[C.H.W. Foster Collection--films] Item 8

Can DescriptionsFast Forward A collection of C.H.W Foster family silent home movies 1920's to 1950's

OtherOld telecine transfers of the 16mm films in this collection, with scene numbers superimposed at start of each scene, Appears to be slightly edited with some shots from different reels mixed together. None of .0002 and .0004 appears, + only a very short segment of .0003 appears. The DVD contains the only transfer of .0005 (incomplete).

Viewing Notes001 A blimp/dirigible flying overhead. 002 A man playing tennis in front of a large building. (The Eastern or Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, Massachusetts) Shot of a different man playing tennis. 003 Shots of various small sailboats. (Donor Notes: “Could be T-boats or MB boats racing”. Two sailboats being towed. 004 A girl (Cathy Tappan) working a winch to raise a boat (the Seaweed). A man in a sailor’s uniform assists her. Lowering the boat into the water. Cathy at the winch. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) 005 A woman wearing a black armband (Dede Farwell) and four children (Cathy Tappan, Marian, Edith and Frank Farwell) eating along a rock wall. The children playing on the beach while the woman watches. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) 006 Three women exiting a parked automobile. (Dede Farwell, Sue Foster and an unidentified woman.) The women shake hands and pose for the camera. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) 007 Five girls stand in a line, shortest to tallest. (Lib, Cally, Hilda and Mary Sizer, with Cathy Tappan.) The girls hold hands and dance in a circle, then form back into a line. 008 Five girls in a field. (Lib, Cally, Hilda and Mary Sizer, with Cathy Tappan.) The girls playing with dolls, running around and doing somersaults. The girls waving at the camera. The girls standing in a line, shortest to tallest. 009 A boy (Rockwood “Adam” Foster) playing with toy boats in front of a door at Charles River. A woman (Hilda Foster) helps him. 010 A man (Reginald Foster) and a boy (Rockwood “Adam” Foster) playing in the grass in front of a house. A woman (Fran Foster) sitting beside them. 011 A boy (Rockwood “Adam” Foster) playing with a rabbit in a hutch. Adam carrying a bundle of grass. 012 A boy (Rockwood “Adam” Foster) eating a banana (?). Adam, a man (Reginald Foster) playing with a Newfoundland dog. 013 A group of children (including Rockwood “Adam” Foster) playing with shovels while a group of women watch. A man (Reginald Foster) plays with a diabolo. 014 Automobiles driving up a road. Children and adults getting out of cars. People gathered around a baby carriage. Two women lift the baby carriage to carry it indoors. (Charles River House, Needham, Massachusetts) 015 Shadowy shots of people indoors. A boy (Frank Farwell the younger) play boxes with a man (Frank Farwell the elder) 016 A group of people pose for the camera on a deck overlooking the water. (The Ship’s Cabin Hotel/Boston Yacht Club, Marblehead, Massachusetts) 017 A man (C.H.W. Foster) on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) Another man is visible in the shadows. 018 A group of children (Cally Sizer, Frank Farwell, Cathy Tappan, Edith Farwell, and Marion Farwell.) stand along a wall to pose for the camera. The children play catch with a ball with someone out of the shot. 019 Close up of a girl (Hilda Sizer) with a baby (Fan Farwell) 020 A woman and a man (possibly Al and Dede Farwell) exiting the Ship’s Cabin Hotel. 021 A woman (Hilda Chase Foster) on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel. 022 A group of adults and children play with a ball, lined up along a wall. Includes members of the Sizer, Farwell and Tappan families. 023 A group of children in a dory, while a group of adults watch from the quay. The children rowing away, while a man sitting in the stern smoking a pipe. The group in the boat rowing and waving to the camera. A group of adults rowing past the camera. 024 A woman (Mary Foster, C.H.W Foster’s second wife) with other people leaning on the railing. 025 A woman walks past the camera. A group of children playing outside. Children playing with a Newfoundland dog and a small dog 026 Close up of a baby. (Possibly Fan Farwell) 027 Two girls (possibly Jane and Barbie Weld) outside. One girl stands with a dog while another pours water from a jug. Both run close to the camera. The girls playing and posing for the camera. Playing with blocks. (New Hampshire?) 028 A group of girls running out the front door of a house. One girl (Mary Sizer) on a tricycle/velocipede. A woman (possibly Fran Tappan) with the girls. All go inside. 029 – Not included on DVD 030 A group of girls playing in a field overlooking the water. Girls pose for the camera with a small dog. The girls playing leapfrog. 