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Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Date: 1934
Description: A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933...
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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna, seated together reading in a bedroom at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin...
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Family at Dining Table

Date: 1890
Description: Family gathered at the dining table.
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Two Young Women in Bedroom

Date: 1929
Description: Two young women talking in a bedroom. One is packing or unpacking clothes into a travel bag. A copy of Herbert Quick's "Vandemark's Folly" is among the boo...
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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Tea Party

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: Mother pouring tea for her twins at the mother and daughter tea, sponsored by the Brookfield Woman's Club.
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Infant with Grandmother

Date: 1950
Description: A young child examines a children's book with her grandmother.
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Woman in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Woman pouring a cup of coffee.
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Television

Date: 1950
Description: A young woman is displaying a television set.
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Woman Vacuuming Rug

Date: 10 1927
Description: Woman vacuuming rug with a "Vacuette" sweeper in a farmhouse living room.
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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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Waitress Tending Table in McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House.
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Farm Hazard: Keep Fingers Away from Sewing Machine

Date: 07 17 1926
Description: Staged scene of a woman sewing with a young child attempting to help. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depart...
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Home Economics — Cooking Class

Date: 1922
Description: Female students in a home economics cooking class at the School of Agriculture in Olds, Alberta, Canada.
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Woman Rolling Dough on Countertop

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Description: Woman standing in a kitchen rolling dough on a countertop.
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Woman Cleaning Kerosene Lamps

Date: 1925
Description: Woman cleaning kerosene lamps on the front porch(?) of her house.
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Picnic Tea Party

Date: 1890
Description: A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table.
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...

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