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Marjorie Quinney's Checkered Coat

Date: 1910
Description: Marjorie Quinney, Richard Quinney's aunt, wearing a stole and a checkered coat, standing behind a Model-T Ford on the family farm with sheds in background.
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Two Burros

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Description: Three young people standing near two burros carrying firewood in front of a dwelling. Caption reads: "Burros Carrying Firewood."
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A Donkey Cart

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Description: View of a man in a hat, sitting on a donkey drawn cart filled with fire wood. The cart sits on a dirt road with woods in the background. Caption reads: "...
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Ox-Drawn Wagon

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Description: View of four oxen pulling a wagon full of firewood on a dirt road. Trees, houses and lampposts are visible in the background. A man with a child sitting n...
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Mexican Wood Wagons

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Description: A man wearing a hat is standing in a side street in Juarez, Mexico next to two donkeys laden with bundles of wood. Caption reads: "Mexican Wood Wagons, Jua...
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Street Scene with Donkeys

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Description: A man in stands behind five donkeys, each laden with chopped wood in the middle of a dirt road. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Las Vegas, New Mexico."
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"Any Splinters Today?"

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Description: A man standing in the middle of a dirt road next to a small mule-drawn cart laden with chopped wood. Caption reads: "'Any Splinters Today' Milledgeville, G...
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Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: LuRay Arms and Otis Arms tending a fire while making maple syrup outdoors.
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The Arms Men Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: Three men from the Arms family making maple syrup outdoors. From left to right are: Lewis, Bernard, and Otis Arms.
Postcard

School Building

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of a two-floor school building with a covered front entrance underneath a bell tower. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "School B...
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Taliesin II Living Room

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Description: Living room of Taliesin II looking towards the fireplace, built-in bench, and work storage area.
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Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
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Woman Perched on Roof

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Description: A woman perches on the edge of a roof over a wood pile. Her hands and feet are crossed and she is wearing a dress and hat.
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Rural Tavern

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Description: Eight men standing outside a corner tavern. The men are standing on a plank sidewalk with a dog. The is a Blatz Beer sign hanging outside the door.
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Emile de Antonio on East Hampton Beach

Date: 1971
Description: Emile de Antonio stands on a beach wearing a suit coat, pants and shoes while carrying logs and sticks of different sizes. He is turned to the side and is ...
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Woman on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "The 69 year-old woman on the front porch lives alone at the bottom of this unpaved, unlighted, ungraded alley. The building next to her is empty. She hea...
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Building, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A building, possibly an outhouse, with a woodpile behind it. In the background, two houses with porches are visible. "No roads or streetlights or sidewalks...
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Woman Outside House, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A woman stands next to a home near a woodpile. Behind the trees in the background, more homes are visible. "Houses are built in rows and cover the hill fro...
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Wood Pile near Porch, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A wood pile is located near the front porch of a house. Outhouses are in the far background.

80 people live in 21 buildings in the Taylor Alley neighborh...

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Port Wing Consolidated School

Date: 1931
Description: Children play on swings in front of the imposing Port Wing Consolidated School. It is two stories tall, with wood frame construction, a tall sandstone foun...

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