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Bluebird House

Date: 2001
Description: Bluebird house at the Quinney farm.
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Wren House

Date: 2001
Description: Wren house on a tree at the Quinney farm.
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Backyard

Date: 1985
Description: Backyard of the Quinney house on South Third Street in DeKalb County.
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Bird Nest

Date: 1994
Description: Bird nest on the side of the Quinney house at 345 Rolfe Road.
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Richard Quinney and Grain Binder

Date: 1937
Description: Young Richard Quinney atop the family's new horse-drawn grain binder in a field.
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A Traveler of Country Roads

Date: 1984
Description: Dog running on country road in DeKalb County in the summer.
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Richard Quinney Posing with Heifer

Date: 1943
Description: A summer of preparing heifer for showing at the Walworth County Fair. Taken by Richard Quinney's mother (Alice Quinney) at the farm, 1943.
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Pale Horse

Date: 1993
Description: Pale colored horse on a snow-covered farm off Five Points Road in DeKalb County.
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Tompkins Square Park

Date: 1968
Description: Flock of birds in snow-covered Tompkins Square Park located in East Village.
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John Quinney

Date: 1920
Description: John Quinney, Richard Quinney's grandfather, standing in front of a horse-drawn harrow on the fields of his farm.
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Young Male Common Whitetail Dragonfly

Date: 06 06 2015
Description: Close-up view of a brown dragonfly resting on a rock.
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Birds on a Wire

Date: 08 26 2015
Description: Eight birds sitting on a power line are silhouetted against a cloudy blue sky.
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Walworth County Fair

Date: 1945
Description: Young people on the fairgrounds stand in front of a tent with calves competing at the fair. Richard Quinney stands on the far right.
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Woman with Pigeons, FDR Drive

Date: 1968
Description: A woman sits surrounded by pigeons on a park bench in front of a stone building on FDR Drive.
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Peony Blossom

Date: 06 2014
Description: Close-up view of a peony blossom in the sunshine.
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Blossoms on the Trumpet Vine

Date: 07 15 2015
Description: Close-up view of trumpet vine blossoms. An insect is crawling along the inside of one of the flowers.
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Tiger at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 10 27
Description: View through fence of a tiger walking along a path in an enclosure at the zoo.
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Tugboat, East River

Date: 1968
Description: A tugboat passes under the Brooklyn Bridge. Seagulls circle over the water and the developed shoreline is visible in the distance.
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Camels Near Farm

Date: 1920
Description: View across road of six camels walking and grazing along the side of a country road near Holloway Farm. They may have been circus animals going from one to...
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Journey of the Magi

Date: 12 2013
Description: James Tissot's "Journey of the Magi" projected on a computer screen.

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