031 A man holding a baby. Children gather around. 032 A man and a horse drawn wagon. A woman raking leaves. The man and the woman (Barbie and Linzee Weld?) kiss. Shot of the horse and wagon. The man and woman raking. 033 Dark scene of people eating around a table. 034 A group of girls gathered on the quay. A sign for ‘MAINE RAILWAY’ in the background. A man coiling a rope. Panning view of the quay and people. A man (Captain Giles?) standing in front of a stack of lobster traps draws in a dingy. Children (Cally Sizer, Frank Farwell, Lib Sizer, Cathy Tappan and others) getting into the dingy. A man (Charles “Carl” Orin Foster) hands down a second set of oars. The children rowing. 035 A man (CHW Foster) with a dog. (Ship’s Cabin Hotel, Marblehead, Massachusetts) 036 A man (CHW Foster) and children (Lib Sizer with other Sizer and Farwell children) with a dog. 037 Panning shot of a boat carrying the sign ‘Colonial Gasoline’. A sailboat being launched. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) Boats on the water. 038 A man playing golf. A woman playing golf. A different man and woman golfing. 039 Various shots of a sailing sloop. 040 – Not included in DVD 041 Shot of a town on the shore. (Marblehead, Massachusetts?) A man (Wiley Nichols) steering a sailboat. Another man seated beside him. 042 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) 043a An adult holds a baby’s hands as they walk. People (including CHW Foster, Cathy Tappan, Lady Mary, Cal Sizer, Dede Farwell and others) gathered on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel. (Marblehead, Massachusetts) A girl playing with a dog. 043b The family gathered on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel, walking toward the camera. (Includes Frank Farwell, Fan Farwell, Adam [Rockwood Foster?], Leb Sizer, Mary Sizer, Edie Farwell, Marion Farwell, Hilda Sizer, Cathy Tappan, Ruth Foster, Cal Sizer, Deedee Farwell, Tubby Sizer, Al Farwell, Cath Tappan, Bob Tappan, Carl, CHW Foster.) 044 Children and adults playing in autumn leaves. (Possibly Cathy Tappan with members of the Sizer and Farwell families.) 045 Children climbing into a dingy. A man in a hat. The children rowing the boat. 046 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) 047 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.) 048 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 (?).) 049a 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?) 049b Adults and children stepping into a sailboat from the quay. People on the sailboat. 050a A little girl in the woods. Men (including Wylie Nichols) and children building a branch lean-to. 050b Two girls (Farwells) with a baby in a stroller. Adults and children building a branch lean-to in the woods. 051 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) 052 People wave as a car leaves. (Charles River House, Needham, Massachusetts) People standing on the porch. 053a Women in suits and dresses walking up the road. A line of women and children in costume standing in a snowy field. Two dogs. Costumed people entering the house. (Charles River House, Needham, Massachusetts) A woman walks across the snow. 053b Shots of people indoors. (Cath Tappan, Lady Mary, Theodore “Tubby” Sizer, Sizer girls, Aunt Deedee Farwell, Frank[?].) Children getting into an automobile. A woman and a boy seated on a couch. 054 A child (Frank Farwell?) rowing a boat with a makeshift sail. 055 A little girl (Barbie Weld?) standing on a beach. 056 A group of children gathered around a baby in a stroller. (Cally Sizer, other Sizer and Farwell children, Cal Sizer.) Children throw snow at the camera. The group poses for the camera. Women playing with a dog. A group of children playing in the snow. (Castle Farm?) Sledding. 057 Panning shot of rowboats and sailboats at mooring in a storm. The town of Marblehead, seen from the shore. 058 People on the deck of the Ship’s Cabin Hotel (Marblehead, Massachusetts) in a storm. Sailboats at moorings. 059 A sailboat on the water, with Marblehead, Massachusetts in the background. (Crocker Park and [Nathanael Greene (?) Herreshoff’s] home visible.) Various other shots of sailboat. An [antenna?] seen on the peninsula. Brief shot of color film, sailboats at mooring. 060 A woman (probably Mary “Lady Mary” Foster) kneeling on the ground, playing with a bird (pheasant?). 061 People in a rowboat. (Including Carl, Captain Giles, and Cathy Tappan.) Marblehead Neck in the background. A broadside reading “JENNEY GASOLINE”. People rowing the boat. 062 Dark shot of people indoors. 063 Two toddlers (Ted and Alice Sizer) playing with a woman. (Their mother, Caroline Sizer.) 064 People (members of the Sizer family) exiting a house. (Cath and Bob Tappan’s house in Needham, Massachusetts) An automobile driving past the camera. 