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Woman Reading on Screened Porch

Date: 06 1923
Description: Miss Marilla Zearing reading a newspaper on a rocking chair in the screened porch of her home. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agric...
Map or Atlas

Princeton, Wisconsin, Looking North

Date: 1892
Description: Bird's-eye map of Princeton, with an inset of the Residence of F.T. Yahr. Fox River loops to left of center, with one bridge; thirty-six businesses, reside...
Postcard

Draw Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: View down unpaved road towards a drawbridge in Princeton. There is a hotel on the right. Caption reads: "Draw Bridge at Princeton, Wis."
Photograph

Kitchen Sink

Date: 06 1923
Description: A sink standing against a wall inside a farmhouse kitchen. A stove is to the right of the sink, and a garbage bin stands beneath it.
Photograph

Kitchen Cabinet and Table

Date: 06 1923
Description: A table with built-in cabinets and shelf space standing in the middle of a farmhouse kitchen, next to a wooden chair to the left and a stove and ovens to t...
Photograph

Farmhouse Arbor

Date: 07 1923
Description: Flowers and other plants growing on and around an arbor outside the Zearing farmhouse.
Photograph

Sleeping Porch

Date: 1925
Description: Four beds line either side of the sleeping porch at the farmhouse of J.E. Joyce. A telephone is hanging on the wall and striped curtains are covering the o...
Photograph

Woman in Farmhouse Kitchen

Date: 06 1923
Description: Miss Zearing using a grinder to make bread crumbs inside a farmhouse kitchen.
Photograph

Baker's Dozen Bread Club

Date: 07 1923
Description: Miss Marilla Zearling demonstrating a bread-making technique to members of the Baker's Dozen Bread Club.
Photograph

Margaret Monier Canning

Date: 06 1923
Description: Margaret Monier using a pressure cooker while canning in the home of Miss Marilla Zearing. Cans of produce are cooling on wire racks on the counter and in ...
Photograph

Knife Sharpener

Date: 1923
Description: A woman is using a knife sharpener mounted on a kitchen counter to sharpen a blade.
Photograph

Woman Using Fruit Press

Date: 06 1923
Description: A woman using a Dilver (fruit press) to juice fruit into a metal bowl on a tabletop.
Photograph

Woman Using Pressure Kettle

Date: 06 1923
Description: Miss Larson using a pressure kettle to cook on a wood-burning stove in a farmhouse kitchen.
Photograph

Woman at Farmhouse Well

Date: 07 1923
Description: A woman wearing a dress and wide-brimmed hat is emptying water from one pail into another beside a hand-cranked well. The photograph was taken on the John ...
Photograph

Hot Water Heater

Date: 06 1923
Description: Kerosene hot water heater. Larger tanks are behind the heater.
Photograph

Kitchen Arrangement

Date: 06 1923
Description: View of a sink, cupboard, and stove in the farmhouse kitchen of Miss Marilla Zearing.
Photograph

Kitchen Storage Closet

Date: 07 1923
Description: View into a storage closet in the kitchen of Marilla Zearing. A vacuum cleaner, broom ("bissel"), kerosene lantern, and other supplies are stored inside, a...
Photograph

Farmhouse and Farm Buildings

Date: 06 1923
Description: View across lawn towards a farmhouse, with a barn in the background. The yard has trees and shrubs near the porch. There is a fence along a road on the lef...

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