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Woman with Wringer Washtub and Basket

Date: 1920
Description: Woman washing clothes outdoors with a washtub, washboard, wringer, clothespins and clothesline.
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Woman Cleaning Wooden Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman cleaning a wooden floor in an open doorway of her farmhouse with a scrub brush.
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Woman with Axe

Date: 1920
Description: A smiling woman holding an axe holding a pose while chopping wood.
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Girl Peeling Potatoes

Date: 1920
Description: Baskets of potatoes surround a young girl as she peels and cuts them outdoors near the side of a building.
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International G-61 Pipe Company Truck

Date: 1920
Description: International Model G-61 truck parked on the side of a dirt road where several men spread gravel(?) for the Shenandoah Valley Pipe Company.
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International G-61 Pipe Company Truck

Date: 1920
Description: International Model G-61 truck parked on the side of a dirt road where several men spread gravel(?) for the Shenandoah Valley Pipe Company. The trailor att...
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International F-31 Truck Operated by H.G. Luker Co.

Date: 1920
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by H.G. Luker Co. of Kittanning. A man in work clothes is sitting in the driver's seat, and a ridge with hom...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Men Pouring Cement for Silo Foundation

Date: 1920
Description: Two men wearing hats pouring cement from a bucket into a wooden form to build a foundation for a silo. Behind them is a farm building.
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Man with Lime Sower

Date: 1920
Description: A man is using a shovel to transfer lime from a pile in a field into a lime sower pulled by two horses.
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Man with Lime Sower

Date: 1920
Description: A man holding a shovel is opening the lid of a lime sower pulled by two horses. He is standing next to a lime pile in a field, and what appear to be haysta...
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A.L. Webster Surveying a Field

Date: 1920
Description: A.L. Webster takes notes in a notebook while using tools to do surveying work in a field. Another man stands holding a rod in the background near what appe...
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Men Loading Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: View across a field of two men loading corn into a horse-drawn wagon. On the right are corn shocks.
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Display of Home Economics Tools

Date: 1920
Description: View of five kitchen(?) tools laid on a light-colored background.
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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 Hauling Water

Date: 1920
Description: A woman carrying two metal buckets full of water away from a well pump near the porch of a farm house.
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Stovetop

Date: 1920
Description: Pots, kitchen utensils, and two irons sitting on the stove of a wood-burning oven. A framed painting and a dustpan hang on the wall in the background.
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Woman Making Cheese

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing an apron and a hairnet standing at a counter while using a hoop strainer to make cheese(?). She is using another metal utensil to press whe...
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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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