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| Description: | Valentine's Day card depicting a man smoking a pipe, and washing a sink full of dirty dishes. He is wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a ... |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Betz ironing a skirt on a wall-mounted foldout ironing board. A radiator is along the wall near a sink, and a wooden chair is on the right. |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | Pages from a newspaper are scattered on a rug at the base of a rocking chair in a farmhouse living room. A radiator and bookcase are behind the chair. |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | A broom, dustpan, and a duster hanging in a cleaning supply closet at the top of a staircase in the house of Adolph Betz. |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Freshly pressed clothing hanging on a metal bar off an Apex electric ironing machine. |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | Rags, discarded shoes, empty bottles and food cans littering the space surrounding a rear entrance to a farmhouse. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Clothing lies on a bed, hangs from drawers, and sits on top of a dresser in an unorganized bedroom. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Waggoner using a Coffield electric washing machine and wringer to launder clothing on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester ... |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Guener washing dishes while sitting on a stool attached to a sink in J.O. Waggoner's home. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Granere starting a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine in order to power a Maytag washer. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Granere using a washing machine powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harveste... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron is standing near a wheeled butler's tray while drying dishes in a kitchen. A sink, table, chair and utensils are behind her. |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. J.E. Waggoner passing plaid fabric through a wringer after using an electric washing machine. A washboard is hanging on the wall in the background, an... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Children joining hands while playing in an alleyway between brick buildings in an area of tenement housing. A line of laundry suspended over the alley is h... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Jake George standing on a wooden porch while using a foot pedal to wring excess water from a mop. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman moving a box full of firewood from the corner of the kitchen on the E.A. Bancroft farm. A woodstove is on the right. |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman sitting in a wooden chair while using an electric iron on clothing. A laundry basket is at her feet. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron standing near a wheeled butler's tray in a kitchen. A sink, table, and chair are standing against the wall, and various cooking ut... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View of an opened medicine cabinet above a sink at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. |
| Date: | 12 12 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Helen Young, housemother at the recently opened Ellsworth House, a residence for UW co-eds. The building, located at 422 North Murray Street, ... |
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