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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International engines. Includes illustrations of the engines' farm uses, including pumping water, washing clothes, and operating a c... |
| Date: | 05 16 1928 |
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| Description: | Woman washing clothes with a washing machine powered by a a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine. |
| 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: | 1865 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A small girl using a Mogul Junior 1 HP stationary engine to power a washing machine located on the porch of a house. There is a cream separator on the left... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A woman standing on the back porch of a home uses a Mogul stationary engine to power a washing machine. |
| 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: | 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: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Freshly pressed clothing hanging on a metal bar off an Apex electric ironing machine. |
| 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. Granere starting a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine in order to power a Maytag washer. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Granere using a washing machine powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harveste... |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing at a sink in a kitchen; next to it is a dishwasher. Behind her is a cooking range. Caption on rear of photograph reads: "Mrs. Chas. Mea... |
| Date: | 05 16 1923 |
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| Description: | Woman washing clothes outdoors in a yard with a washing machine powered by a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 H.P. engine. |
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