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Farm Hazard: Chopping Wood

Date: 1926
Description: A man demonstrates the farm hazard of chopping wood.
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Woman Canning Jelly

Date: 1926
Description: Woman working in kitchen straining jelly bags over pot in preparation for canning. The photograph was taken at an "IHC Farm," probably in Hinsdale, Illinoi...
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Woman and Young Girl Canning Beans

Date: 1926
Description: Woman and young girl working in a kitchen canning beans. The girl is standing at the sink running a faucet while the woman is seated at a table using a bea...
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Woman Cutting Green Beans

Date: 1926
Description: Woman in a kitchen using a Burpee bean cutter to slice green beans before canning. The photograph was taken at Harvester Farm.
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Medicine Cabinet

Date: 1926
Description: View of an opened medicine cabinet above a sink at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Woman Canning

Date: 1926
Description: A woman wearing an apron is removing a wire rack filled with glass canning jars from a boiler on a Coleman Pressure Range on International Harvester's Hins...
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Farms Hazards: Children on Machinery

Date: 1926
Description: A child on a Farmall tractor. The original caption warns of the danger of children "fooling with levers on running machinery." This photo was taken for Int...
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Neighborhood House Album: Women's Sewing Group

Date: 1926
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of women cutting patterns, sewing by hand and machine, pressing a garment, and checking the ...
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Neighborhood House Boys Club Woodworking

Date: 1926
Description: Group of boys working on various woodworking projects: sawing, hammering, and marking. A man in a shirt and tie is talking to one of the boys in the backgr...
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Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1926
Description: Demonstration booth in the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing electrical kitchen equipment.
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A Corner of the Dining Room, Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: The dining room at the Birchcliff Hotel, with tables set for a midday meal.
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Dining Room Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: The dining room at the lodge with a view of the Wisconsin River. The tables are set with white tablecloths, sugar bowls and salt and pepper shakers.
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Baking Contest

Date: 1926
Description: Entries in the Lewis Baking Contest. Seven tables full of plates of desserts are displayed in a large room.
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Child in High Chair

Date: 1926
Description: Child sitting in a high chair drinking tomato juice from a mug. The child is wearing a bib with a rabbit stitched on the front.

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