Helen I. Hardy Collection
Primary Format and Extent
film (480 ft.) : si., b&w and col. ; 16 mm. reversal pos.
Summary
Collection contains [Ernest Broadbent--home movies] with scenes of Wheaton College in 1940 including graduation, faculty, and campus buildings. Other footage shows family members in Taunton, Massachusetts, where the family raised dogs. Includes scenes of hunters on Pitch Pine Hill in Phippsburg, Maine. Also, excursions including sailboats, a bridge and waterfall, a fort with cannons. There are also military scenes of men in uniforms, barracks, Jeeps and airplanes.
Biographical/Historical Notes
Helen I. Hardy's father was Ernest Broadbent (1891-1942). Wheaton College is a liberal arts college located in Norton, Massachusetts.
Subject(s)
Armed forces, Boats and boating, Bridges, Families, Manners and customs, Rivers, Sailboats, Students, Teachers, Universities and colleges Place(s)
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