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| 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: | 07 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 08 1934 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Nettie Livingston, 1205 Vilas Avenue, who works as a maid at Wisconsin General Hospital, hopes to win a vacation at the Bowman House, a... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Two women work in a garden. One of the women is picking vegetables, while the other woman hangs laundry. |
| Date: | 07 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Ginny Hall, a West High School senior, has a summer job caring for Sharon and Sandra Sinn, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sinn, 3405 Blackhawk Dr... |
| Date: | 07 24 1960 |
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| Description: | Laundry hangs on a clothesline and blows in the wind. There are fields behind, and low hills in the distance. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Marie Cromer Zigler, left, assisting a group of girls as they gather around a table to participate in a girls' Canning Club. |
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| Description: | View of the Home Makers Annex, a three-story house with an ivy covered porch, a lawn, and several trees in the background. |
| Date: | 07 1900 |
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| Description: | A decorated album page features two photographs of members of the Fargo family posing near the ornate porch of their home. In the photograph on the left, F... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | This a portrait of the Island Lodge cook Mrs. Schauers (left) and another household employee displaying a fine culinary work of art: a shortcake topped wit... |
| Date: | 09 02 1913 |
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| Description: | Sitting in galvanized wash tubs with their legs in the water, three girls are ready for the race on Archibald Lake. Jeannette Holt is in the middle, flanke... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of five women, who are household employees, standing together in front of the original Cook’s Cabin, which burned down following a lightning... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of three women and a girl, household employees at Island Lodge, standing in front of Green Cottage. Built in 1901, this cottage is where the cook a... |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 05 1904 |
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| Description: | Miss McDonald, Jeannette Holt, and Alfred Holt are going fishing. Standing on the wooden sidewalk, they are holding long bamboo fishing poles over their sh... |
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