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Boys Using Tools

Date: 08 08 1977
Description: Two young boys using hammers and nails.
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Children in Sack Race

Date: 08 11 1971
Description: Children wearing large sacks up to their waists and racing each other.
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Catching a Water Balloon

Date: 07 13 1989
Description: A boy stretches to catch a water-filled balloon.
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Teeter Totter

Date: 09 12 1971
Description: Children fashioned their seesaw using a board, and a barricade with a sign that reads: "Road Closed" that they found in an empty lot.
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Winter Basketball

Date: 02 11 1955
Description: A winter scene with boys playing basketball in the snow, with temperatures around 10 below zero.
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"Hand-held Binoculars"

Date: 10 14 1961
Description: Girls wearing head scarves form their fingers to make "binoculars" on a sunny autumn day.
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Stilts Walker

Date: 08 07 1989
Description: Jay Taylor, age 12, demonstrates his skill on stilts with a walk down E. Nock Street.
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Frisbee Catch

Date: 03 28 1980
Description: A frisbee is backlit by the sun as a boy reaches out to catch it.
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Woman and Dog

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Description: A woman curtsies towards the camera with a little dog to her left.
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Men with Bottles and Gun

Date: 1924
Description: Two men standing in front of two cars, one pointing a handgun at the ground and the other looking at the camera. Each man is holding a bottle, possibly ful...
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Three Boys with Wagon in Snow

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Description: Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding...
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Two Children with Snowman

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Description: Two children posing in front of a large snowman in front of a brick building. The smaller child is sitting on a ladder supported by the older boy. The snow...
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Making a Rainstorm

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Description: A boy is standing on a small table and pouring water, out of a watering can, onto a girl sitting in the grass holding up an umbrella.
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Playing in a Sandbox

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Description: Several children playing in a sandbox, which has a tree growing from its center. In the background and out of focus, two women are standing near what could...
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In Nature's Gymnasium

Date: 1931
Description: Several children posing on tree limbs. The children are identified as: "Front row, right to left: Paul Syftestedt, Jean Chalmers, Ellen Shaw Garrison, Rich...
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Two Young Archers

Date: 
Description: Two boys posing with bows and arrows.
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Hammering Nails

Date: 1940
Description: A boy is sitting on the ground and getting ready to hammer nails through two boards.
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Playing Roy Rogers

Date: 1951
Description: Three boys are dressed in cowboy hats, gloves, boots, and t-shirts featuring Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger. One boy is holding a toy pistol on the other...
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Calisthenics

Date: 1938
Description: A child is posing, perhaps in mid push-up, in a front yard. A caption identifies the child as Rudy Vertiska.
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Boy Riding a Tricycle

Date: 1943
Description: A boy wearing overalls is riding a tricycle outdoors. A caption identifies him as John Peters.

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