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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman poses her kitchen with all of the modern conveniences. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Woman demonstrating a new space-saving Westinghouse washer/dryer unit. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A kitchen counter is a good perch for a teenage girl's telephone conversation. |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Woman vacuuming rug with a "Vacuette" sweeper in a farmhouse living room. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Granere wringing clothes with a Maytag washing machine at Harvester Farm. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman pretends to pour kerosene on a hot stove as part of an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department campaign to make families aware of... |
| Date: | 07 31 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising. |
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| Description: | A woman and two small boys are sitting at a typewriter in the kitchen. |
| Date: | 01 23 1957 |
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| Description: | A man clad in a chef's apron tests a pan of chicken for doneness. |
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| Description: | A woman dust mops the floor while listening to a radiophone that is perched on the window sill. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Publicity photograph of Irma Harding pointing out features of a new model refrigerator. Ms. Harding was a fictional character who acted as a spokesperson ... |
| Date: | 07 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Three men looking at a Zeropoint Water Softener in the basement of the Hotel Loraine, 123 West Washington Avenue. "Twin systems-Zeropoint 'graveless' water... |
| Date: | 09 17 1942 |
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| Description: | Health for Victory stage, set up with posters, stove and refrigerator for Oscar Mayer at the Eastwood Theater. On the stage is a woman pointing to a poster... |
| Date: | 04 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Woman holding iron and demonstrating the Pres Kloth (a pressing cloth) in Manchester's Department store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 01 03 1938 |
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| Description: | Testing a Westinghouse refrigerator (door open with food inside and woman standing behind the open door) with wires from an Official Test Panel attached to... |
| Date: | 10 20 1937 |
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| Description: | Sales woman demonstrating a Maytag Ironer (mangle) to a customer in the Burdick & Murray Department Store, located at 26-30 N. Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 10 20 1937 |
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| Description: | Sales woman demonstrating a Maytag washing machine to a customer. In the foreground are Maytag Ironers (mangles) at Burdick & Murray, 26-30 N. Carroll Stre... |
| Date: | 09 13 1937 |
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| Description: | A woman is looking into a Westinghouse refrigerator full of food. There is an official test panel with 2 meters on top of the refrigerator. |
| Date: | 10 29 1934 |
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| Description: | Portrait of seven of the twelve members of the Chris Copus family standing beside a pot belly stove in their makeshift garage home on Roth Street. They wer... |
| Date: | 10 13 1934 |
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| Description: | John Karch stirring a hot pot of candy syrup on a stove, while trays of finished candy are cooling on the table. |
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