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Painting

The Blacksmith Shop

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Description: A town scene featuring the blacksmith shop and horses.
Painting

Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
Painting

The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
Photograph

Olga Petrova and Mahlon Hamilton rural scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In a heavily retouched scene still for the silent drama "The Black Butterfly," Sonia Smirnov (played by Olga Petrova) and Alan Hall (Mahlon Hamilton) stand...
Photograph

"Porgy and Bess" Production Still

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Description: Production still from the film "Porgy and Bess." Porgy (Sidney Poitier) kneels on his cart which is pulled by a goat. He passes a group of men playing dice...
Photograph

Harness Races

Date: 09 1963
Description: Harness racing at a County Fair. The horses pulling sulkies are making the turn in front of the grandstand. Another building and trees are in the backgroun...

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