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Woman on Farmhouse Porch
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A woman wearing a dress and apron washes her hands in a metal bucket set on a table on a farmhouse porch. Multiple metal pails with handles and a milk pail are stacked on the table, and a broom rests against its side.
1920
International Harvester Company
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WHi 82930
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Woman Hauling Water
1920
A woman carrying two metal buckets full of water away from a well pump near the porch of a farm house.
Gas-Powered Water Pump
October 1923
A woman using a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to pump water into a metal bucket outside a building at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester Farm).
Woman Canning
1926
A woman wearing an apron is removing a wire rack filled with glass canning jars from a boiler on a Coleman Pressure Range on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
Woman at Farmhouse Well
July 1923
A woman wearing a dress and wide-brimmed hat is emptying water from one pail into another beside a hand-cranked well. The photograph was taken on the John Manier farm; the farmhouse is in the backg...
Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well
April 1923
A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
Woman in Kitchen
1919
A woman wearing an apron standing near a wheeled butler's tray in a kitchen. A sink, table, and chair are standing against the wall, and various cooking utensils and dishes are on the table and on ...
