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Photograph

Woman Throwing Out Wash Water

Date: 1925
Description: Woman dumping wash water from a metal wash basin on the back step of her farmhouse.
Photograph

Women in a Hosiery Factory

Date: 
Description: Young women pose in a hosiery factory where they are employed.
Photograph

Man and Woman Preparing Wool

Date: 1910
Description: A man and a woman squat on a mat on the floor, whipping wool to prepare it for use. They wear white scarves on their heads. The bottom right of the image c...
Poster

Four Years in the Fight

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring women glass blowers working in a factory with large tongs. Two men are standing by the window in the background, one dressed i...
Book or Pamphlet

Folding Machine

Date: 02 1928
Description: One page of a 24 page promotional booklet produced by The North American Press, founded in 1873 as The Germania Publishing Company by George Brumder (1839-...

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