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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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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 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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Woman Washing Wooden Porch

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: A woman wearing a dress, hat, and stockings uses a mop and bucket to wash a damaged wooden porch attached to a farmhouse.
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Man Outside Log Cabin

Date: 1892
Description: A man posing with an ax and chopping block is standing outside the door of a log cabin during the winter. The man has been identified as James B.F. Server,...
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Cleaning Supply Closet

Date: 07 1923
Description: A broom, dustpan, and a duster hanging in a cleaning supply closet at the top of a staircase in the house of Adolph Betz.
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Self-Wringing Mop

Date: 1923
Description: Mrs. Jake George standing on a wooden porch while using a foot pedal to wring excess water from a mop.
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City Employees

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Description: A group of about two dozen male city employees, three carrying shovels, stand in front of the double doors of a large brick building. There is a wooden wal...
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Nurse Rechard

Date: 1895
Description: A woman identified as Nurse Rechard stands in profile on the bottom step of a small flight of porch stairs. She is holding a tray with glassware on it.
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Domestic Dispute

Date: 1895
Description: In a posed scene, the photographer, wearing sleeve protectors, stands on the porch holding a bucket and large measuring cup while his smiling wife Clara th...
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Emil Boeing Barn

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Description: Exterior three-quarter view of white barn. There are milk cans on the left side of the building. The front and side of the barn has small extension rooms w...
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Fox and Hounds Restaurant Dinner Menu

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Description: Front cover, bar menu, and trifold overleaf illustration from the Fox and Hounds Restaurant. On the cover is an illustration of the restaurant's wooden pla...
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Baby on Landing of Building

Date: 1922
Description: View across the yard towards James Peterson sitting on a landing near the open door of a house or farm building with two windows. Stacked on a crate near t...
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Christine Peterson Cleaning Vegetables

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Description: Mrs. (Christine) Peterson by the back door. She is sitting on the top step and a cat is standing at her feet. A small pile of vegetables are next to her on...
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Shoe Repairman

Date: 1915
Description: A cobbler repairing a boot in his shop. Many boots are lined up on the floor, and a bench of tools is behind him. A calendar from J.B. Yunker & Sons hangs ...
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Repair Shop at Dealership

Date: 06 29 1925
Description: View through open doorway towards the interior of a repair shop. In the doorway is a rolling cart with brooms, a shovel, and a large, covered metal contain...
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Mrs. Meade with Electronic Kitchen Devices

Date: 1929
Description: A woman is standing at a sink in a kitchen; next to it is a dishwasher. Behind her is a cooking range. Caption on rear of photograph reads: "Mrs. Chas. Mea...
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Ella Tillstrom and Emma Bowman

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Description: Two women are standing next to wash basins indoors. Behind them are two closed doors and a coat rack. In the foreground is a teakettle. Caption reads: "Ell...
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Birthday Breakfast

Date: 08 30 1928
Description: Barbara Brumder, center, is looking at the camera while sitting at a dining table which is set for breakfast. There is a floral arrangement in the center o...

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