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Children and Adults Engaged in Yard Work
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A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. Another woman with two children is standing near the steps to the house. The brush broom, made by tying a bundle of brush together, was used in the south for rough sweeping around the yard.
February 20, 1915
International Harvester Company
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Sweeping the Yard
February 20, 1915
A woman and young boy sweep yard with "brush broom" while another woman with two children looks on. Two additional women, possibly Agricultural Extension employees watch as well. Original caption r...
Young Woman Sweeping Steps
February 1915
Young African American woman sweeping front steps of a residence. Original caption reads: "the 'sedge brush' broom is used a great deal for light sweeping out of doors and like the brush broom cost...
Woman Sweeping
August 1931
Irma Evans using a broom to sweep the floor near a wooden bench.
Women and Children in Field with Walking Plow
February 22, 1915
Two women and two young girls in a field with an ox-driven walking plow. Original caption reads: "This picture was not taken in Egypt nor India nor Africa but in Alabama near Enon and shows the pri...
Woman and Children with Chicks
1922
A woman is standing with two children in a poultry yard, feeding chicks and a hen from a coffee can. Several farm buildings are in the background.
North Alabama Baptist Academy
1915
View across yard of a group of African American students from the North Alabama Baptist Academy gathered on the building's front steps for an outdoor group portrait.
