Item Data
- Collection Title: Margaret Whalen Collection
- Item Title: New Hampshire Christmas; York Visits & Outings; Christmas in York
- ID Number: MW-005
- Date Range: 1988, 1990-1991
- Description: Two Whalen family Christmases. A summer visit from Argentinian friends. Teachers summer gathering.
- Biographical/Historical Note: Every year but one, Margaret & Barbara brought party hats for everyone to family gatherings. The family was so large they had to buy 50. "Otherwise no gifts," Margaret recalled. "The gift was being together." Christmas 1988 they glued a photo of each family member at a younger age on each hat. Each hat was in a cake box they acquired from a friend who owned a bakery. Everyone in the family brought food to Christmas. "Lots of wonderful cooks in our family," Margaret said.
Sequence 2 captures a summer family gathering in York, ME, c. 1990. Sequence 3 records a visit from Margaret's friends Abram and Esther and their son Alejandro from Argentina. Margaret's mother had met Abram when he worked at Albert Einstein in New York where she was nurse.
Sequence 4 records a gathering of fellow schoolteachers & friends in York. Sequence 5, another Christmas, this time with chef''s hats.
- Genres: Home Movies
- Places: New Hampshire; York Beach, ME; Lesbians family
- Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission. LHMP must contact film donor & participants with regard to any re-use.
- Color or B&W: Color
- Related Versions:
- Running Time: 01:31:47
- Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) holds all rights. Participants are entitled to approve uses uses of footage they appear in.
- Sound: Sound
- Subjects: Lesbians, Teachers
- Creators: Margaret Whalen
- Collaborators & Participants: Barbara Martin
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- Source Format:
- Format: VHS originally. Digitized, transferred to dvd, and ripped from dvd.
- Viewing Log: Sequence 1 Christmas 1988. Margaret & Barbara give out campaign hats for everyone.
Sequence 2 (at approximately 40 min) York, ME 1990 Family gathering. Painting over table is by Margaret. Visit by Avram & Esther Apter and their son Alejandro from Argentina who became friends of the Whalen family when Margaret's mother met Avram at Albert Einstein hospital where she was a nurse.
Sequence 3 York, ME Teachers' outing
Sequence 4 York, ME Chef's hats. Christmas gathering.
Sequence 5 Chef's hats for Christmas, c. 1991