in a white puffed-sleeve dress smiles as a woman reaches for red hibiscus by a blue bay, likely Florida, circa 1945.
The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 1.44 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.
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Source footage and archive context
Florida-1945: Woman Reaching for Red Hibiscus as a Toddler Plays at Her Feet
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1940s collection.
Date documentation · estimated
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Period detail
The woman's print shirtwaist-style dress with ruffled neckline, clutch purse and curled hairstyle, and the girl's puffed-sleeve dress, may show mid-1940s dress.
Film character
Soft focus, visible grain and a cool blue cast with saturated reds give the clip the handheld texture of projected colour 8mm.
Historical context
Colour 8mm was available from 1936, so a family recording a child in a subtropical garden in colour fits amateur filmmaking of the 1940s.
Research note
The woman and child are identifiable but unnamed, the child is a minor, and the lawn and buildings may be private property; likeness and property questions are separate from copyright in the film.
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