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Domestic Staff with Work Utensils
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The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils. One woman is holding an infant. They are posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two women are identified as Ellen Devine (back row, second to right) and Carrie Devine (front row, right).
1890
Van Schaick, Charles
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W0127MQ
WHi 1919
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