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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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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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Woman in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Woman pouring a cup of coffee.
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Picnicking with Friends and Relative

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of 19 women picnicking in Will's woods. The women are friends, neighbors, and relatives of the Krueger family. Sarah Krueger stands in the b...
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Finding Recreation in the Kitchen

Date: 11 18 1971
Description: Two women are working in a large industrial kitchen. One woman is holding a tray and smiling, and the other woman is reaching for bowls while holding a spa...
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Associated Women Students' Co-ed Week

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: As part of Co-ed's Week, an event designed to combine features of special interest to college women, two University of Wisconsin women look at displays of ...
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Women Posing with Household Items

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Description: Studio portrait of two women sitting in front of three standing women, all holding household items, including: pie, iron, cup, towel, platter, and glasses....
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Women Picnicking Under Trees

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Description: View towards of four women sitting and eating at a picnic table in the shade of trees.
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Two Women Picnicking

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Description: Outdoor view of two women posing sitting at a picnic table. A group of people are in the background at another picnic table.
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Muscoda Woman

Date: 1955
Description: 100-year-old woman, a resident of Muscoda, Wis., sitting at a table, stirring a cup of coffee (?). Newsphoto for the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Rainey Family and Vance Family Picnic

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Description: Five children, three women, and a man are posing sitting, and four women and a man are standing, around a picnic in a yard in front of wooden buildings. Pr...
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Woman Knitting with Family

Date: 1876
Description: Family around table in yard. Four women, three men, and four children. The woman at far left is knitting, and on the far right is a dog. In the background ...
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Verona Fish Fry

Date: 06 10 1960
Description: A man, two women and a child are gathered around a table eating a fish fry. One of the women is standing in the center.
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Woman in a Striped Dress

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Description: Portrait of a woman wearing a striped dress posing sitting in a chair near a wood stove. Stove piping is above her in the background, and dishes are on tab...
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Banquet Gathering

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Description: A large group of men and women sit for a banquet in an unfinished building.
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Zor Shrine Coffee Hour

Date: 05 29 1954
Description: Women take part in a Zor Shrine coffee hour held for wives of members. Standing, left, Flora Millichip, Kansas City, KS. Seated left to right: Mae Rowley,...
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Picnic

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men and women posing sitting at a picnic table near a house in a yard. A woman is standing and holding a kettle on the right.
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Butternut House; Dining Room

Date: 1956
Description: Three women in period clothes are having tea in the dining room. Text on reverse reads: "Dining Room, Butternut House, Old Wade House State Park, Greenb...
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Group of Women and Girls at Picnic

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Description: Group of women and girls, and one large dog, posing standing and sitting around three picnic tables. Horses are grazing in the background.
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Stirring Times

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Stirring Times in White Creek, Wis." A colorized image of a woman wearing a dress with an apron and cap. She is stirring ingredients ...

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