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McDonald Stock Farm

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Description: View of a pig pen on McDonald Stock Farm. A farmhouse, automobile and windmill are in the background. Text on photograph reads: "R.E. Cochrane."
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Chocorua Village

Date: 1900
Description: Distant view from hill looking down toward small village's main street and surrounding countryside.
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Claremont

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of town and surrounding hills taken from Flat Rock. Caption reads: "Claremont, from Flat Rock."
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McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 07 26 1929
Description: A McCormick grain binder from about 1905 on the farm of George A Whipple. A farm house and an automobile are in the background. The original caption identi...
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Mill Pond

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Description: Elevated view of mill pond and homes along the opposite shoreline. A person is standing at the shoreline in the foreground. Caption reads, "Mill Pond, Mill...
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Pilgrims and Native Americans

Date: 1909
Description: Painting of an elevated view of Pilgrims and Native Americans meeting in a town.
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Katherine Quinney

Date: 1915
Description: Katherine (Kate) Quinney, Richard Quinney's great aunt, crocheting while seated on the running board of a Ford Model T in the yard of her family's farm.
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Richard and Ralph Quinney Haul Firewood

Date: 1939
Description: Winter scene with young Richard and Ralph Quinney hauling firewood on a sled through the snow past the farmhouse.
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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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Driving to High School

Date: 1950
Description: Richard Quinney posing on the first day of the school year. He is sitting in the driver's seat of a Chevrolet truck in front of his family's farmhouse.
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Man on Manure Spreader between Farm Buildings

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of farmer driving a horse-drawn manure spreader (possibly a Kemp) near a farmhouse and a barn. A man is standing on the left. On the right i...
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Drilling Wheat

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Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
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Cowboys Standing in Front of the Ranch House

Date: 1908
Description: A group of men pose on horseback in front of the ranch house, with some men sitting in a the carriage. Behind the carriage are the outbuildings on the left...
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Stream Bed and Country Road

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Description: View looking north from a covered bridge, including a rocky stream-bed and a tree-lined dirt road with houses and other wooden buildings. Caption reads, "V...
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Country Road

Date: 1915
Description: Low perspective of a dirt country road curving into the distance. The road is bordered by fields and scattered wooden buildings while a solitary figure ap...
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House Moving Rig on Rural Road

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 8-16 tractor pulling a house moving rig on rural road. The rig is labled: "A.T. Coffin House Moving."
Painting

Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Painting

Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
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Corn Shredding

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Description: Two farm workers in the righthand foreground toss a corn bundle up to the horse-drawn corn shredding machine to be shredded. To the left, a man loads feed ...

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