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| Date: | 1826 |
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| Description: | Portrait of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) women with their babies, originally titled "Chippeway Squaws." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, p... |
| Date: | 1826 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and her child, originally titled "Chippeway Squaw and Child." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Engraving of a woman sitting in a chair with light from an attic window shining on her face. Next to her is a rumpled bed and a pull-toy overturned on the ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Engraving of a woman carrying a bundle of clothing and standing with her back to the sea. Behind her other women are in the process of doing wash in the wa... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | "All To Myself" brochure for the NBC Matinee Theater with a woman sitting front of the television peeling potatoes with her shoes off. There is an outline ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Advertising brochure with an image of a woman opening a bottle of soda with the bottle opener on a well-stocked International Harvester Refrigerator while ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Printed color handbill that advertised the special events of the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a woman bearing a platter of produce. |
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| Description: | Woman in a dress and bonnet seated on a bench at a window with a book (The Bible?) open in front of her. There is a spinning wheel in the corner behind the... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Artwork showing man with his feet up in front of a woodburning stove. A dog is sleeping on the floor at the farmer's feet. A woman uses a rolling pin in an... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | "The Reader," an illustration of a woman reading while seated at a lace-covered sewing machine cabinet. The illustration was part of "The Universal Sewing ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A crop of hemp on the left is feeding through a spinning wheel with the words: "HEMP FOR TRAITORS NORTH OR SOUTH" on it, and then to a gallows with a noose... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A woman is washing clothes in a washtub. The caption below reads "My only support—both boys gone to the war. I wonder if they would take me?" Red ink on be... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with man sitting in an easy chair in front of a fireplace. He is smoking a pipe and reading a book. There is a model sailing ship on the mantl... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with two carolers, one violin player and a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter. In the background is a decorative gold fence over black.... |
| Date: | 02 11 1937 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card made from a kit. The front and back are both shown. The front has a girl in a yellow dress holding a heart, surrounded by hearts and f... |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card depicting a man smoking a pipe, and washing a sink full of dirty dishes. He is wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Label from a can of Happy Way brand dark, hop flavored malt syrup. Picture on the label shows a woman wearing an apron and holding a can of the malt syrup ... |
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