[Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 4

Date1944 – 1948

Viewing NotesA girl and a toddler (Janice) sledding. Janice and a boy playing on the front steps. A man building a fence and Janice “helping”. Children on carnival rides. Janice in a lawn chair. Men cutting down trees. A baby on steps. Janice posing on the front steps. Men cutting down a tree. Children playing outside. Children with a duck. Cows. Children and adults outside. A crowd of children outside a school. Janice sitting by the water. A memorial on a bolder. A fire tower. A crumbling wall with graffiti. A camel behind a fence. A polar bear in an enclosure. Children blowing up balloons and playing with strollers. Janice playing with a puppy. A house with a multi colored thatch roof. Filling a bottle from a spring. People in a garden. Children on a dock. Close up of a boy. Panning shot of the woods. Children playing in the woods. A sign: ‘CHESTER STATE FOREST, MASSACHUSETTS, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, PICNICKING BATHING.’ Children hiking. Playing in the water. [End of Reel]

Donor-supplied Notes1944, 45, 46, 47, 48. Janice 1st year.