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School Children Eating

Date: 1919
Description: Three girls serving cups of food and bread to children seated at their desks in a Cook County, District 137 classroom. The activity may have been part of t...
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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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Junior Red Cross

Date: 12 15 1946
Description: East High School clothing and homemaking teacher Helen Mathias (second from right), helping three of her students to make wool jumpers for the Junior Red C...
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Boys Learning to Sew

Date: 1913
Description: Boys learning to sew. Original caption reads: "Sewing Lesson for Boys of the 7th and 8th grades. These boys are learning how to sew on buttons."
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Girls in Sewing Class

Date: 1914
Description: Female students working in a sewing class taught by Miss Catherine Mulvey. Original caption reads, "Miss Mulvey teaches the primary grades, but on Friday a...
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Embroidery Class

Date: 1920
Description: Girls sitting around a long table while embroidering white cloth stretched through embroidery hoops. A woman, probably an instructor, is standing at left. ...
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Cooking Class in the Kitchen

Date: 11 08 1984
Description: Students prepare a curried beef dinner in a Waukesha County Technical Institute cooking class led by Juanita Decker (right, in chef's hat).
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Power Sewing Class

Date: 01 16 1967
Description: Instructor Ida Mussa (left) assists student Victoria Vega in a power sewing class at Milwaukee Vocational School. Vega is sewing an apron on a Singer sewin...
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Thanksgiving Feast

Date: 11 26 1930
Description: Students and teacher seated at a long table loaded with food and drinks for a Thanksgiving meal. There are music and English lessons behind them on the cha...
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Thanksgiving Dinner in Class

Date: 11 21 1967
Description: A woman is carving a turkey, which is on a table full of many dishes. Several children are sitting and looking on from behind their desks. Caption reads: "...

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