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Home life Collection: Backyard carnival, 1800s

Backyard carnival, 1800s
Children putting on a circus in the backyarrd, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Mother getting her daughter dressed, early 1900s

Mother getting her daughter dressed, early 1900s
Mother putting on her daughters socks and shoes, a morning ritual, early 1900s. Printed color halftone of Jessie Willcox Smith illustration

Home life Collection: Victorian era picnic

Victorian era picnic
Families having a summer picnic, England, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Quilting party in western Virginia, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Churning milk to make butter

Churning milk to make butter
Girl working a churn on a spring morning. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Colonial classroom in New England, 1600s

Colonial classroom in New England, 1600s
Early schoolroom in colonial New England. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Confederate soldier romancing a young woman, 1800s

Confederate soldier romancing a young woman, 1800s
Confederate soldier declaring his love for a young woman, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Cradle of Pilgrim child born on the Mayflower

Cradle of Pilgrim child born on the Mayflower
Cradle of Peregrine White, born on the " Mayflower" in Cape Cod Bay, 1620. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration of the artifact

Home life Collection: Tea-time, England, 1880s

Tea-time, England, 1880s
Upperclass family enjoying afternoon tea in a hothouse, England, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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French-Canadian woman baking bread in an outdoor oven, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a turn-of-the-century illustration

Home life Collection: Game of mumblety-peg, 1800s

Game of mumblety-peg, 1800s
Boys playing mumblety-peg in the grass, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Victorian lady and her maid admiring a bouquet, 1800s

Victorian lady and her maid admiring a bouquet, 1800s
Servant showing a bouquet of flowers to the lady of the house, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Washboard for scrubbing laundry in the 1800s

Washboard for scrubbing laundry in the 1800s
Woman reenactor doing laundry with a washboard, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Home life Collection: Colonial ballroom, 1700s

Colonial ballroom, 1700s
Social event in a ballroom in the 18th century. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Dutch family in colonial New York, 1700s

Dutch family in colonial New York, 1700s
Well-to-do New York Dutch family at home, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Home life Collection: Colonial family in New York

Colonial family in New York
Dutch family at home in colonial New York. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Maryland plantation manor, 1800s

Maryland plantation manor, 1800s
An old Maryland tobacco plantation house with outbuildings, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Reading lesson in a Pennsylvania classroom, 1700s

Reading lesson in a Pennsylvania classroom, 1700s
School reading lesson in colonial Pennsylvania. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Home life Collection: Students in a one-room school, 1800s

Students in a one-room school, 1800s
Young orator in a village public school, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Scots housewife preparing haggis, 1800s

Scots housewife preparing haggis, 1800s
Chopping the ingredients for haggis in Scotland, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century E. A. Abbey illustration

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Mexican women making tortillas, 1800s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Seamstress, 1800s
Woman sewing to earn money at home, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Nursery in a well-to-do home, early 1900s

Nursery in a well-to-do home, early 1900s
Bathtime in the nursery, an illustration from an Ivory Soap ad, 1903. Printed color lithograph of Alice Stephens painting

Home life Collection: Upperclass social life, circa 1900

Upperclass social life, circa 1900
Reception to introduce a young man to society, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

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Young Puritan woman reading while spinning at her wheel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Old Knickerbocker family around the tea table, New York Colony, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Pioneer girl spinning

Pioneer girl spinning
Pioneer woman at her spinning-wheel by the fireside. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Boys playing marbles, 1800s

Boys playing marbles, 1800s
Boys playing a game of marbles in a small town, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Home life Collection: Kitchen chores, about 1900

Kitchen chores, about 1900
Woman cleaning pots and pans in her kitchen, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a Jessie Willcox Smith illustration

Home life Collection: Courtship in a woodland setting, 1800s

Courtship in a woodland setting, 1800s
Young man and woman on a walk in the countryside, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Rural courtship, early 1900s

Rural courtship, early 1900s
Young couple seated by a brook, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Home life Collection: West Point romance, 1800s

West Point romance, 1800s
West Point cadet courting a young woman, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Passionate embrace in the 19th century

Passionate embrace in the 19th century
Man holding a young woman in his arms, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Christmas singing in a church, 1800s

Christmas singing in a church, 1800s
Churchgoers singing Christmas carols from a hymnbook, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a Caldecott illustration

Home life Collection: Christmas singalong, 1860s

Christmas singalong, 1860s
Mother and children singing Christmas carols around the piano, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Family farm cow with her new calf, 1800s

Family farm cow with her new calf, 1800s
Dairy cow and her new calf admired by a young girl, her mother, and farmhands. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Home life Collection: Young women talking, early 1900s

Young women talking, early 1900s
Young women sharing secrets, circa 1900. Printed color halftone of an illustration by Alonzo Kimball

Home life Collection: Winter fun in Victorian England

Winter fun in Victorian England
Christmas-Eve snowball fight in an English town, 1860. Color lithograph reproduction of an illustration

Home life Collection: Candlelight for going upstairs in the dark

Candlelight for going upstairs in the dark
Two women lighting their way upstairs with a candle, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Home life Collection: Family storyteller

Family storyteller
Old woman telling folklore to young girls in a cottage kitchen, England. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Fireside reading, 1800s

Fireside reading, 1800s
Woman reading by the fire in the Victorian era. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Ice-skating on the Schuylkill River, 1800s

Ice-skating on the Schuylkill River, 1800s
Skating party on the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Plum pudding served for a frontier familys Christmas dinner, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by A.B. Frost

Home life Collection: Kerosene lamp, Georgia

Kerosene lamp, Georgia
Kerosene lamp in Chesser Island homestead, built in 1920s, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Digital photograph

Home life Collection: Kindergarten children playing a game, 1870s

Kindergarten children playing a game, 1870s
Kindergarten class playing an active game, " the windmill, " 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Colonial boy learning to read at home

Colonial boy learning to read at home
Grandmother teaching a child to read in colonial America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Kindergarten class in Boston, 1870s

Kindergarten class in Boston, 1870s
Public kindergarden students modeling clay, Boston, Massachusetts, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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