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Linda Luna Washing Clothes at Migrant Worker Camp

Date: 07 1970
Description: Linda Luna of Auraura, Illinois washes clothes at a basin outside a cabin in a migrant worker camp in Door County. Several articles of clothing are lying i...
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Wolman Family Home

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: New home, located at 4121 Chippewa Drive, designed by owners Martin and Ann Wolman to meet the needs of their large family of five children. Shown is Ann W...
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Wolman Family Home

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: New home, located at 4121 Chippewa Drive, designed by owners Martin and Ann Wolman to meet the needs of their large family of five children. Shown is a wal...
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Laundry at "Trees for Tomorrow, Inc."

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Description: Laundry time at "Trees for Tomorrow, Inc." Two women are doing the laundry at a "Trees for Tomorrow, Inc." camp. Items are hanging on a clothesline behind ...
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Corner of Laundry

Date: 1946
Description: A large sink and hand water pump stand in a corner near a door of the laundry room at Black Point. The laundry was located in the "kitchen building" (demol...
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Giant Dryers at the Sip & Surf Laundromat

Date: 11 01 2013
Description: Amanda showing the photographer the giant Speed Queen dryers at the Sip & Surf Laundromat & Tanning Salon on West Avenue and Jackson Streets. She is wearin...
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Sherwin Gillett Double Exposure

Date: 1904
Description: Trick photograph featuring two images of Sherwin Gillett doing laundry in a washtub. He is posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Laundry Duty

Date: 11 30 1943
Description: Corporal Jim Hiner of Lincoln Park, Michigan, hangs pants on a clothesline while on laundry duty at the Rough Raider Squadron Laundry, near Port Moresby, N...
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Laundry Customers

Date: 11 30 1943
Description: Motor Pool Dispatchers Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, and Sergeant Joe Nicolazzi of Kenosha, Wisconsin, chat while waiting for their clothing at...
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Military Laundry

Date: 11 30 1943
Description: Elevated view of the Rough Raider Squadron Laundry, serving 100 customers a day. Eight soldiers can be seen, some working, some watching, and one soldier c...
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Soldier Taking a Shower

Date: 08 16 1943
Description: Private Clarence Charneski, Surgical Technician-Medical Detachment, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, takes an improvised outdoor shower under a bucket at a militar...
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Theresa Laundromat

Date: 02 09 1978
Description: "Theresa Laundromat. Dave Hanke patiently waits for his laundry."
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Back Porch Laundry Room

Date: 10 13 1963
Description: A housewife showing off her newly-installed laundry room.
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Three F Laundry

Date: 06 06 1930
Description: Two women operating the Purity Sun Ray System pressing iron at Three F Steam Laundry, 731 E. Dayton Street.
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Woman Washing Clothes with Engine-Driven Washer

Date: 07 1927
Description: Woman washing clothes outdoors with a Dexter washing machine powered by a stationary McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 horsepower type "M" engine. Photograph taken a...
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Cauldron and Shacks

Date: 1920
Description: View of barnyard of crude shacks, a clothesline with clothing, a boiling cauldron, and a washtub with washboard set on a log. Ceramic jugs with holes in th...
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Truck Driver Washing Clothes at Truck Stop

Date: 1966
Description: Truck driver washing clothes at an American Oil Company truck stop.
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Doing Laundry by Hand

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Description: View of a person doing laundry in metal tubs on a bench outside. The caption reads: "'The Hand Laundry' Lake Huntington, N.Y."
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Hanging the Laundry to Dry

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Description: View of two maids in aprons and bonnets hanging laundry out to dry in the yard of the Governor's Palace. The Palace can be seen in the background past tree...
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Winnebago County Asylum Laundry Room and Staff

Date: 1930
Description: Six staff members pose in the laundry room in the Winnebago County Asylum. In the room are carts of laundry and a machine on the right.

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