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Orphan One [unknown family New York]

1940s-early 1950s 8mm home movies, black & white and color, bought in Athens, Georgia.

Documents a family [possibly living in Queens, New York]. Parents and two children, extended family. Many scenes outside a plumbing shop and outside a row house, shot on sidewalk. Films focus primarily on the children, especially the boy, Brent. Primarily exterior shots. Travel to Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, and Quebec; Washington DC, Smoky Mountains; New Orleans, Texas, Mount Vernon; Florida. One scene of a parade features Boy Scout Troop #380 of Queens, New York. Outdoor picnic, vacation swimming pool at motel. Names from cans: Brent, Ina, Frances, Pearl, Edna, Sadie, Sam, Eddie, Sam, Gussie, Lily, Jean, Irving, Leo, Pauline, Henry & Sally, Mitzie, Mary Zeller and Richard, Ann, Kohlers, Daniel Cohen, Strattons.