RCFI Family 2, 1927-1929, [C.H.W. Foster Collection--films] Reel 3

Date1927 – 1929

Can DescriptionsRCFI Family 2 1927-29 Group 2 Films b Hilda Foster + Reg Foster digitized 2006

Donor-supplied NotesStart at majestic seaside resort. Toddler taking first steps with Francis Foster. From later vignettes toddler probably is Henry Foster age 1.5 - 2 years old. Henry playing with Adam on the beach. Joined later by Francis. Adam and Henry outdoors and on a ferry. A duplicate of 10+ cousins getting into a cockle and rowing off. Another Ship’s Cabin Thanksgiving march on the deck, incl. Sizers, I think Farwells, great aunt Hilda Foster and perhaps Reginald Foster. More extensive than vignette in Reel 1. Boarding a small sailboat and motoring off. Then backing back in. Who??? Children building a teepee w. pine branches in the woods at Charles River. Sizer family packs up car (A-2901) and leaves Charles River after a Thanksgiving late 1920s or early 1930s. Car (643) drives off from Charles River with everyone waiving goodbye. Baby ??? In the nude. Big toothless smile. Looks like Hugh Foster? Children in a wading pool with parents. Two are Adam Foster and Reginald Foster. Rest could be Henry, Hugh and Francis. Many vignettes of adults relaxing at the beach. Adam, Henry and baby Hugh with nanny. Ages appear to be 5,2 and 4 months. Hugh gets a kiss from Henry, who has long curly locks. Francis joins later.

Viewing NotesFancy hotel on the beach. [Grand Hotel, Torquay?] Women and a toddler on a balcony. Children playing on the beach. The children on the beach with a woman, with beach huts in the background. Women and children walking in the woods. [Same as .0001] A toddler in a stroller and a boy holding a toy dog pose on the quay. Children climbing into a dingy. A man in a hat. The children rowing the boat. A man and a woman (Linzee and Barbara “Barbie” Weld) with their baby (Barbara “Barbie” Weld) on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) The family gathered on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) The group walking toward the camera. (Frank Farwell, Rockwood “Adam” Foster, Lib and Mary Sizer, Ruth Foster, Deedee Farwell, Al Farwell, Cath Tappan, Carl, CHW Foster, Lady Mary.) The family gathered on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) The group walking toward the camera. (Rockwood “Adam” Foster, Frank Farwell, Lib and Mary Sizer, Barbie Weld (?), Theodore “Tubby” Sizer, Al Farwell, Reg (?), Hilda (?).) Adults and children on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel (Marblehead, Massachusetts). A woman (Dede Farwell) helps a baby (Fan?) walk. A toddler walks up. (Barbie Weld?) Adults and children stepping into a sailboat from the quay. People on the sailboat. A little girl in the woods. Men (including Wylie Nichols) and children building a branch lean-to. Two girls (Farwells) with a baby in a stroller. Adults and children building a branch lean-to in the woods. An automobile (license plate number: A2901) pulling up in front of a house. A man gets out of the car, then carries suitcases from the house to the car. Men strapping suitcases to the running board of the car. People (including Anneliese Wellershaus, Cal Sizer and Sizer children) exiting the house. They wave at the camera and get into the car. Loading more packages into the car. People standing on the porch wave as the car drives away. (Charles River House, Needham, Massachusetts) People wave as a car leaves. (Charles River House, Needham, Massachusetts) People standing on the porch. A baby lying on a blanket. Children in a pool. A woman floating on an inflatable pool toy. A boy swimming. People in bathing suits on the beach. Close up of two women. Two women and three young children seated on the grass. The three children, with two different women. [End of reel]