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Jeannette Holt Doing Laundry

Date: 1918
Description: Standing on the pier, Jeannette Holt is doing laundry by hand, using the washboard in an iron bucket that is sitting on the diving board. Archibald Lake an...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Woman Washing Clothes Outdoors in Yard

Date: 05 16 1923
Description: Woman washing clothes outdoors in a yard with a washing machine powered by a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 H.P. engine.
Photograph

Women Washing Dishes

Date: 1912
Description: Two women are standing at a table in a kitchen, with one woman drying a dish, and the other washing dishes in a large bowl. Dishes and pans are stacked on ...
Manuscript

Page 6 from "A Few Glimpses of Stanley McCormick School"

Date: 02 08 1921
Description: Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "A class in Household Economics on the porch of one of the cottages." Caption for photo...
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Linda Luna Washing Clothes at Migrant Worker Camp

Date: 07 1970
Description: Linda Luna of Auraura, Illinois washes clothes at a basin outside a cabin in a migrant worker camp in Door County. Several articles of clothing are lying i...

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