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Siri Rustebakke with Women and Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Siri Rustebakke, center, sits in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning wheels. Original negative c109. Compare with D31...
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen, their family and visitors are posing in a yard around a table set for cof...
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Dangers of Cluttered Room

Date: 08 1927
Description: Interior view of a farmhouse, taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department and used to illustrate the dangers of a cluttered room....
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Vacuum Dangers

Date: 08 1927
Description: A woman stooping to remove an electrical cord from in front of a vacuum cleaner.
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Elm Valley Farm

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Description: A woman sets tables and chairs for a meal inside the dining room at Elm Valley Farm.
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Sanitary Garbage Pail

Date: 1920
Description: A metal sanitary garbage pail attaches underneath the kitchen sink and pipes at the farmhouse of Miss Lella Gaddis.
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Electric Cord on Nail

Date: 07 1926
Description: A man wearing a bow tie is toasting a piece of bread on an electric griddle with its cord hanging on a nail on the wall at International Harvester's Hinsda...
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Built-In Ironing Board

Date: 06 1923
Description: Mrs. Betz ironing a skirt on a wall-mounted foldout ironing board. A radiator is along the wall near a sink, and a wooden chair is on the right.
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Woman Sewing with Machine

Date: 06 1923
Description: A woman using an electric sewing machine while sitting at a table with latticed sides.
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Woman Drying Dishes

Date: 1916
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing near a wheeled butler's tray while drying dishes in a kitchen. A sink, table, chair and utensils are behind her.
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Woman in Kitchen

Date: 1919
Description: A woman wearing an apron standing near a wheeled butler's tray in a kitchen. A sink, table, and chair are standing against the wall, and various cooking ut...
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Farm Building: Wooden House

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of a wooden house, with a family, including a man, woman, dog and child on the porch. The woman is using a sewing machine near the open front...
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Husking Corn

Date: 10 1899
Description: A view of men and women husking corn in the field behind a farmhouse. Sitting from left to right are: August Prahl, August Krueger, Sarah Krueger, William...
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Hable and Krueger Families

Date: 06 1899
Description: Group portrait of the Hable and Krueger families posing in the yard in front of a house. Two of the men are holding newspapers. Featured are Julius Hable, ...
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George Thompson and Family

Date: 1892
Description: George "Uncle Riley" Thompson and his wife and children posing on their farm. The family are, from left to right: Bessie, mother Julia holding Rosie, Mamie...
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Leonore Middleton at Home

Date: 1950
Description: View through room towards Leonore Middleton, in another room, holding a majolica plate. She is sitting next to an open dish dresser which holds other potte...
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Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....

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