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Woman with Cook-Box

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Description: Woman in a long dress standing in kitchen with cook-box, a device to facilitate consistent results in cooking. There is a sideboard on the right.
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics Laboratory

Date: 1923
Description: Three women mend and sew articles of clothing in the University of Wisconsin home economics laboratory.
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Home Economics

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Description: Slightly elevated view of six young women posed in a kitchen. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, two women stand at a table behind them,...
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Amish Amiability

Date: 1975
Description: An Amish man and women conversing while eating in a farm building.
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Studio Portrait of a Group of European American Women

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of seven unidentified European-American women. The four women in front are sitting; the three women in...
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Elderly Woman with a Book

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of elderly woman sitting in a chair, holding a book in her lap.
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Studio Group Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified women. In the center, one woman is posing standing behind two women posing sitti...
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Four Women Sewing

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Description: A group of four women sewing in a business setting.
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Studio Portrait of Two European American Women

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Description: Studio Portrait of two unidentified women posing sitting in front of a woman posing standing in the center behind them.
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Woman in a Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Portrait of a woman in a Swiss costume holding a bouquet of flowers.
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Women Washing Dishes

Date: 1912
Description: Two women are standing at a table in a kitchen, with one woman drying a dish, and the other washing dishes in a large bowl. Dishes and pans are stacked on ...
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Interior of a Dry-Goods Store

Date: 1908
Description: Three women and one man pose at a cashier's counter in the interior of a dry-goods store, presumably in Wisconsin. Hammocks hang from the ceiling in the ba...
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Portrait of Woman in Bonnet

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman wearing a bonnet.
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Women on Stage

Date: 1916
Description: Seven women on stage, apparently in a scene from an amateur theatrical performance, wearing conventional street clothes.
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Woman Holding Baby in Papoose Carrier

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Description: Portrait of a young woman in buckskins holding a baby in a cradle board.
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Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated and one is standing, are they are dressed in fashionable dresses. The woma...
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Portrait of Woman in Chair

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of elderly woman in black dress with large bow at neck, seated in chair with hands crossed in her lap in front of a painted backdrop. She w...
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Women in a Parlour

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Description: Four women are posing sitting in a parlor in front of an organ. One of the women is sitting on the floor holding a kitten.
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Tea Room / Restaurant (?)

Date: 1920
Description: Woman and child standing in a room with three tables covered in tablecloths. Caption reads: "Dodgeville, Wis."
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Woman Sitting in Armchair

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman in a stuffed chair in front of a painted backdrop. Etching on negative says, "Heaselen's Mother."

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