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Oiling Up
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Two young boys are oiling the reel of a fishing rod in a shed. The older boy is sitting on a box, and the younger boy is kneeling. A Springer Spaniel has his front feet on the box and is sniffing the oil. A toolbox is in the foreground.
1955
Rademaker, Henry A.
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