Chores Gallery

Washing Day, by Ethel Parkinson

Washing Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl hangs out the washing on a windy day, while a little boy holds a full basket of clothes for her

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1915, Basket, Chores, Clogs, Clothes, Dutch, Ethel, Girl, Hangs, Helping, Historical, History, House Hold, Line, Little, Parkinson, Pegs, Prop, Washin G, Windy

A Woman Vacuuming

New York, New York: 1929. Marie Bard, 22, who is the model for the 1930 Red Cross poster and US postage stamp illustrated by artist Lawrence Wilbur. She doesn't smoke, doesn't stay up late, and cooks and cleans for her mother, a pharmacist, and her father, a coffee and tea importer, in Astoria, Queens

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A smiling young woman in a headscarf and apron washing up or preparing food in a kitchen

A smiling young woman in a headscarf and apron washing up or preparing food in a kitchen or scullery. Tea towels hang from the airer above, assorted ladles and pans are close to hand, and a bottle of beer seems to be sustaining her through the job. Date: c.1950

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1950s, 50s, Aug20, Chore, Chores, Cleaning, Dishes, Domestic, Female, Fifties, Girl, Grinning, Happy, Headscarf, Home, Homes, Housework, Kitchen, Ladle, Pans, Scullery, Small, Smiling, Spring, Tea, Towel, Towels, Turban, Woman, Women, Working, Young