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Forest and Bear

Date: 1897
Description: Forest Middleton, wearing a plaid dress, lectures his Teddy Bear, which is seated in a high chair.
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Woman in Farmhouse Kitchen

Date: 06 1923
Description: Miss Zearing using a grinder to make bread crumbs inside a farmhouse kitchen.
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Woman with Firewood

Date: 07 1923
Description: A woman moving a box of firewood inside a farmhouse. A teakettle is standing on a stove to the left.
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Woman and Young Girl Canning Beans

Date: 1926
Description: Woman and young girl working in a kitchen canning beans. The girl is standing at the sink running a faucet while the woman is seated at a table using a bea...
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Woman Demonstrating Canning Process

Date: 07 23 1926
Description: Woman in kitchen demonstrating the canning process. Original caption reads, "pail and wire rack for cold pack canning." The photo was taken at Harvester Fa...
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Woman Demonstrating Canning

Date: 07 1926
Description: Woman in a kitchen dipping freshly canned corn into pot. Original caption reads, "canning corn. Putting cans in pressure kettle for cooking." Taken at Harv...
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Woman and Child with Electric Washer

Date: 1931
Description: A woman and a girl are using an electric washing machine to clean clothing or bedsheets in a basement. The machine is powered by a DELCO-Light Plant system...
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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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Giese Kitchen

Date: 2004
Description: After she baked some apple pies, Frieda Giese, 85, lounges in her expansive kitchen.
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Woman Using Washing Machine and Wringer

Date: 10 1923
Description: Mrs. Waggoner using a Coffield electric washing machine and wringer to launder clothing on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester ...
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Mrs. Granere with Maytag Washer

Date: 10 1923
Description: Mrs. Granere starting a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine in order to power a Maytag washer.
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Woman with Engine-Powered Washing Machine

Date: 10 1923
Description: Mrs. Granere using a washing machine powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harveste...
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Hot Water Heater

Date: 06 1923
Description: Kerosene hot water heater. Larger tanks are behind the heater.
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Woman Using Electric Washing Machine

Date: 06 1923
Description: Mrs. J.E. Waggoner passing plaid fabric through a wringer after using an electric washing machine. A washboard is hanging on the wall in the background, an...
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Leo Scheberle Residence

Date: 10 28 1953
Description: Interior view of the kitchen and dining room in the residence of Leo Scheberle.
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Woman Ironing

Date: 10 1927
Description: A woman sitting in a wooden chair while using an electric iron on clothing. A laundry basket is at her feet.
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Woman Cooking at Electric Stove

Date: 1927
Description: A woman stirs a pot on a six-burner electric stove. Two Hotpoint automatic electric ovens stand beside the stove, and canisters and teapots stand on the st...
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Woman Doing Laundry

Date: 11 1919
Description: A woman using an electric washer and wringer to launder clothing on the Babcock Farm.
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Woman Canning in Kitchen

Date: 1915
Description: A woman is using a towel to remove a can from a stove top pressure boiler. Additional cans are sitting on the counter beside her, and the boiler lid and o...
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Woman Canning

Date: 1926
Description: A woman wearing an apron is removing a wire rack filled with glass canning jars from a boiler on a Coleman Pressure Range on International Harvester's Hins...

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