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Throwing on a Potter's Wheel
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A small audience of children and adults are watching a ceramicist working on a potter's wheel. He is shaping the rim of a vase as while it is spinning on the wheel. Pieces waiting to be bisqued or glazed are sitting on a drying rack on the left.
1967
Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources (creator)
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W013ORU
WHi 131233
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Potter at Work
1967
A small audience of children and adults are watching a ceramicist throwing a vase on a pottery wheel. Pottery is sitting on shelving on the left.
Elephants at the Zoo
1967
Two women and five children are leaning on or sitting on a railing watching the elephants at the zoo.
Fueling Fish Boil Fire
1967
A man fueling a fire for a fish boil, as people look on.
Children Running Through Flowers
1967
Three children are running through a field of yellow flowers.
Girl Riding a Camel
1967
Low angle view of a man wearing the uniform of the Zor Camel Patrol leading a young girl on a camel.
