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Valley Forge visit of Martha Washington, 1777

Martha Washington visiting the Continental Army encampment at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War.
Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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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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Baroness von Riedesel and her children greeted by General Philip Schuyler at American camp where her Hessian officer husband was held.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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