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Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | The Neils Hallanger family is posed in their yard around a table piled with books. One lady is posed with a parasol and servant women sit on a sofa in the ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Benjamin F. Hahn, his wife Mary and their servant Sarah Hill sit around a table with an intricately patterned cloth with bowls of apples and grapes. The wo... |
| Date: | 12 27 1899 |
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| Description: | Illustrations from the Boston Herald of scenes at the school of housekeeping, including "in the kitchen" and "studying hygiene". |
| Date: | 10 1898 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Miss Doud holding baby Alfred Holt in her arms while standing in front of tall trees. Caption reads: "A whooping cough baby — Miss Doud... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | A group of Holt and Rumsey family members (3 generations) and others are gathered on the porch of The Evergreens, the Rumsey estate, to see baby Jeannette ... |
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