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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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Two Women Outside a Log Cabin

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Description: Two women stand outside the doorway of a log house in winter. They are posed with a washtub, broom and dust pan.
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Woman Doing Laundry Outdoors

Date: 07 07 1963
Description: Jehovah's Witnesses assembly camper doing laundry.
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Doing Dishes

Date: 1920
Description: A woman washing dishes outdoors in a washtub.
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Outdoor Chores

Date: 1920
Description: Woman doing chores outdoors.
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Zermatt, Switzerland

Date: 1895
Description: Houses by a stream in Zermatt, Switzerland. A woman is doing laundry (?) in the foreground.
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Child Sitting on Sidewalk

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Description: A barefoot child is sitting on the sidewalk. Houses and buildings are in the background, and laundry is hanging out to dry.
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Elevated View from Division and East Water Streets

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back...
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William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Housing Project

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Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison student housing project at Monroe Street. There was housing at Monroe Street and Randall Avenue for marrie...
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Backyards in the City

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Description: Elevated view of backyard areas, including some dilapidated houses and outbuildings. There are wood fences surrounding some of the yards, and laundry hangs...
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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."
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: T.T. Club: A Swell Time

Date: 1932
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two T.T. Club images, one of two girls tending to another girl who is in bed ("and a tray for Katie"...
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Washing Clothes, South Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: Two women wash clothes in large pails, while a girl and a young man stand nearby. "43 people, 10 families, share three outdoor hydrants. 8 people share 1 i...
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Lilia Suckow

Date: 1932
Description: Lilia Suckow, a student at Peck School, works in a tulip bed outside her house. Clothes dry on a line behind the house.
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House and Barn Combination

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view across yard of a two-story house with a barn built adjacent to it. Two people are standing near the door of the house. In the yard is a woode...
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Women and Children in Substandard Housing

Date: 1956
Description: Woman and four children seated in front of a makeshift tent that serves as their home. There is a washtub and washboard in the foreground and laundry hangs...
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Shack in the Woods

Date: 1956
Description: Young man and a dog in the yard outside a dilapidated shack in the woods that serves as a dwelling. Laundry hangs from a line at left.
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Laundry in the Lake

Date: 1914
Description: Howard and Jack Greene doing laundry in Lake McFarland.
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Island Lodge Pastime

Date: 1918
Description: View from the lake of Miss Ransom washing clothes by hand, using lake water. Beside her on the pier is an enamel metal wash bowl. Archibald Lake is in the ...

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