Treasure trove of home videos capture life in 1930's & 1940's Milwaukee
By: CBS58 Staff
Posted: Aug 12, 2018 11:20 AM CDT

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With smartphones we seem to be awash in home videos these days. It’s easy to point, shoot and share. But that wasn’t the case 80 years ago when video camera technology was still in its infancy. That’s what makes the collection one local family has so special.
On CBS 58 Sunday Morning, Stephanie Buffamonte met a mother and daughter from Hartford working to preserve a cash of home videos that capture much more than family but also life in Milwaukee in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
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