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Mabel Cirks was an avid photographer and took many pictures with her Kodak box camera which is still kept by her family. Her legacy lives on with her many wonderful photos of life on a farm in the 1930's and 40's.

Don and Ollie with the new telephone in 1954.

Ollie with his 1936 Ford.

Mabel Cirks won a one dollar award in The Pantagraph's second annual Central Illinois amateur snapshot contest with this photo - August 13, 1936

Don standing on a steer