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Filter: Year of 1920-1929
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Woman ironing cloth with old-fashioned heated iron. Behind her is a sink. |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Woman vacuuming rug with a "Vacuette" sweeper in a farmhouse living room. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Woman cleaning a wooden floor in an open doorway of her farmhouse with a scrub brush. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Granere wringing clothes with a Maytag washing machine at Harvester Farm. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Woman cleaning kerosene lamps on the front porch(?) of her house. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Miss Neary smells the contents of an opened can, demonstrating the hazards of ingesting tainted food. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a farmhouse, taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department and used to illustrate the dangers of a cluttered room.... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman stooping to remove an electrical cord from in front of a vacuum cleaner. |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A girl holding a long coat or blanket, a broom, and a dustpan while descending a flight of stairs at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | View from above of an open drawer revealing sharp knives mixed in with other kitchen utensils. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A metal sanitary garbage pail attaches underneath the kitchen sink and pipes at the farmhouse of Miss Lella Gaddis. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Granere using a Maytag wringer and two metal rinsing buckets to wash clothing on the International Harvester demonstration farm. |
| 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: | 06 1923 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | Pages from a newspaper are scattered on a rug at the base of a rocking chair in a farmhouse living room. A radiator and bookcase are behind the chair. |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | A broom, dustpan, and a duster hanging in a cleaning supply closet at the top of a staircase in the house of Adolph Betz. |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Freshly pressed clothing hanging on a metal bar off an Apex electric ironing machine. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Clothing lies on a bed, hangs from drawers, and sits on top of a dresser in an unorganized bedroom. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Waggoner using a Coffield electric washing machine and wringer to launder clothing on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester ... |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Guener washing dishes while sitting on a stool attached to a sink in J.O. Waggoner's home. |
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