Sarah Dumes Kaplan, regrettably headless (1936)

8MM · Black & White

Sarah Dumes Kaplan was the eldest daughter of Sadie Silk Dumes. She married Jacob Kaplan while they were still in Vishki. For a time in the late 1930s, she and Jacob lived with her youngest brother William J. Dumes in Vincennes. Jacob was a Rabbi and taught Stan Dumes to read Hebrew during this time.

In this short clip, we see Stan walking with Sarah, who is unfortunately headless in the shot. It was a short-coming of these old cameras; they did not have "through the lens" view-finders, so it was sometimes difficult to know where to point the camera. Then we see Sarah walking with Stan's mother Freda Fialco Dumes.

The clip is 1m 17s long.

Meet the ancestors: Sarah, Louis, Rebecca, Fannie, Anna, William (1937)

8MM · Black & White

This is quite a movie! Every branch of the Dumes family is represented. I don't think Arthur Dumes is in the film, but there are two men I can't identify. I think one might be Max Fishman, but I'm not sure who the other might be. I was told that Abe Schultz rarely attended family events because he was always working. Arthur's daughters are here, though I don't see his son Bill I.

This clip is really an astonishing bit of family history. Enjoy!

This clip is 6m 8s long.

Stan Dumes, William J. Dumes (1940)

8MM · Color

Stan Dumes, William J. Dumes. I'm guessing around 1940 or 1941 from the age of Stan. This is one of the 8mm color films, so it's fun to have this era preserved in color. It's basically my father Stan and his sister Mildred horsing around with their cousins.

The clip is 1m 53s long.

Stan Dumes, Mildred and Dave Dansker (1944)

8MM · Color

This war time clip is another good 8mm color one. Fun and frolics at the home of William J. Dumes.

This clip is 4m 6s long.

Stan Dumes, William J. Dumes and others go swimming. (1944)

8MM · Color

Stan Dumes practicing his diving along with his father William J. Dumes.

This clip is 2m 32s long.

Stan at Purdue (1945)

8mm · Color

I believe that the short fellow is my dad Stan Dumes, during his time at Purdue.

This clip is 18s long.

Stan gets carried away by Hy (1945)

8mm · Color

Hy Dumes in Army uniform at the home of William J. Dumes in Vincennes.

This clip is 2m 41s long.

The wedding of Hy Dumes and Irene Melcher. (1946)

8MM · Color

The wedding of Hy Dumes and Irene Melcher. I believe that their wedding was at the home of Irene's parents in Ohio.

This clip is 5m 54s long.

Nate, Pauline and Dora Lieberman, Arthur, Louis, William J., Hy and Irene Dumes (1947)

8MM · Color

This is a fun family gathering. We have brothers Arthur, Louis and William J. as well as Nate and wife Pauline Lieberman with Nate's sister Dora. As usual, daughter Mildred, son Stan and wife Freda are there with William J. Hy and Irene wouldn't miss it!

This clip is 3m 15s long.

The wedding of Stanley Dumes and Phyllis Abels with commentary audio. (1950)

16MM · Color

The wedding of Stanley Dumes and Phyllis Abels with commentary audio by my mother Phyllis that I recorded while we watched the movie together. They were married in Terre Haute in a very fancy wedding with hundreds of guests.

The wedding movie is 20m 6s long.

I'll See You In My Dreams (1951)

A small family get-together as newlyweds Stan and Phyllis Dumes fly off to new adventures.

This clip is 3m 5s long.

Stan in uniform (1951)

Stan & Phyl Dumes with their friend Skeets and his wife in front of William J. Dumes' home.

This clip is 41s long.

Stan Dumes mows his lawn (1958)

Stan Dumes mows his lawn in front of 20 South 20th Street in Vincennes. Exciting stuff!

This clip is 19s long.

Hy Kaplan visits William J. (1960)

Hy and Lillian Bennett Kaplan visit William J. and Freda Dumes at their home in Vincennes.

This clip is 1m 19s long.

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