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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

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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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Woman stitching a patchwork quilt, 1800s. 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

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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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

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

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Large team of oxen pulling a barn at a moving-bee, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century 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: Fashionable couple outdoors, early 1900s

Fashionable couple outdoors, early 1900s
Well-to-do couple on a hillside, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an 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: Boy learning at home, circa 1900

Boy learning at home, circa 1900
Mother with paper and pencil helping her son, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

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Boys playing sports, including bowling, spinning a top, stilts, and a swing, England, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 17th-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: Woman entering a rural home, 1800s

Woman entering a rural home, 1800s
Woman in sunbonnet in a cabin doorway. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Colonial spinning wheel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Home life Collection: Traveler on a hillside

Traveler on a hillside
Man resting on a grassy hillside. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Woman in cottage doorway emptying a slop bucket near a well. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Colonial girl bringing the cows home. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Woman weaving on the porch of her Appalachian cabin, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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