This home movie from the 1940s captures scenes of a Wells family day at the lake, likely Moss Lake near Gainesville. The family spends time on the porch of their lake house, where Margie and Harris Peyton Wells play with a dog, then play a lively game of poker. Later, the couples travel to a construction site, labeled The Pat Wells House, and then to the Gainesville Community Circus, where Margie and Harris Peyton take turns pretending to sell circus fares, including balloons, toys, and shaved ice.

Cooke County Gainesville

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married domestic landscape party indoors lamp celebrate poker cards gamble cigar card game construction The Pat Wells House H. Leo Tucker Paul T. Lindberg David H. Chapman James D. Little John J. Luther Harry T. Jones building build circus Gainesville Community Circus tent cage toy balloon vendor sell umbrella shaved ice snow ball snow cone husband wife