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"Classy" Bathroom

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Description: A photograph of a "classy" bathroom that was most likely used in either Cheese or Smiles humor magazine to which Harlod Gauer contributed. Th...
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative Apartments Bathroom

Date: 1930
Description: View of a bathroom in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative Apartments. Features porcelain bathtub, sink, and toilet.
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Plumbing Showroom

Date: 1935
Description: A plumbing showroom with tiled model kitchen and bathroom displays. There are oil burning heaters, water heaters, and water softeners also displayed.
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Cub Scout Den Activities

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: Cub Scout Marshall R. Hanks, Jr. brushes his teeth at a bathroom sink, with mother standing by checking directions for tooth brushing in a Cub Scout book.
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Restroom, Bellevue Hospital

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a partially open restroom window in the Bellevue Hospital. A heating vent is attached to the wall in front of the window and roll of paper tow...
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Washing Facility

Date: 1920
Description: View of a sink installed in a corner in a washroom at School #9. A mirror, towel rack, framed picture, and a row of mugs hang from walls surrounding the si...
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Man in Washroom

Date: 09 04 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls washing his hands in a sink in a farmhouse washroom. There is a reflection of a man in the mirror over the sink, who appears to be u...
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Woman with Bathtub

Date: 10 1923
Description: A woman wearing a checkered dress is turning the faucet on a bathtub at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester Farm).
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Woman and Child in Bathroom

Date: 1923
Description: A woman is washing a boy's face with a washcloth in a bathroom on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The boy is wearing a sailor suit wi...
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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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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 15 1946
Description: Workers' toilet. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the National Maritime Union (N...
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Shipmate Off-Duty

Date: 06 1942
Description: Off- duty shipmate on United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta. The man is wearing a first mate hat and a white t-shirt. Behind him is a sink with a ...
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Soldier in Shower

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier from the 14th Infantry taking a shower with his pants on at a military base in Panama. The soldier is shirtless and has his arms raised behind hi...
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McCormick Reaper Works Bathroom

Date: 1900
Description: View of a bathroom at the McCormick factory. A row of sinks are standing in the foreground, and several toilet stalls with overhead tanks are along the bac...
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"The Trip" Movie Still

Date: 1967
Description: Scene still from the American International film "The Trip," featuring Bruce Dern (playing John) and Peter Fonda (playing Paul Groves). Dern's character (i...
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Bathroom

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: Interior view of a bathroom installed in former bedroom closet at the Thomas Lyman residence, 149 North Butler Street. It is an example of the ease of conv...
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Powder Room in a Living Room Closet

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: Interior view of a powder room installed in a former closet off the living room in a Nakoma house. It is an example of the ease of converting a closet or p...
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Interior of Communal Shower for Migrant Workers

Date: 1969
Description: The interior of a floorless tin communal shower hut with shower heads and sinks for migrant farm workers in a labor camp.

This photograph is a part of Wi...

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Osbourne Works Employee Bathroom

Date: 02 19 1912
Description: This photograph may be of the men's bathroom at the International Harvester Osbourne branch in Auburn, New York. To the right are several urinals, while on...
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Bathroom with Sinks and Showers at Osborne Works

Date: 08 04 1913
Description: A large factory washroom is equipped with a double row of sinks, and along a wall, four showers at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as ...

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