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16) 1311.0005 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 5
1948-1954. Gr. 1 to 5. At school 1948. 6 years old today. Summer 1949. 7 yrs old 1949. Sept 23 1950 8 years old. 9 yrs old today, 1951. Feb 1952. Recital dresses 195[?]. Ruth's ...;Children in the school yard. A girl (Janice) with a dog. Close up of the children. A group of men in suits and fedoras. Raising an American flag. Close ups of Janice. A dog. Wom...
2) 1311.0006 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 6
1952 to 53. June 1953 [?] of ma's funeral. Summer 1953. Dec 1953 Willard School in Xmas parade.;A group of children pose for the camera. A man and a girl (Janice) in a car. An older man in a suit poses with a bride. The bride and a bridesmaid leaving the house. Children ge...
3) 1311.0007 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 7
1954 & 55.;People sledding. Dogs. Four boys with paper mortar board hats that spell out ‘Q.U.I.Z’. Boys with fake mustaches serenade a girl with a parasol. A girl with a toy boat. Children...
20) 1311.0008 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 8
1955-56. 1955 Mozart display. First high heels. Badminton. 1956 Lorna & her dog.;A diorama with dolls and a set of piano keys. (Mozart display?) Two girls (Janice and Lorna) pose for the camera. Janice in dance costumes. Girls holding up babies. A boat towin...
5) 1311.0009 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 9
1956-57. 1956 moving house to build S.E. x-way. [Southeast Expressway is major highway through greater Boston area.];People in a cherry picker. A house up on a trailer. Girls eating popsicles. People on the beach. Burning brush. A sign: ‘THE END’. More jacked up houses and construction. Sign: ...
6) 1311.0010 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 10
Oct 1957. 1957 Oct.--moving Ahold's house.;Houses jacked up. Trucks moving a house on a trailer. A street sign: ‘IDA ST’. Houses with new foundations. Houses being moved. [End of Reel]
27) 1311.0011 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 11
S.E. xway being built 1957. [Construction of Southeast Expressway, Quincy, MA.] Prom day. House moved. Sally Lehto cottage.;Repairing a house. Part of the neighborhood being dug up. Cranes demolishing a bridge. A girl (Janice) posing on the front steps of a house. Close ups of girls in formal dress. ...
14) 1311.0012 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 12
New Years eve 1957. Pajama party New years eve Jan 1958. Sandra Massoni dinner dance gown.;People dancing. A girl (Janice) sorting through records. Dancing. A pile of blankets and pillows. A dog. A girl in pajamas and a party hat. Dancing. A girl talking on the teleph...
15) 1311.0013 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 13
[P?]J Pajama party. Cape Cod canal 1958.';Shot of a sign: ‘CAPE COD CANAL CORPS OF ENGINEERS U.S. ARMY’. Shots of the canal. A boat on the canal. Dark shots of houses. Sunrise. A plane overhead. A dog at the door. Too d...
10) 1311.0014 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 14
Sept 58. Spring 59. New York Sept 1958.;Shot of an American Airlines plane, tail number: ‘N94275’. Shot of a bottle of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. A blurry shot of a Western Union Telegram and a check from Canada Dry. A ph...
11) 1311.0016 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 16
Xmas 1959. Laura's first. 4 mos. old. Xmas 1959 Laura's first.;Shot of a Christmas tree. Toys and stockings laid out on a chair. A person standing out of sight holds up a baby (Laura) in a doorway. Christmas decorations. A woman holding a b...
8) 1311.0017 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 17
'Summer of 59. Laura's christening. Aug 30, 1959 Christening.;Two women, one holding a baby (Laura) dressed for a christening. Family members pose for the camera, dressed for church. A woman (Janice) holding Laura. A little girl blows kiss...
20) 1311.0018 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 18
Spring & summer of 1958. Lorna & Janice Easter AM 1958. Sept 23 going Tony [?] shoveling Silver Dollar program.;A girl (Janice) poses by a car. Janice and a friend (Lorna). Close up of a dog in a cage. Shots of other people. A small house in the woods. An outhouse/shed. Two people walking...
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