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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: 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: 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

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Woman stitching a patchwork quilt, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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: 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: 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: 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

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Family waiting for roast pig and a pot of food cooking for Christmas dinner. 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: 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: 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: Students reciting in a one-room school, 1800s

Students reciting in a one-room school, 1800s
Pupils reciting poetry in a one-room school, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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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Peddler showing his wares to a farm family, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Hair restorer ad, England, 1880s

Hair restorer ad, England, 1880s
Advertisement for Harlene hair producer and restorer, London, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Electric brush for hair restoration, 1880s

Electric brush for hair restoration, 1880s
Advertisement for Dr. Scotts Electric Brush promoting hair regrowth, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Kerosene lamp at a Confederate camp reenactment, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph of a living history demonstration at Shiloh battlefield

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Patriotic American colonial woman spinning to avoid importing British cloth before the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Pioneer mother cooking with a bake-kettle in the fireplace. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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Village boys getting haircuts, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Courtship using a whispering rod on Halloween in colonial days. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Man weaving on a large hand-loom. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Immigrant mother and infant arriving in America

Immigrant mother and infant arriving in America
Immigrant mother and child, newly arrived in New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored engraving of a sketch by Louis Loeb

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Mother entertaining her daughter at the piano, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Women spinning with large wheels, 1800s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Frontier father getting lunch from his daughter

Frontier father getting lunch from his daughter
Daughter bringing lunch pail to her father, who is clearing land. 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

Making soap
Woman making soft soap by hand with an outdoor kettle to render lard. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

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

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Frontier father reading to his children by firelight, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Fashionable supper party, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Barefoot boy
Barefoot country boy carrying toy tops. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Women rendering lard in a kettle to make soap the old-fashioned way. 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

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Holiday guests toasting the New Year in New Amsterdam, 1640. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Girls playing outdoors

Girls playing outdoors
Children playing " house" outdoors on a hot summer day. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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A New England street scene, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Two young women talking, about 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration by Alice Barber Stephens

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

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