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Family Gathering at the Reynolds' Farm

Date: 1912
Description: Family portrait taken in the yard of the Reynolds' farm with a Model T-Ford in the background. Left to right: Marjorie Quinney, William Henry Reynolds, Flo...
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Cornfield East of Shabbona

Date: 1993
Description: Slightly elevated view of a cornfield stretching off into the horizon. Short corn stalks are growing on the left half, while the right half of the field is...
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Silver Maple Thicket on Five Points Road

Date: 1993
Description: A small clump of silver maple trees are growing out of the snow in front of a wire fence. Snow is covering the field behind the thicket.
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Oak Tree in the Congregational Cemetery

Date: 1993
Description: A large oak tree shading the graves that lay beneath its bare branches. Most of the headstones are small markers, but one tall, ornate gravestone is standi...
Postcard

Cliffs of Dover Postcard

Date: 1908
Description: Front and back of a postcard sent from Agnes to William (Bill) Quinney. The front features a print of the Cliffs of Dover in pastel tones while, on the ba...
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Dunham School Class

Date: 1946
Description: Students and teacher in the classroom at Dunham School. The room is filled with desks, chairs, books, a blackboard and a globe. Three large window can be s...
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Sunday Reader on the Pier

Date: 1968
Description: A man in a sweater vest, wool pants and eyeglasses sits in the sun on the pier reading. Gently rippling water fill most of the photograph while the foregr...
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Wholesale Meat Market, Washington Street

Date: 1968
Description: A worker examines a hanging haunch of meat in the wholesale meat market on Washington Street, while another worker stands in the background. Also in the ro...
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Conversation, Riverside Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two women sitting on a bench in Riverside Park having a conversation. The picture is taken from behind with the shoreline far below the women in the backg...
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Motorcycle, Inwood Hill Park

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a motorcycle with a package lashed to the back is parked at the curb in Inwood Hill Park. Park goers are visible on the grassy hill in the back...
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Fisherman, West Channel of the East River

Date: 1968
Description: A fisherman baits his hook at a park bench missing its seat. A metal fence divides the paved shore from the west channel of the East River in the backgrou...
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Second Avenue, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Building facades on Second Avenue in the East Village. Fire escapes and various signs attach to the buildings and hang into the street. A small group of ...
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Ratner's Dairy Restaurant, Second Avenue

Date: 1968
Description: The front window of Ratner's Dairy Restaurant on Second Avenue showing displayed pastries inside and the reflection of buildings and pedestrians on the str...
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"When Love is Liberty," East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a wall with graffiti showing a hand-made poster that reads, "O Happy State when souls each other draw, When Love is Liberty and Nature Law." B...
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Mobilization for Youth Center, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a weathered stone facade with a framed sign that reads, "Mobilization for Youth, Youth Work Center, Centro de Trabajo Para Jovenes (16 a 21 ano...
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"Ho Lives," East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Two women having a conversation standing on a sidewalk next to a brick building and near a decorative metal fence. Graffiti on the brick wall reads, "Ho l...
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Bocce, East Houston Street

Date: 1968
Description: A group of men watch a bocce game on a court on East Houston Street. The line of men standing on the lip of the court cast elongated silhouettes onto the ...
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Rollercoaster, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A woman standing in front of closed stalls on Coney Island. The framework for the Devil's Pit roller coaster rises in the background behind dilapidated si...
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Restroom, Bellevue Hospital

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a partially open restroom window in the Bellevue Hospital. A heating vent is attached to the wall in front of the window and roll of paper tow...
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Robert A. Taft

Date: 1952
Description: Robert A. Taft outdoors shaking hands in a crowd after giving a speech in the Municipal Building during his campaign. He was ultimately unsuccessful in his...

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