1953

Home movie documenting family life in Elmhurst, Illinois and vacations to Wisconsin, Colorado and South Dakota. Includes footage of a costume party for a man's 50th birthday; a trip to the family cottage at Lac Court Oreilles near Hayward, Wisconsin; and a road trip through Colorado and South Dakota with stops at a ghost town in St. Elmo, Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, Mount Rushmore, Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota, and Badlands National Park.

Credits

Byron Stevens (filmmaker)

Complete catalog record

Cfa collection: John Dame Collection
Subjects: Vacations; Road trips; Badlands National Park (S.D.); Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.); Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.); Family recreation; Birthdays
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Elmhurst; North America > United States > Wisconsin > Lac Courte Oreilles; North America > United States > Wisconsin > Hayward; North America > United States > South Dakota > Wall; North America > United States > Colorado > Silver Cliff; North America > United States > Colorado > St. Elmo
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 430 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/24531

Sources

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