Women Gallery

Medieval rose garden

Garden with roses enclosed by a wattle fence, from Boccacio's "Cento Norelle," 1490.
Hand-colored woodcut reproductioin of a 15th century illustration

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1400s, 15th Century, Art, Boccacio, Country Side, Europe, European, Female, Fence, Flower Garden, Flower Garden Rose Garden, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Ladies, Lady, Medieval, Middle Ages, Rose, Rural, Traditional, Vintage, Wattle, Wattle Fence, Woman, Women

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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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1800s, 1900s, 19th Century, 20th Century, Apron, Art, Bake, Baker, Baking, Bread, Canada, Canadian, Chore, Cook, Cooking, Female, Food, French Canada, French Canadian, Historic, History, Home, Home Made, House, House Wife, Illustration, North America, Outdoor, Outdoors, Oven, Quebec, Traditional, Vintage, Woman, Women

Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s

Guests awaiting the return of gas-light during a Christmas dinner-party, New York City, 1870s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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1800s, 1870s, 19th Century, America, American, Art, Bustle, Child, Christmas, City, Conversation, Daughter, Dinner, Dinner Party, Dress, Drink, Eat, Elderly, Extended Family, Family, Fashion, Fashionable, Father, Female, Food, Gas Lamp, Gas Light, Girl, Grand Parents, Heritage, Historic, History, Holiday, Home, House, Illustration, Lamp, Male, Man, Meal, Men, Mother, New York, New York City, North America, Ny, Parents, Party, Senior, Social, Social Life, Talk, Talking, Traditional, United States, Urban, Us A, Victorian, Vintage, Wine, Woman, Women