The woman lifts the baby's arm in a wave as the man laughs; a second woman and child are visible at lower left.
1948 · California, United States
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The woman looks down and adjusts the baby's cardigan while the man smiles toward the camera — California, 1948
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- 1948
- Location
- California, United States
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- Still 3 · 5.01s into the source clip
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Late-1940s home movie frame, probably Southern California: a woman tends to the baby she holds as a smiling man in a belted camp shirt stands alongside.
The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 5.01 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.
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Source footage and archive context
California-1948: Smiling Young Man and Woman Holding a Baby Outside a Stucco House
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1940s collection.
Date documentation · estimated
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Location documentation · estimated
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Period detail
The woman's rolled hairstyle and puff-sleeved blouse, the man's camp-collar shirt and the saturated colour stock point to the late 1940s.
Film character
Soft-focus handheld 8mm colour with warm saturated tones, a faint magenta cast in the highlights, deep shadows and light dust specks.
Historical context
The clip shows an informal outdoor family portrait of the kind amateur colour 8mm film made possible after Kodachrome reached that gauge in 1936.
Research note
The individuals are unidentified private persons with recognisable faces, including a baby and a child; copyright in the film is separate from likeness and private-property considerations.
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