"A New England Kitchen"

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Recto, "H. W. Peirce, Del. Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1876, by H. W. Peirce, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington./ A NEW ENGLAND KITCHEN./ A HUNDRED YEARS AGO." Verso, graphite, "Gift of Margery Howe"

description:

Photograph of illustration of an idealized 18th century kitchen with two women cooking, another spinning, and a fourth working a butter churn; elderly man peeling apples.

keywords:

Children
Clothing, Fashion, Costume
Colonial Revival
Food Preparation, Food Preservation
Gender, Gender Roles
Kitchen
Work