Women and Children in Substandard Housing | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Women and Children in Substandard Housing

Women and Children in Substandard Housing | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Woman and four children seated in front of a makeshift tent that serves as their home. There is a washtub and washboard in the foreground and laundry hangs from lines tied to trees in the clearing.
DESCRIPTION
Woman and four children seated in front of a makeshift tent that serves as their home. There is a washtub and washboard in the foreground and laundry hangs from lines tied to trees in the clearing.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:101525
Creation Date:circa 1956
Creator Name:Unknown
City:
County:Forest
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Wisconsin Public Health Nursing Section Indian records, 1926-1962 (bulk 1926-1940)
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:Series 2207, Box , Folder 5
Original Dimensions:4.25 x 3 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
From Public Health Nursing Report on Indian Health: Vilas and Forest Counties, July 1, 1956 to July 1, 1957 prepared by Lucille C. Mayer, R.N., Lac du Flambeau, Wis. See also Image ID: 101524.
SUBJECTS
Trees
Clothing and dress
Housekeeping
Dwellings
Tents
Social conditions
Outdoor photography
Portraits, Group
Poverty

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