Category Archives: Ethel Bean Turner Collection

[Margaret Cummings Bean–home movies] Reel 3

Tug boats and ships on Boston Harbor. Sailing ships at dock, including one named ‘MARIA DEL SOCCORSA, BOSTON’. Ships on the water. Cars on the quayside. Boats. Buildings along the water. Two men walking up the street. Signs for a ‘BLUESHIP TEA ROOM’ and ‘THE TOSS TOW BOAT Co.’ A tugboat. People looking out a

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[Margaret Cummings Bean–home movies] Reel 2

A snowy field. Men lead two horses out of a barn. A cat in the snow. A horse drawn sleigh. Houses. A woman on horseback. A dog in the snow. A person riding a horse through the snow. Men shoveling around a pickup truck. A horse drawn sleigh. Snowy scene. A child snowshoeing with a

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[Margaret Cummings Bean–home movies] Reel 1

Driving on a dirt road in the mountains, filmed from a moving vehicle. Dark shot of the moon. Trees in autumn. A dam. Machinery. A tree in front of a house. Wooden buildings under construction. Buildings and road filmed through a car windshield. Sunset. A man mixing cement. A car and a tractor. A man

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Turner, Ethel Bean Collection

Collection contains [Margaret Cummings Bean–home movies], footage of summer and winter family activities and events at The Cape, cottages on Thompson Lake, Maine, and surrounding areas. Scenes include fishing and boat rides, children playing in snow, farm life and animals, hunting parties, weddings and barn building. Footage also shows nature scenes: fall foliage, loons and

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