M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.34a: A large ceramic M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The vessel is primarily off white with a rural motif painted in blue, green and red. The front depicts a farmer standing next to his wife. The farmer is holding a rake upright in his proper right hand. He is wearing a white shirt with green dot accents, white pants, brown shoes, and a wide brim hat. A green kerchief is tied around his neck. On his proper left side is his wife. They are standing side by side with her proper left arm linked through his proper right arm. She is depicted wearing a white dress with a ruffled collar and a pleated skirt with red accents around the edge of the ruffle and the bottom of the skirt.

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