1945-1947

Home movie documenting various family scenes and vacations. Includes footage of snow scenes in front of the family home; hiking in Turkey Run State Park in Indiana; a parade in Elmhurst, Illinois featuring the Elmhurst Fire Department, the Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow, and a Girl Scout troop; swimming at the family cottage on Lac Courte Oreilles near Hayward, Wisconsin; brief footage of the Won Kow restaurant in Chinatown; a trip to the Brookfield Zoo; and a trip to the childhood home of Mark Twain in Hannibal, Missouri.

Credits

Byron Stevens (filmmaker)

Complete catalog record

Cfa collection: John Dame Collection
Subjects: Parades and processions; Boy Scouts; Brookfield Zoo (Ill.); Parks; Swimming; Families; Family recreation
Places: North America > United States > Indiana > Marshall; North America > United States > Illinois > Elmhurst; North America > United States > Missouri > Hannibal; North America > United States > Wisconsin > Hayward; North America > United States > Wisconsin > Lac Courte Oreilles
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 350 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/24523

Sources

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Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:24