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Special Project: Home Movies from Bell County, 1948-55

Dr. John Parrott was a coal camp doctor who lived in Bell County near Pineville and provided health care to coal miners and their families in the town and surrounding county. His daughter Evelyn Goodin donated 41 reels of Dr. Parrott's home movies to the Archive. Seven have been preserved thus far.

Family field day activities in Bell County, KY (silent)Family field day activities in Bell County, K...
Men harvesting tobacco (silent)Men harvesting tobacco (silent)
High school football game with cheerleaders (silent)High school football game with cheerleaders (...
Baptist church activities in Bell County, KY (silent)Baptist church activities in Bell County, KY ...
Home movie of women with flower garden; River baptism (silent) (baptism out of focus)Home movie of women with flower garden; River...
Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival, circa 1949 (silent)Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival, circa 1949...
Small town circus parade and misc. (silent)Small town circus parade and misc. (silent)
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