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Farm Laborers with Reaper

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Description: A crew of farm laborers taking a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman is offering food and drinks. They are posing in front of a reaper with the...
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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna, seated together reading in a bedroom at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin...
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The Slide

Date: 1880
Description: Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow.
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Woman Pumping Water from Farmhouse Well

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Description: Woman pumping water from a well near the porch of her farmhouse.
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Woman Cleaning Wooden Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman cleaning a wooden floor in an open doorway of her farmhouse with a scrub brush.
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Woman Wringing Clothes with Early Washing Machine

Date: 10 1923
Description: Mrs. Granere wringing clothes with a Maytag washing machine at Harvester Farm.
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Woman Throwing Out Wash Water

Date: 1925
Description: Woman dumping wash water from a metal wash basin on the back step of her farmhouse.
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Waitress Tending Table in McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House.
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 06 1923
Description: Woman chopping wood on the farm of E.A. Bancroft.
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Russian Women Washing Clothes

Date: 1910
Description: Group of women washing clothes by hand on a pier in a river in Russia. The scene may be near Lubertzy.
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Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of three women evaluating meal prepared by a cook inside International Harvester's Evansville Works home economics kitchen. The Evansville Wo...
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Lunch Break

Date: 1915
Description: Field workers take a lunch break outdoors. The man holding the food is Frank Haack and the woman taking a bite is his sister-in-law, Anna Bollenbeck.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
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Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen

Date: 1948
Description: Three women in the home economics model kitchen at International Harvester's Evansville Works. Zelma Purchase is wrapping a food product at the table. Lori...
Magazine or Periodical

Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen in "International Harvester World"

Date: 02 1948
Description: Cover of "International Harvester World" magazine, with an image of three women in the home economics model kitchen at International Harvester's Evansville...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr...
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Wisconsin State Journal Correspondents

Date: 01 31 1948
Description: Wisconsin State Journal correspondents, staff members, and guests attending the annual conference of correspondents in the Park Hotel.

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