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First Day of the School Year for Quinney Brothers

Date: 1940
Description: Young Richard and Ralph Quinney pose for a picture holding hands in front of the farmhouse on the first day of the school year.
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Threshing Day

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Description: Threshing day in the fields at the Quinney family farm. View includes, two workers, a tractor powering the thresher, a horse-drawn cart full of straw, a t...
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Grain Wagon

Date: 1944
Description: Richard and Ralph Quinney with their father, Floyd Quinney, riding in the back of a horse-drawn grain wagon in the farmyard.
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Grain Cutting

Date: 1944
Description: Richard and Ralph Quinney, posing for a photo with their father, Floyd Quinney with corn knives and a scythe.
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Grain Binding

Date: 1944
Description: Young Ralph and Richard Quinney pose for a picture while they cut grain by themselves for the fist time. View includes a grain binder, a tractor and their...
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Hay Mowing

Date: 1947
Description: Young Ralph Quinney driving a horse-drawn hay-mower on his family's farm.
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Corn Cultivation

Date: 1947
Description: Yound Richard Quinney operating a tractor to cultivate corn.
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Driving to High School

Date: 1950
Description: Richard Quinney posing on the first day of the school year. He is sitting in the driver's seat of a Chevrolet truck in front of his family's farmhouse.
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Illegal Gambling Machines

Date: 04 11 1942
Description: Three illegal gambling machines in the Green Parrot Tavern on Highway 12, north of Elkhorn. The machines are in a case, which the proprietor closes when he...
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Illegal Gambling Machines

Date: 04 1942
Description: Three illegal gambling machines (slot) in the Lone Oak Inn, on Highway 12, north of Elkhorn.
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Warren Potter

Date: 1932
Description: Warren Potter, holding a bucket, poses with his sheep and lambs. There is a road in the background and a farmstead on the other side of the road.
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Health Parade

Date: 05 29 1930
Description: School children are lined up four abreast on the sidewalk; alternate rows carry signs or flags promoting milk. Each child also wears a head band with "HEAL...
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The Farm

Date: 08 2013
Description: View of a weathered old barn on the family dairy farm. The sliding doors are open, and there is one small window just under the roof at the gable end of th...
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Kitten on the Radio in the Barn

Date: 08 2013
Description: A photograph of a photograph of a kitten sitting on an old radio. The photograph is hanging in a wood frame from the rafters of the barn.
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Sledding

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two boys playing on a snow-covered hill on a farm. There is a house in the background. One boy is sledding down the hill on a sled face first, while a dog ...
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Fjord Horses on the Farm

Date: 04 2014
Description: Close-up of a mare and foal standing in a pasture. In the far distance beyond rolling hills are farm buildings.
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Cows Grazing in Water

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across fence towards two cows standing a field flooded from spring rains. A Canada goose is swimming near a tree in the background on the right. In th...
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By the Sweet By and By

Date: 05 2014
Description: Close-up of a grand piano and old sheets of music in the historical house of the musician Joseph P. Webster. A vase of flowers is on top of the piano behin...
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In the Pasture at the Farm

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across field towards two young cows grazing on a hilly pasture. There is a bur oak in the distance at the bottom of the pasture, and beyond is a pond.
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Chicken House

Date: 07 2014
Description: View of an abandoned chicken coop next to an empty and rusting corn crib on a farm. Tall grass and weeds are growing in front. In the distance on the right...

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