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1) 1311.0001 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 1
My father [Charlie Bird] playing minor league baseball in the 40s. Fore River Baseball. ;A minor league baseball game with the Fore River baseball team in the 1940s. A batboy. A man in a suit and hat. Shot of the stands. Close ups of various players. More shots of t...
2) 1311.0002 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 2
No. I. Sept 1942. Quincy, MA & Chester, NH. Janice [being brought home from Quincy City Hospital after she was born];Sept 1942. Quincy Mass & Quincy City Hospital. Shots of car being cleaned. (05:49) Shot of hospital. (06:22) Baby being brought from hospital. (05:58) To car to home. (06:33...;Two men seated at a table, talking. A man cleaning a car windshield. A woman waves at the camera. A woman leaving the hospital with a baby (Janice Smith). Shots of buildings. A ...
9) 1311.0003 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 3
A baby (Janice Smith) playing outdoors. Janice and a man in a car. Two women playing in the snow. A man in an army sergeant uniform. Janice sledding. Playing in the snow. People...;'No. 2. 1943. Janice.'
19) 1311.0004 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 4
A 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 ch...;1944, 45, 46, 47, 48. Janice 1st year.
832) 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...
833) 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...
835) 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...
836) 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: ...
837) 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]
80) 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...
841) 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...
842) 1311.0015 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 15
Lorna's wedding 1961.;A girl (Janice) and two other women dressed as bridesmaids. Wedding guests arriving. A woman with a camera. The bride (Lorna) walking into the church. Guests waiting outside the...
16) 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...
2) 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...
845) 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...
19) 1311.0019 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 19
Spring 1960. Sally's wedding. Easter 1960--May Sally Carbreni's wedding.;A woman (Janice) in gloves and a flowery hat. Janice bouncing a baby on the front steps. Janice holding the baby. Wedding guests gathered on the sidewalk. A car decorated with s...
4) 1311.0020 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 20
Summer 1960. Laura's 1st birthday and Mark's christening.;A girl (Janice) holding a baby (Laura) and a pinwheel. Laura in a highchair with a birthday cake. Laura in a basin. A man and a woman standing on the sidewalk, holding a baby (M...
52) 1311.0021 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 21
Mark's 1st Bday 1961 Summer.;Babies with balloons. A woman puts a party hat on a baby (Mark). Babies in a pool (Mark and Laura). Mark and Laura on a swing. People in formal dress standing on the sidewalk. [...
849) 1311.0022 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 22
Summer 1961. 1961--putting up swing. [illegible].;A girl (Laura) on a rocking horse. Laura watches as a man washes a car. A baby (Mark?) in a crib outdoors. Laura on a swing while a woman (Janice) puts the swing set together. A...
6) 1311.0023 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 23
Winter 1961. Summer 1962.;A woman (Janice) holding a baby (Mark?) in the snow. A toddler (Laura) walking down a path in the snow. A man shoveling snow. Laura in a stroller. A man holding Mark. Mark in a ...
24) 1311.0024 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 24
Around 61 or 62 Summer.;A baby (Mark?) on a swing set. A toddler (Laura) next to a laundry line. Laura eating. Laura and a woman (Janice) sitting on the front steps. Shots of a house and yard. [End of ...
15) 1311.0025 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 25
Summer & Winter 61-62.;Adults and children outdoors. Two toddlers (Laura and Mark) in a pool. Laura and Mark playing in the yard. A man pulling Laura on a sled. Shot of a house. Laura pulling the sled...
853) 1311.0026 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 26
Around Winter & Spring 63.;Two children (Laura and Mark) with shovels. Children playing in the snow. Laura in a dress. Laura and Mark dressed up. Children on a swing set. A woman (Janice) and a man leanin...
27) 1311.0027 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 27
Fall of 64. Winter 65.;A girl (Laura) posing in the driveway. A little girl getting out of a car. The two girls running down the street. A baby in a crib. Children playing in the street. Two children ...
10) 1311.0028 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 28
Summer 64. Easter 1965.;A group of children playing indoors. Children in party hats seated around a table. A birthday cake with a ‘5’ and a ‘4’ on it. ‘Mr. ED’ and ‘BUGS BUNNY’ toys. Children exiting a...
54) 1311.0029 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 29
Around Spring & Summer of 64.;Two children in formal dress (Laura and Mark). A woman (Janice) posing for the camera. Children around a bicycle. An outdoor birthday party. Children bicycling and playing outdo...
30) 1311.0030 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 30
Around 1964.;Children on a swing set. Children playing outdoors. Setting up an outdoor pool. A girl (Laura) serving lemonade and animal crackers. Children playing outdoors. A boy with a toy ...
11) 1311.0031 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 31
Xmas 1964. 1965 Jan.;A Christmas tree. Two children (Laura and Mark) playing on a couch. Laura and Mark having a tea party in front of the Christmas tree. The children playing with a toy steering wh...
14) 1311.0032 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 32
Sept of 68.;A policeman standing by the side of the road. A group of children pose for the camera. Dark shot of children running down the street. Children with hula hoops. Girls in dresses ...
9) 1311.0033 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 33
Summer 67. Spring 68. Laura & Mark's birthday party. 1968.;A man barbecuing. A woman (Janice) on a lawn chair, watching children playing. Children on bicycles. A group of children posing for the camera. A girl and a boy (Laura and Mark)...
861) 1311.0034 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 34
Summer of 68.;A child playing outdoors. A birthday party. A girl (Laura) blowing out birthday cake candles. A boy blowing on candles. A girl blowing on candles. Trick candles. Dark indoor sho...
25) 1311.0035 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 35
About Summer of 69. Going to school 1970.;Children playing in the snow. Children playing ball on the grass. A woman wiping a child’s face. Children playing. [End of Reel]
5) 1311.0036 [Helen V. Bird--home movies] Reel 36
Summer & Winter 1970.;Four boys pose for the camera. Four girls pose for the camera. A girl walking down the driveway. A boy posing for the camera. A group of children walking down the street. A racc...
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