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Family Cleaning their Motorboat

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: An industrious family cleans their motorboat which is parked in the driveway.
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"Red Baby" Truck Carrying "One Minute" Washers

Date: 1924
Description: Curt Moore selling "one minute" washing machines to a farmer's wife. The washing machines are loaded in the back of an International "Red Baby" truck. The...
Poster

The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers

Date: 1865
Description: "The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers: Scenes from life as a prisoner of war, with explanations--sketched by Lieut. & Top Eng'r O.R. Dahl, 15th Wisconsin ...
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Doing Laundry by Hand

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Description: View of a person doing laundry in metal tubs on a bench outside. The caption reads: "'The Hand Laundry' Lake Huntington, N.Y."
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Dayton Pump Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Dayton Pump Products Company of Belgium, Wisconsin, distributor of Dayton Water Systems, with six vignettes of water systems in use: wate...
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Jones Cottage on the 'Island'

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Description: Eight men are posing outside the porch of a cottage which is surrounded by trees. There are blankets and clothes hanging on the clothesline. A work table w...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European Americans

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and two women posing standing on the porch of a wooden house.
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Laundry in the Lake

Date: 1914
Description: Howard and Jack Greene doing laundry in Lake McFarland.
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Life is a Breeze

Date: 02 17 1981
Description: Overhead view of a man hanging clothes on a clothesline, while holding a clothespin in his mouth. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "LIFE IS A BREEZE —...

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