[Clayton P. Hodgkin--home movies] Reel 9, Accession 2491

Date1948 – 1951

AbstractBrian and Douglas Hodgkin riding bicycles and Keith Hodgkin riding a tricycle. A boy running with a puppy. A boy dragging a toy. People standing near a house. The Hodgkin family and others in their yard, including Laura Hodgkin chasing after a small child in the road. The Milk Parade in Lewiston, ME, including floats, some with cows on them, marching bands and tractors. Clayton’s friends Cecil and Caroline Miller. The Hodgkin boys riding decorated bicycles for their own Fourth of July bike parade, including Clayton driving a tractor behind them. Children playing games on the lawn at Keith’s fifth birthday party. The Hodgkin boys posing on a brick structure at Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth, ME. Keith, Forest, Thomas Meade and others playing with tricycles and wagons, including Laura and Beth Hodgkin snapping peas, a boy feeding an animal popcorn and Laura and Beth walking. Laura and the boys having a picnic on some rocks. Keith, Forest and some of the Rathbun girls in a flower garden, including one of the girls chasing ducks. Views of the White Mountains from the backyard of the Hodgkin household in winter. Penny, the family collie. Douglas and Brian saluting in the cub scout uniforms. A man in a truck with “Maine Dairy Week” on the door. The Hodgkin boys playing on the lawn, including chasing Penny, spraying each other with a hose and playing with balloons. Marcia and Aletha, a woman named Flora, Forest and others on the beach at Harold Meade’s camp in Bridgton, ME, including Forest playing with a beach ball. A horse and colt. Children playing with dogs, including Forest with Penny and Sparky, a bantam rooster and Douglas with another boy, Sparky and Penny pushing Russell Meade’s dog in a wheelbarrow. Children in costume for a Halloween party. Children riding bicycles. Guernsey cows grazing near a barn. Forest standing on a fence as Penny barks at a rooster next to him. Boys using a water pump on Lester Hodgkin’s farm in Standish, ME. A boy sitting on the roof of a shack with Penny nearby. Notes on can: “#9” Donor Notes: All names and the majority of the locations come from the donor’s notes. Please refer to them for further information.

Creator

• Clayton Hodgkin

• Clayton Hodgkin