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Filter: Year of 1980-1989
| Date: | 09 1980 |
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| Description: | A competitor in the State Cow Chip Tossing Contest has 30 seconds to choose her cow chip. The cow chips are specially made from cow manure. |
| Date: | 09 30 1988 |
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| Description: | Young girl holding a book about child care written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, M.D. She is holding the book upside down. |
| Date: | 09 30 1984 |
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| Description: | A young girl playing with soap bubbles outdoors. |
| Date: | 03 27 1989 |
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| Description: | Father on a bicycle towing son on a scooter. |
| Date: | 04 06 1985 |
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| Description: | Young men performing skateboard handstands on downtown sidewalks. |
| Date: | 06 29 1981 |
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| Description: | Weightlifter grimaces in a push to raise weights over his head. |
| Date: | 03 14 1981 |
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| Description: | Onlookers watch as participants flail around in a mud pit wrestling ring. One spectator wears a bird costume. |
| Date: | 08 12 1984 |
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| Description: | A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe... |
| Date: | 07 25 1980 |
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| Description: | A family relaxes by their backyard pool, while a father tosses his infant son gently in the air. |
| Date: | 06 18 1989 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of four children relaxing in a wading pool. |
| Date: | 06 22 1983 |
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| Description: | Woman stays cool by sitting in a small plastic pool while pouring cups of water on her head. |
| Date: | 07 17 1984 |
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| Description: | Two young boys in action playing soccer. |
| Date: | 03 10 1980 |
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| Description: | An outdoor broomball game in action in the snow. |
| Date: | 06 26 1986 |
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| Description: | Kids make a "train," with the bicyclist in the front pulling three girls on roller skates along a sidewalk. |
| Date: | 01 23 1989 |
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| Description: | A man cowers in mock awe before Kodiak, a 14,000 pound Ford Silverado rigged with six-foot-tall tires and an extra heavy-duty suspension. The truck compet... |
| Date: | 06 25 1988 |
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| Description: | St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival. |
| Date: | 08 18 1987 |
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| Description: | At a Hartford antique show, a man looks over a well-maintained Model T Ford. In the background other people inspect more vintage automobiles. |
| Date: | 07 20 1988 |
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| Description: | Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game. |
| Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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| Description: | A woman overlooks the Labor-at-the-Lakefront festival next to a banner that reads "Buy Union," "Buy Made in USA," and "Keep the Heart of America Beating." |
| Date: | 06 17 1987 |
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| Description: | Kids smiling gleefully on the Tilt-a-Whirl carnival ride while workers manage the controls in the background on a sunny summer day. |
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