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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 Operating Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Robert Viall operating a belt-driven cream separator. The separator is powered by an International engine.
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Woman Reading on Screened Porch

Date: 06 1923
Description: Miss Marilla Zearing reading a newspaper on a rocking chair in the screened porch of her home. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agric...
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Woman Prepares Beans for Canning

Date: 1917
Description: Woman sitting and preparing string beans for canning.
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Passenger Lounge of Airliner

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Description: Smoking and games in the lounge of a commercial airliner. The original caption for this unidentified photograph reads: "Delicious lunches, even six course ...
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Crocheting Doilies

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: A Girl Scout crocheting doilies at a senior citizens' care center with her "adoptive grandmother."
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AGW Company Store

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Description: Miss Martin, Miss Weiland and Joseph(?) Lee pose inside the AGW Company Store.
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Home Economics Class in a Social Moment

Date: 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics students have a tea party.
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Radiophone

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Description: A woman takes down menus and recipes that she hears on her radiophone.
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West Pullman Works Cafeteria

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female factory and office workers sitting in the cafeteria at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Female Factory Workers Holding Engine Parts

Date: 1930
Description: Three female workers standing and holding what appear to be a carburetor, magneto and roller bearing at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Manufacturing Binder Canvases at McCormick Works

Date: 1930
Description: Female workers inserting wooden slats into canvas for grain binders in the McCormick Works Twine Mill. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Ma...
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IH General Office Mail Room

Date: 10 29 1937
Description: Men and women working in the 5th floor mail room of International Harvester's general office building.
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Irma Harding, Spokesperson for IH Refrigerators

Date: 1947
Description: Publicity photograph of Irma Harding pointing out features of a new model refrigerator. Ms. Harding was a fictional character who acted as a spokesperson ...
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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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Family in Toy Store

Date: 10 23 1924
Description: Boy sitting in a "McFarlan" toy car as two men and a woman are looking on. The group appears to be in a toy store or toy department, with other toy cars, a...
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Modern Woodmen Insurance Participants

Date: 04 22 1946
Description: Group portrait of Modern Woodmen of America Insurance Camp #365, with men and women and one child. Taken in the Colonial Room at the Hotel Loraine.
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Women Planning CUNA Convention Luncheon

Date: 05 08 1946
Description: Group portrait of CUNA (Credit Union National Association) Womens's Convention Luncheon Committee at Loraine Hotel, composed of eight women sitting and sta...
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Gerke Twins at Piano

Date: 03 16 1946
Description: The Gerke twins, Julie and Juliette, 11-years-old, are wearing matching dresses and bows in their hair. They are joined on the piano bench by a man wearing...

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