Apron Collection

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

Women of Tudor England
City women and a country-woman in Elizabethan England, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch skaters on the Zuider Zee, 1800s
Skaters enjoying a winter Sunday on the Zuider Zee, Dutch island of Marken, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch canal and tow-path, 1800s
Dog-cart with fresh vegetables and people towing a barge along a Dutch canal, 1800s. 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

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New England Puritans on their way to church in the snow. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Young Dutch woman gathering cabbages in a basket, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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

Syrian women
Women of Syria, with a fellah (peasant) woman at right. Antique hand-colored print

Kurdish and Greek women
Kurdish woman (left), and women from Preveza and Chios. Antique hand-colored print

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

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

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

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

Dutch womens clothing, 1600s
Dutch women in summer (left) and winter dress, 1642. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Spanish natives of Leon and Segovia, 1800s
Man from Leon (left) and a couple from Segovia, Spain. Antique hand-colored print

Spanish natives from Alicante and Zamora
People of Alicante (left) and Zamora, Spain. Antique hand-colored print

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

Women in 16th-century England
Lady of the court and a country woman during the reign of Elizabeth I, 1572. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

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

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African-American woman reenactor in a sewing circle at Yorktown, Virginia. Digital photograph

Household servants sharing a laugh, 1900
Servants imitating the lady of the house, circa 1900. Hand-colored woodcut of a Charles Dana Gibson illustration

Woman dressed in traditional Celt or Finnish attire
Finnish woman in traditional clothing similar to Celtic artifacts from Ireland. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Spanish people from Murcia
Natives of Murcia, Spain. Antique hand-colored print

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Women preparing Thanksgiving dinner in a big kitchen, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Romance on a city rooftop, 1800s
Woman hanging laundry talking with a mason on a city rooftop, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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African-American woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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English Puritan settlers arriving on the winter shores of Cape Cod. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Pilgrim couple on the way to church, Plymouth Colony. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration by Howard Pyle

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