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Home movie: 098991: Home movie from an Arkansas family in the 1950s that had a large farm and traveled regionally: This reel with square dancing, farmyard scenes, and horseback riding (1956)

1956 · Ephemeral film · 11 min

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Home movie from a white Arkansas family in the 1950s that had a large farm (Ullrich Recreation Place and Fun Farm) and traveled regionally; this reel features square dancing, picnic, donkeys, ponies, farmyard, wicker baby carriage, scenes of farm labor, and a sign inviting the public to visit this farm for twenty-five cents.

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11 minutes

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★★★ · I'll figure out this ball catching thing someday. · Spuzz · 2022-11-21

Some fun scenes in this reel, it looks to be a farm with an attached horseback riding stable. Indeed, we start off with horseback riding, along with donkeys! Fun for the kids for sure! They've got a slab of concrete on the property that's used for square dancing! Shuffleboard! and playing with your un-coordinated kids :) Lots of flower and nature shots, and the family had lots of pets too! Not sure why the need to put it out there that the family is a "white family" in the descrip though. That's sort of odd.

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