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| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A woman sitting on a stool in a kitchen peeling fruits or vegetables. Another woman is lifting the lid off a pot on the stove. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron is pulling a tray out from what appears to be a food dehydrator. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a woman cutting string beans at a kitchen counter. A pot on a stovetop and a sink are in the background. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A woman lifting jars of vegetables from a pot using a wire holder. |
| Date: | 10 28 1948 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin home economics student Charlene Bishop, making pancakes in a laboratory. |
| Date: | 04 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Young homemakers, Caroline Reierson, 615 Dennett Drive, and Arveda Kuhlmey, 713 Dennett Drive, experiment with a new culinary process for cooking meat. The... |
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| Description: | Interior view of a kitchen showing sink, stove, counter, and shelves. Apparently to demonstrate effective kitchen organization. |
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| Description: | Woman in a long dress standing in kitchen with cook-box, a device to facilitate consistent results in cooking. There is a sideboard on the right. |
| Date: | 10 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Randall Elementary School kindergartners are shown making applesauce under the supervision of their teacher Marguerite Drew. Stirring the pot is Patty Hurl... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A woman irons clothing on an ironing board in a kitchen setting. She is standing in the middle of the room, surrounded by cabinets, a sink and mirror, and ... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron pouring oil into a hot stove at the International Harvester Hinsdale experimental farm, illustrating a dangerous scenario for Inte... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | An unattended child turning the knobs of a gas stove in a farmhouse. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Students sit at desks inside Sedan Prairie School while others stand in the back of the classroom to prepare lunch. The poster hanging on the back wall rea... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Girls serving trays loaded with mugs of soup to students seated at desks in a classroom. A chalkboard, portraits of presidents, and an American flag are in... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A covered pot with a thermometer, can sealer, and stacks of metal cans stand on a table beside a stove in a kitchen near a window. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a dress and apron is using an "Easy Model H" wringer washing machine made by the Syracuse Washer Corporation. |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman mixing food in a pot heated on an electric plate. |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | A table with built-in cabinets and shelf space standing in the middle of a farmhouse kitchen, next to a wooden chair to the left and a stove and ovens to t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Pots, kitchen utensils, and two irons sitting on the stove of a wood-burning oven. A framed painting and a dustpan hang on the wall in the background. |
| Date: | 11 1919 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a full-length apron using a pressure kettle on a stove top, probably for home canning. |
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