A few months back, John Morcaldi sent me this treasure. It's a series of Super 8 videos his father, James Morcaldi, shot from 1949 - 1961. It starts in Havana in 1949, and follows the Morcaldi family on their vacations to Miami throughout the 50's. Olga's dresses and bathing suits are to die for! And Roberta and the boys are adorable... Somewhere towards the end of the video there is a short piece of the Santomasso family picnic at Lake Compounce 1958. Luckily we also have photographs from that day! They are featured today in the Family Photos post, if you haven't checked it out yet. It's fun to compare the video footage of everyone getting things out of the car, sitting down under the pavilion, eating at the table - with the photographs of that same day. The final tableau in the video is the posed photograph in front of the car. I love watching everyone in motion, getting ready for the shot. If you want to skip ahead to the picnic, it starts at at 51:42. Thanks again John, we are so lucky to have this. Enjoy!
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