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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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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 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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Corn Cultivation

Date: 1947
Description: Yound Richard Quinney operating a tractor to cultivate corn.
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Quinney Family

Date: 1941
Description: Bridget, Floyd, Katherine (Kate), Earl (Richard) and Ralph Quinney with visiting friends in front of their family's farmhouse.
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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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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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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.
Postcard

The Cowboy

Date: 1946
Description: Back of a cowboy postcard sent by Dr. Rolland Anderson to Floyd Quinney and his family. A Curt Teich Art Colortone published by Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denv...
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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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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...
Photograph

Radio and Cat

Date: 1940
Description: Cat standing on top of a well-used radio.
Postcard

The Cowboy

Date: 1946
Description: Front of a postcard from Dr. Rolland Anderson to Floyd Quinney and his family depicting mounted cowboys herding cattle on the range. The sky above the sc...
Photograph

W.V.B. Holloway

Date: 1946
Description: W.V.B. Holloway, Richard Quinney's maternal grandfather, sitting at a a table looking at a large book of maps. A phone is mounted to the wall next to him ...
Drawing

Sledding at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Two boys sled down a snow covered hillside at the farm. Two leafless trees are on the right. Along the horizon is a red building on the left with a fence s...
Photograph

Dunham School

Date: 1946
Description: Hand-colored photograph of Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. The building is built of brick and has a bell tower, with a ...
Drawing

Ice Skating at Dunham School

Date: 1945
Description: A group of six children play on a frozen pond on the right. The Dunham School and trees appear inside a fence on the left, and the ground is covered with s...
Drawing

Hay Into the Barn

Date: 1945
Description: A man stands on top of a full hay wagon parked in front of the closed door of a red barn. Above the man a grappling hook full of hay can be seen through th...
Drawing

Andy Over the Schoolhouse

Date: 1945
Description: Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. Seven children play "Andy-Over-the-Schoolhouse," a game in which they throw a ball over...
Drawing

Boys Playing Ice Hockey

Date: 1945
Description: Three boys play ice hockey on a frozen pond. One boy has fallen and is sitting on the ice. Snow covers the ground, with some grass peeking through. A fence...

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