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1) 1695.0001 Children, winter scenes, flowers, 1938-1942--Donald Taylor--home movies. Reel 1
Reel #1A: 1938. First of Sue, Jo, Rubye, Bangor Me. Croquet. With hat. With pebbles. With pan of water and clothespins. Donald Duck. Rubye and diaper. South Portland back yard. ...;Outside in yard: Twin baby girls, Jo and Sue Swift, sitting, standing, crawling and walking in the yard. One girl has a stuffed Donald Duck. Girls sitting on a bench, walking i...;Compiled black-and-white and color footage of the Taylor family including winter scenes and children playing in the yard.
2) 1695.0002 Beach scenes, coastal Maine, children, Christmas, 1941--Donald Taylor--home movies. Reel 2
"Sunset / Dad's House / Kittredge Rd. and Flowers / 1941: Sandy Point & McGlatturies / Kids on Beach / colored Christmas";Reel #2A: Cape Elizabeth. Fletcher and Laura Means. Marcia Means and Nanna M[?]. S. Portland. Sunset - Penobscot Terrace. Croquet. Ships, S. Portland. Peonies. Swing - Sandy Poi...;Family on rocks by ocean- Rubye, Don, the twins (Jo and Sue) and another family with a girl and boy. Picnic on rocks. Portrait shot of woman in yard. Sunset (dark footage). ...;Compiled black-and-white and color home movies of the family at the beach and hiking around Maine; and color footage of the twins playing with their presents Christmas 1941.
595) 1695.0003 Children playing, box trick, farm animals, Portland water tower, 1940-1941--Donald Taylor--home movies. Reel 3
"4th Birthday Carton / Little Sebago / Bingham Annuals / Means in Hoodoo / First brown puppy / Doll Carriage";Reel #3A: Dodge. South Portland. Hopscotch. Box trick - all neighbor. Sebago Lake - camp. Mean's camp. Animals at farm, Bingham ME. Sue in paper bag hat. Bucksport bridge. Hoodo...;Outside: bush by house, Jo and Sue run to tricycles under the bush and ride toward camera. Jo and Sue playing in sand with Buzz. Twins riding tricycles in the yard, jumping of...;Compiled reel of color home movies including the twins playing outside, a camera trick with several children crawling into a box, a family boat trip to Fort Knox, farm animals, ...
20) 1695.0004 Wedding, Disneyland, Children playing, 1959-1964--Joanne Swift--home movies. Reel 4
Wedding. Outside shot of bride, Joanne Swift, and her father at door to church with other people. Dark footage inside the church. Pan of the crowd from the back of church. B...
16) 1695.0005 Children, fishing, London, 1965-1967--Joanne Swift--home movies. Reel 5
Pan across front of estate. Pan across Garden with fountain and statures. (Versailles, France) Man with a little black dog in front of garage. He shovels snow while girl mak...
6) 1695.0006 Boats and outdoor family scenes, 1957-1963--Joanne Swift--home movies. Reel 6
Two people in a canoe by a docked boat. Women with dog on the pier. Shot of a road. Another road. Trees, landscape, pan through trees. Road sign for Maine Rt.1/3. Snow in ...;Reel 10: Snow - end of bridge. Chipmunk South Portland. 'Sue Jo' South Portland. She[?] Marten Taylor. South Portland fertilizer plant. Boats in cove. Stockton Springs centenni...
7) 1695.0007 Children, swimming, ice skating, Bucksport fire, 1940-1946--Donald Taylor--home movies. Reel 7
Reel #1: 1942, Cape Elizabeth ME after a hurricane (1941?). Sue, Jo on rocks. Lighthouse - Cape Elizabeth. Backyard - Kittredge Road, South Portland. Sue Jo. Eddie & Marie T...;B&W. Outdoor shot: LS two men on rocky beach with crashing waves, waves crashing in. Jo and Sue watching the waves. Lighthouse (Cape Elizabeth). The twins dancing around...;Compiled reel of black-and-white and color home movies including beach and camping scenes; Rubye, Jo, and Sue ice skating on the frozen driveway; and a pier fire in Bucksport.
8) 1695.0008 Fishing, camping, trip to Canada, graduation, chemical plant, 1948-1952--Donald Taylor--home movies. Reel 8
Reel #7: Moosehead Lake fishing. Rubye Taylor and Ellen Jewett. George Jewett in boat. Ellen and Rubye. Mt. Kineo. Fish cleaning. '?'. Rubye. Fish on stick. Robin feeding ...;Color: Pan of Moosehead Lake. Two woman sit by boat (Rubye and Ellen Jewett). Man (George Jewett) in boat threading fishing rod. CU of women. Pan across the lake to Mt. Kine...
3) 1695.0009a [Joanne Swift--home movies] Reel 9A
Two women, a group of children, and a dog playing next to a decorated Christmas tree. A toddler hands a camera to a man. The toddler sitting at a piano. Children and the dog pla...
16) 1695.0009b [Joanne Swift--home movies] Reel 9B
A child playing in a pile of leaves while a man rakes. The man gathers up the leaves, and the child, in a tarp. The child falls out. He gathers it all up again and walks off. He...
18) 1695.0010 [Joanne Swift--home movies] Reel 10
A woman, a girl, and a dog playing next to a Christmas tree. A dog sitting in an armchair. Children opening Christmas gifts. People sitting around a large table. A girl riding a...
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