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Sweeping the Yard
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A woman and young boy sweep yard with "brush broom" while another woman with two children looks on. Two additional women, possibly Agricultural Extension employees watch as well. Original caption reads, "the brush broom made by tying a bundle of brush together, is used a great deal in the South, as it costs nothing to make and serves well as a broom for rough sweeping around the yard. A custom which most of the Southern people follow."
February 20, 1915
International Harvester Company
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Children and Adults Engaged in Yard Work
February 20, 1915
A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. Another woman with two children is standing...
Young Woman Sweeping Steps
February 1915
Young African American woman sweeping front steps of a residence. Original caption reads: "the 'sedge brush' broom is used a great deal for light sweeping out of doors and like the brush broom cost...
Woman Sweeping
August 1931
Irma Evans using a broom to sweep the floor near a wooden bench.
Students and Teacher(?) Outside School
1915
Class of students and teacher(?) standing outside a rural school known as the Blackjack School.
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.
Former Slave Sitting on Porch
February 13, 1915
African-American man and woman on the front porch of a rural home. The unidentified woman is retrieving water from a well, and the man, J.R. Dean, is sitting in broken chair.
