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Domestic Staff with Work Utensils

Date: 1890
Description: The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils...
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Two Women with Cleaning Implements

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Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
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A Quiet Evening at Home

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Description: Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart.
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Two Women Outside a Log Cabin

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Description: Two women stand outside the doorway of a log house in winter. They are posed with a washtub, broom and dust pan.
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Woman Sitting On Steps

Date: 1905
Description: Elderly woman in a long skirt sitting on the front steps of a house.
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Cutting Roots for Medicine

Date: 09 1923
Description: Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) women cutting roots for medicine. A quilt hangs on a line in the background and a chicken walks near the women.
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Woman with Infant

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Description: Woman, probably Mrs. Rufus A. Jones, the former Birdine Perry, posing with an infant in a baby carriage.
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Woman Posing near Window

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Description: Woman, probably Edna Richards Turner, posing with her potted plants. The Methodist Church is in the background.
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Four Women in Bedroom

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Description: Four women sitting on a bed, walls displaying a tennis racquet and photographs.
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Woman Lying on Bed

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Description: Woman lying on a bed, walls displaying a tennis racquet and photographs.
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Two Women Sitting at Table

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Description: Two women sitting at a table, one is reading a newspaper, possibly Mildred Castle.
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Woman in Rocking Chair

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Description: Woman in a rocking chair reading a book in front of a fireplace.
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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
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Group Sitting at Dining Room Table

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Description: Two men and three women sitting down to a meal, possibly Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Hull on the left, and Mr. and Mrs. George Hull on the right, father and son.
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Woman Putting on Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Woman putting on a hat in front of a dressing table mirror.
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Women Sewing

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Description: Six women sewing by hand and with a sewing machine. A dog is in the room and the calendar on the wall shows December 1901.
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Women at Sewing Bee

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Description: Seven women gathered at a sewing bee.
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Woman on a Farm

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Description: A woman stands on a road that travels through a farm. There are several farm buildings visible along with a wagon.
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Two Women Overlooking a Garden

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Description: Two women stand in the distance overlooking a garden on a farm.

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