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Jesse Brabazon in Wright Model B

Date: 1912
Description: Jesse C. Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin in a 1911 Wright Model B, the first Wright plane designed to carry a passenger and a pilot. Previously, the passeng...
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Lake Geneva

Date: 1905
Description: View from shoreline of a steamboat landing on Lake Geneva. A group of women are gathered on the shore in the foreground. Caption reads: "Steamboat Landing,...
Postcard

Young Men's Christian Association Camp

Date: 1905
Description: The villa at the Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A group of girls and boys are sitting on the lawn on the left and two more people are sitting on t...
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No. 7 Mower on Bary Farm

Date: 1931
Description: Rear view of a man mowing a field with a horse-drawn No. 7 mower on the Bary Farm. The mower has a side attachment.
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Walworth County Fair

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel.
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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1910
Description: A group portrait of three women and two men outdoors on the steps of the Yerkes Observatory, a facility of the University of Chicago.
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Watering Trough at Delavan

Date: 1925
Description: An unidentified man in a buggy stops to water his horse at an old trough in the middle of the road. There is a handbill on a utility pole on the left.
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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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Marjorie Quinney's Checkered Coat

Date: 1910
Description: Marjorie Quinney, Richard Quinney's aunt, wearing a stole and a checkered coat, standing behind a Model-T Ford on the family farm with sheds in background.
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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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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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Floyd and Marjorie at the Old Place

Date: 1903
Description: Floyd and Marjorie Quinney playing in the yard at the Old Place. Floyd has a small wagon and Marjorie stands by a chair. Possibly taken by a traveling ph...
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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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Swimming at Delavan Lake

Date: 1920
Description: Swimmers posing for a portrait in Delavan Lake.
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Mervin Kittleson and Floyd Quinney

Date: 1924
Description: Mervin Kittleson and Floyd Quinney standing in front of a barn and next to a Ford Model T just before they embark for a trip to California.
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Floyd Quinney Takes a Picture

Date: 1926
Description: Floyd Quinney focusing his Kodak Autographic on a suburban street.
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Floyd Quinney at Whitewater Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Floyd Quinney seated on a covered water-chute while cows graze in the background.
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Baby Richard Quinney

Date: 1934
Description: Richard Quinney as a baby held by his father, Floyd Quinney, in the family's farmyard.
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Baby Richard Quinney

Date: 1934
Description: Baby Richard Quinney held by his mother, Alice Quinney, standing next to a car on Christmas day.
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Richard Quinney's Wheelbarrow Ride

Date: 1935
Description: Baby Richard Quinney rides on a full wheelbarrow pushed by his father, Floyd Quinney, across the farmyard.

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