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Woman and Boy with Pears

Date: 1943
Description: A woman sitting at a kitchen table is handing a pear to a young boy standing next to her.
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Kitchenware on Display

Date: 1951
Description: Two female mannequins are standing with an International Harvester freezer and refrigerator. This display may have been at the International Harvester head...
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Tractor Works Cafeteria Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: A woman in uniform standing by the open door of a walk-in-cooler in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). A man is standing ...
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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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Children with Cream Separator

Date: 05 25 1927
Description: A boy is holding a drinking glass up to the spout of a cream separator as a man is pouring a metal milk pail into the device. A young girl is sitting on a ...
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Woman and Child with Cream Separator

Date: 05 25 1927
Description: A woman is emptying a metal milk can into a cream separator while a girl is standing by watching. They are in a large room with a sink and a cabinet. An el...
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Children and Woman with Cream Separator

Date: 10 27 1926
Description: A girl us turning the crank on a cream separator as a boy and a woman are looking on. The woman and children are standing in a kitchen, and the woman is wa...
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Field Kitchen at Camp Elliott

Date: 1941
Description: Group of men at field kitchen at Camp Elliot. According to the original caption, the man "with loaded mess kit is Derwood W. Hooper, Second Medical Detachm...
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Oil Stove Accident Prevention

Date: 08 1927
Description: A woman wearing an apron pouring oil into a hot stove at the International Harvester Hinsdale experimental farm, illustrating a dangerous scenario for Inte...
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Farmhouse Hazards

Date: 08 1927
Description: A child sitting on the floor of a farmhouse kitchen near a cloth-covered table. A lit oil lamp, pot, and utensils are sitting on the table, illustrating th...
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Farmhouse Hazards

Date: 08 1927
Description: An unattended child turning the knobs of a gas stove in a farmhouse.
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Knife Precautions

Date: 07 1927
Description: View from above of an open drawer revealing sharp knives mixed in with other kitchen utensils.
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School Kitchen in Iowa

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: Interior view of the school kitchen in the domestic science department at Orange Township Consolidated School.
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Canning Equipment

Date: 1925
Description: A covered pot with a thermometer, can sealer, and stacks of metal cans stand on a table beside a stove in a kitchen near a window.
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Sanitary Garbage Pail

Date: 1920
Description: A metal sanitary garbage pail attaches underneath the kitchen sink and pipes at the farmhouse of Miss Lella Gaddis.
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Food Storage

Date: 1931
Description: Jars of food are stored in an opened cabinet within a farmhouse kitchen.
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Breakfast Nook

Date: 1931
Description: Two benches, and a table covered with a cloth is set with a vase of flowers and a creamer dish, are standing beneath curtained windows in a farmhouse break...
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Woman Cooking on Electric Plate

Date: 10 1927
Description: A woman mixing food in a pot heated on an electric plate.
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Kitchen Sink

Date: 06 1923
Description: A sink standing against a wall inside a farmhouse kitchen. A stove is to the right of the sink, and a garbage bin stands beneath it.
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Kitchen Cabinet and Table

Date: 06 1923
Description: A table with built-in cabinets and shelf space standing in the middle of a farmhouse kitchen, next to a wooden chair to the left and a stove and ovens to t...

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