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Girl Preparing Hot Lunch

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Description: A young girl is preparing lunch in a pot on a small stove.
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Bridle

Date: 2001
Description: Bridle hanging from the rafters of the barn on the Quinney farm.
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Carpet Beater on the Basement Wall

Date: 2003
Description: Carpet beater on the basement wall of the Quinney farmhouse.
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Skillets and Lantern

Date: 2003
Description: Skillets and lantern hanging on the wall in the Quinney farmhouse.
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Canning Jars in the Fruit Cellar

Date: 2003
Description: Canning jars in the fruit cellar of the Quinney farm.
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Spinning Wheel and High Chair in the Attic

Date: 2003
Description: Spinning wheel and high chair in the attic of the Quinney farmhouse.
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Tom Amlie's Home

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Description: Robert Bloch, Harold Gauer, Tom Amilie, and two unknown men at Amlie's home. Taken to illustrate campaign brochure of Amlie talking to "farmer types."
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Getting Water

Date: 1931
Description: George Stallman and Walter Shinkus pose with a bucket at the water pump outside the Tibbets School. They are "getting water for the school." There are hou...
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Warren Potter

Date: 1932
Description: Warren Potter, holding a bucket, poses with his sheep and lambs. There is a road in the background and a farmstead on the other side of the road.
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Black Point Dining Room

Date: 09 1954
Description: A view of the southeast corner of the dining room in the main house at Black Point, showing a china cabinet and tea table. The cabinet holds pieces of Cath...
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Building a Sailboat

Date: 01 02 1928
Description: John Nelson, background far right, and [?] Thompson pose next to the racing sailboat they are building for Ernst Schmidt. A portion of the planking has bee...
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Boat Construction

Date: 03 24 1928
Description: The "Green Dragon" racing yacht, left and a dinghy under construction at John M. Nelson's workshop.
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Pigs in the Mud

Date: 07 2014
Description: Three pigs wallowing in the mud near the side of a wire fence. A trough of water is behind the pigs.
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Pig Lot at the Farm

Date: 09 09 2014
Description: View of a pasture on the Quinney farm, with a pig in the foreground on the left, and another pig eating from a metal feeder. A grain wagon is sitting at th...
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Women Workers at Chaney Instruments

Date: 1943
Description: A woman is using a metal rod to handle glass objects on a tray. Caption reads: "Women workers at Chaney Instruments." Another woman in the background is wo...

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