Home life Gallery

Mother getting her daughter dressed, early 1900s

Mother putting on her daughter's socks and shoes, a morning ritual, early 1900s.
Printed color halftone of Jessie Willcox Smith illustration

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Greek women at their household chores

Women occupied with sewing, spinning, and other household chores in ancient Greece.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Plum pudding served for a frontier family's Christmas dinner, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by A.B. Frost

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