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Older women doing hand ironing in laundry

  • ca. 1920

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Original caption states: “Older women doing hand ironing in laundry where general lay-out is good, but women apparently have no seats. Sitting at the job would be possible were high chairs of proper type provided.”

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This primary source comes from the Records of the Women's Bureau.

National Archives Identifier: 522869

Full Citation: 86-G-6U(10); Older women doing hand ironing in laundry; ca. 1920; General Photographic File, 1893–1945; Records of the Women’s Bureau, Record Group 86; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/older-women-doing-hand-ironing/, March 30, 2026]

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