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."

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/documents/document/older-women-doing-hand-ironing, September 12, 2024]

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