Nye Home Movies-- 1954 August Vacation - Through NC to VA.

Genre: home movie

Description:

Doug and Nelle in front of various signs on a roadtrip – “Welcome to North Carolina’ and ‘Virginia welcomes You’. Visit to Natural Bridge and Skyline Drive, and Mt Vernon, George Washingtons home. More signs: ‘Delaware U.S.40’ and ‘New Jersey U.S.40’. Shots of the family on a boardwalk area with shops and beach scenes.

Atlantic City with grandmother Lula Nye, Nelle Nye and young Nelle. Sign ‘New London, Clinton CONN U.S.1’ and ‘R.I.3’ and a sign for ‘Historic Plymouth’ and ‘Maine U.S.201’. Shots of large buildings, doug on a ferry boat, people sitting on a dock and with a boat, and a group of people at a picnic at a table outdoors. Family shown outside a beach house and visiting large stone buildings, very ornate, some with columns – historical sites at Boston MA (state capital) and Augusta ME (state capital). Then shots in New Bedford and visiting Nye relatives with Grandmother Lula Nye and Nelle Nye, Doug and Nelle. Providence, RI state capital visited with Doug, Nelle and mother Nelle Nye.

Followed by Nelle's graduation in 1955 from Brookland-Cayce High school Shows Nelle with Ms Marguerite McCaskill, senior English teacher, also shots of Nelle with Gloria Boozer.
Then shots of Doug’s 14th birthday and finally shots of Nelle attending Furman University and Nelle with her new roommate Linda Bost, in freshman beanie hat.

This collection consists of 43 home movies donated by Doug Nye, shot by his father, Everett Francis Nye, 1940s to 1970s. Films feature the family on vacations and at home and show Doug and his sister Nelle, as well as Mr and Mrs Everett Nye, and their family and friends. Many films of the children from birth through school and graduation and films of their own families. Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. See more of our collection at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/departments/mirc/

Complete Record: Doug and Nelle in front of various signs on a roadtrip – “Welcome to North Carolina’ and ‘Virginia welcomes You’. Visit to Natural Bridge and Skyline Drive, and Mt Vernon, George Washingtons home. More signs: ‘Delaware U.S.40’ and ‘New Jersey U.S.40’. Shots of the family on a boardwalk area with shops and beach scenes. Atlantic City with grandmother Lula Nye, Nelle Nye and young Nelle. Sign ‘New London, Clinton CONN U.S.1’ and ‘R.I.3’ and a sign for ‘Historic Plymouth’ and ‘Maine U.S.201’. Shots of large buildings, doug on a ferry boat, people sitting on a dock and with a boat, and a group of people at a picnic at a table outdoors. Family shown outside a beach house and visiting large stone buildings, very ornate, some with columns – historical sites at Boston MA (state capital) and Augusta ME (state capital). Then shots in New Bedford and visiting Nye relatives with Grandmother Lula Nye and Nelle Nye, Doug and Nelle. Providence, RI state capital visited with Doug, Nelle and mother Nelle Nye. Followed by Nelle's graduation in 1955 from Brookland-Cayce High school Shows Nelle with Ms Marguerite McCaskill, senior English teacher, also shots of Nelle with Gloria Boozer. Then shots of Doug’s 14th birthday and finally shots of Nelle attending Furman University and Nelle with her new roommate Linda Bost, in freshman beanie hat. This collection consists of 43 home movies donated by Doug Nye, shot by his father, Everett Francis Nye, 1940s to 1970s. Films feature the family on vacations and at home and show Doug and his sister Nelle, as well as Mr and Mrs Everett Nye, and their family and friends. Many films of the children from birth through school and graduation and films of their own families. Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. See more of our collection at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/departments/mirc/