This home movie from the Murphy Family Collection captures scenes of the family having fun outdoors in 1953. They play with their pets in their yard, watch cattle in a pasture and an air show, get a haircut in the yard, visit the beach in Galveston, celebrate a birthday, and rake leaves. Great scenes of the Foley’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Main Street in downtown Houston are also included. The film ends with the only indoor event -- a Christmas morning celebration.

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