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Young Girl Eating Breakfast

Date: 1920
Description: Young girl sitting at a table eating cereal(?) from a bowl. She also has a glass of milk and a plate with toast.
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Woman Cutting Carrots

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman wearing an apron smiles as she slices a carrot into a pan.
Poster

Canning Poster

Date: 1920
Description: International Harvester poster advertising home canning and offering free books. The sign reads: "Canning Means Saving, Saving Means Money. Ask Your Wife, ...
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Table with Cake Slice on Plate

Date: 1920
Description: A slice of frosted cake rests on a plate atop a cloth-covered table, along with a glass, knife, additional plates, and a wrinkled cloth napkin.
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Woman Straining Liquid

Date: 1920
Description: A woman standing under a rooftop near a doorway pouring liquid through what appears to be a cheesecloth strainer and into a clay pot.
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Canning Rack

Date: 1920
Description: Close-up of a woman's hands holding the wire handles of a wooden rack made for holding jars during canning.
Photograph

Solder Can Sealers

Date: 1920
Description: View of several solder sealers set against a white backdrop.
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Brother and Sister Canning

Date: 1920
Description: A brother and sister use an Eau Claire steam pressure machine to run their canning business.
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Woman with Dumbwaiter

Date: 1920
Description: Mrs. John Bowers removing a plate of food from the dumbwaiter in her Benton County farmhouse.
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Woman Baking

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is siftting flour into a bowl in a kitchen. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. The table in front of h...
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Woman Baking Bread

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is kneading bread dough on a board on a wooden table. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. A flour sifte...
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Domestic Economy Class

Date: 1920
Description: A group of girls are wearing full-length aprons while using manual hand-mixers to beat the contents of bowls in a domestic economy (home economics) class. ...
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The Hot Lunch

Date: 1920
Description: Two girls are sitting at a table outdoors while a boy is offering them sandwiches from a plate during an etiquette lesson.
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Community Dinner

Date: 1920
Description: A group of farmers gathered in a rural church for a community dinner.
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Picnic, Flag and Automobile

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men and women sit on the ground as they enjoy a picnic, eating and drinking. A dog is lying on the picnic blanket. An automobile with a flag mou...
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Picnic in the Woods

Date: 1920
Description: Three women and a small boy enjoy a picnic in a clearing near Cana Island. A dog poses in the foreground.

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