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J. Robert Taylor Cleaning Furnace

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor cleaning a furnace. He has a broom and a small brush in hand, a pipe in his mouth, and a dirty rag placed on his head. He is reading a doc...
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Women Posing with Household Articles

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Description: Five women pose for a group portrait in front of a painted backdrop with various household articles such as an iron, feather duster, platter, cup, pitcher,...
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Women with Household Articles

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Description: A studio portrait of six women posing in front of a painted backdrop. They are holding household items including an iron, knife, potato, dustpan, broom, pi...
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J. Robert Taylor Family Outdoors

Date: 1910
Description: A group portrait taken outdoors in front of what appears to be a cabin with laundry hanging to dry on a clothesline. J. Robert Taylor's three young childr...
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Spring House Cleaning

Date: 04 01 1949
Description: Mrs. William B. (Rachel) Fisher, 733 Copeland Avenue, assembling the cleaning products she will use during spring house cleaning. A new bride, this is her ...
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National Home Demonstration Week

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Young homemakers, Caroline Reierson, 615 Dennett Drive, and Arveda Kuhlmey, 713 Dennett Drive, experiment with a new culinary process for cooking meat. The...
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Woman Doing Laundry in Alabama

Date: 04 29 1935
Description: A woman outdoors next to a house standing over a large, black pot, possibly doing laundry. Four children are playing around the woman near the entrance.
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University Practice Kitchen

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Description: Interior view of a University of Wisconsin Home Economics Department practice kitchen demonstrating orderly shelf usage.
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Kitchen Interior

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Description: Interior view of a kitchen showing sink, stove, counter, and shelves. Apparently to demonstrate effective kitchen organization.
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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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Family in front of Small House

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Description: A portrait of a family of five, husband, wife, two daughters and an infant, standing by a fence in front of a small house. Laundry is hanging on a clothesl...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

School of Housekeeping Scenes

Date: 12 27 1899
Description: Illustrations from the Boston Herald of scenes at the school of housekeeping, including "in the kitchen" and "studying hygiene".
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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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Clothesline

Date: 07 24 1960
Description: Laundry hangs on a clothesline and blows in the wind. There are fields behind, and low hills in the distance.
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Woman Ironing Clothing

Date: 1939
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 ...
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Laundry Room at the Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the laundry room at the Winnebago County Asylum. Pictured are the staff, including a young boy. Some of the women are ironing articles of ...
Poster

The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers

Date: 1865
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 ...
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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."
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Girl with Washing Machine and Mogul Jr. Engine

Date: 1915
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...
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Woman Washing Clothes

Date: 1916
Description: A woman standing on the back porch of a home uses a Mogul stationary engine to power a washing machine.

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