065 A man (Al Farwell) exiting a house. (Cath and Bob Tappan’s house in Needham, Massachusetts) 066 A man (CHW Foster) exiting a house. (Cath and Bob Tappan’s house in Needham, Massachusetts) 067 A woman (Hilda Foster) playing paddle tennis. (Needham, Massachussets) 068 People playing paddle tennis. A man (Al Farwell) and his daughter on the sidelines. 069 A snowy scene, automobiles parked in front of a large white house. A woman running up a path, waving at the camera. 070 Automobiles parked in front of the Charles River house (Needham, Massachusetts). People loading skies into a car. License plate “93201”. A woman looking at a map. Cars leaving. 071 Dark shot of a toddler (Ted Sizer) playing. Other people barely visible. A man with a newspaper. 072 An automobile (Model A?) at the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) 073 Panning shot of snow covered trees. (Charles River, Needham, Massachusetts) 074 A group of people gathered outdoors. An adult helping a baby walk. People eating outdoors. A girl sitting in a tree. A girl waves at the camera. A toddler (Theodore “Ted” Sizer) in an outdoor playpen. A woman with a camera. Shots of various women walking past the camera. (Bethany, Connecticut) 075a Panning shot of landscape. (Bethany, Connecticut) 075b A toddler (Theodore “Ted” Sizer) in an outdoor playpen. 076 Three men (CHW Foster, Rockwood “Adam” Foster, and Henry Foster) with two babies (Reg and Peet Foster). 077 Two men carrying a trunk out to an automobile. Other people on the porch. (People include Reg Goster, Fran Foster, possibly Jennifer, Julian and Marian Bevan) 078 A woman and children in the driveway in front of the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) A girl carrying bags. People carrying things out to an automobile. A little girl kicking a football. A young boy in a suit. 079 A little girl walking in a garden at Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) 080 People in the garden at Charles River. (Needham, Massachusetts) Rockwood “Adam” Foster in army uniform. The family poses for the camera. The family playing with a dog. The children put a hat on the dog. Adam puts his hat on a little girl. Family salutes the camera. Men playing with a golf club. 081 People walking in front of the house at Charles River. (Needham, Massachusetts) Rockwood “Adam” Foster in army uniform. Panning shot of the garden. Brief shot of the front of a house. 082 An outdoor party at the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) A podium made out of a box, with ‘ADDMISSION’ written on it. People playing outdoors. 083 A boy (Henry Foster) making lemonade at a lemonade stand. 084 An outdoor party at the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) Adults and children playing. A girl standing at a table with the sign “Rummage SALE”. Children playing cricket. Boys shooting bb guns. Other games. A girl on a bicycle. A group of women seated in a circle. Children playing cricket. People seated outdoors. Cricket. 085 A woman with two toddlers outdoors. A small dog. 086 A woman (Hilda Foster) in an evening dress. 087 Panning shot of trees and Charles River. (Needham, Massachusetts) 088 People seated on the porch of the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) Panning shot of the view of trees and the Charles River. 089 View of the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) Flowering trees. 090 A boy and a dog walking in front of the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) The boy (Henry Foster) playing croquet. 091 Flowers in front of the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) 092 A life boat hanging from the side of a yacht. [Film changes to color] View of the flowers in front of the Charles River house. (Needham, Massachusetts) A boy (Henry Foster?) walking in the garden. [Film changes to black and white] The deck of a yacht. [Water damage] A man and a woman playing a board game. The ship’s wheel. A man in uniform walking on deck. He shakes hands with a woman. A woman and a man taking tea from an elaborate tea set. The yacht filmed from a smaller boat on the water. An American flag with an anchor. Men in uniform unloading a small boat. Close up of a man in a hat, smoking a pipe, walking up the gangway. 093 People in bathing suits, sitting on the beach. (Possibly England) A man and a woman seated on the rocks, sailboats moored in the cove beyond. People seated on the beach. 094 ? 095 A man, a woman and a boy in a garden. A boy waves at the camera. People walking in a garden. People seated on a stone wall. People eating. A boy flashes the V sign at the camera. A man serving food. 096 Close up of two woman. 097 ? 098 A woman in a nurses cap holding a baby. 099 A woman playing with a Newfoundland dog.