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10-year-old daughter of Mitch McGahan who is dying of undernourishment: In this black and white photograph, a woman and a little girl stand holding hands in front of a line of laundry. They seem to be standing inside of a livestock pen: the ground is muddy and there is a crudely-built fence that is just in front of the laundry...; Format: image/photograph

Domestic work in the nineteenth century: In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.11; Videos of junior reenactors at Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham, North Carolina, show cooking indoors and outdoors and the work involved in doing laundry by hand.; Format: video

Laundry drying racks: A color photograph of laundry drying racks. The racks are made of dark wood, and are tall with about 6 bars across each one. The racks are hooked to a set of wooden bars at the top of the room so that they can be slid around. The racks have sheets on them....; Format: image/article

Laundry draped over plants to sun dry: Light-colored shirts and brown patterned batik cloths used for sarong skirts are draped over plants to sun dry after being washed in a stream. In rural Southeast Asia, it is often convenient to do laundry before bathing in an outdoor stream. The tropical sunlight...; Format: image/photograph

Roof life: On top of a collection of roofs there is one that has an assemblage of laundry hanging on lines to dry; there are a few rugs hanging off the side of the building as well.; Format: image/photograph

Laundry and ironing by hand: Demonstration of the washing, drying, and ironing of clothes by hand.; Format: video/video

Woman and girl with laundry on balcony in Ho Chi Minh City's Chinatown: A young woman and girl call down from an apartment balcony in Ho Chi Minh City's Chinatown. The young woman on the left holds clothing that she is hanging or removing from the laundry pole and hangers overhead. In many urban apartments throughout Southeast...; Format: image/photograph

Woman preparing to do laundry: A woman, preparing to do laundry, is seen pouring water in a wash tub in this black and white photograph taken during the Depression Era. Clad in a dress and apron, she is standing on her porch next to a low table on which two galvanized wash tubs are sitting....; Format: image/photograph

Bathing party among boulders in stream as seen from above: A dozen women and children with brightly colored plastic pails bathe, dress, and do laundry among the boulders in a stream. The scene is viewed from above, probably from a bridge that passes over the waterway. In rural Bali, as in much of Southeast Asia, outdoor...; Format: image/photograph

Doing laundry in Coca, Ecuador: Several women are washing laundry at the bottom of stone steps on a river's edge. The photo was taken from the middle of the river. Coca is the capital of the province of Orellana in the eastern region of Ecuador. It has benefited greatly from both the discovery...; Format: image/photograph

Laundry draped over stairs to dry in Varanasi, India: Wet laundry has been draped over stairs in the sun in front of a building in Varanasi, India. A donkey sits at the bottom of the steps, and to the left, a few people sit on the steps. A stone building behind them is raised on concrete stilts.; Format: image/photograph

Family members bathe and do laundry at stream embankment: Family members bathe and do laundry at a stream embankment. On the right, a mother, her hair wrapped in a towel, and child wash clothes in the running water. They use a concrete ledge as their work table. On the left, one girl helps wash another's hair. Other...; Format: image/photograph

Water for drinking: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 16; This well, rimmed with a cement wall, is a community water source at Mai Chau. A red plastic pail suspended from a pole and washing basin are visible on the right. In the background, laundry is drying. Traditionally, Southeast Asian highlanders drew water...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Mrs. Apple does the laundry in a well-lighted basement: In this black and white photograph, Mrs. Apple uses an old-fashioned hand-operated device to wash linens. She is pulling a towel from a coated metal tub through a roller. Two aluminum tubs wait on the other side. While both of these tubs appear to have washed...; Format: image/photograph

Town: The houses are built on a hillside in Trabzon, Turkey. Some have only two stories while others are four and five stories tall. Most of them are painted in an ocher color. Laundry hangs from the windows drying. The roofs are made of terra cotta tiles.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Daisy Stamper: A large family, including several children, is pictured in front of a one-room house. A box of tobacco bags is visible in the photograph, as is the family laundry, drying on the line.; Format: image/photograph

Washing machine: A color photograph of an antique washing machine in a light colored room. The washing machine is a large metal canister device operated by a pulley system. The machine has a wheel on one end with long belts that are attached to a pulley suspended from the...; Format: image/article

Hosap village Kurd - washing clothes: A color photograph of a Kurd woman doing laundry. The woman is older and is looking at the camera. She is washing a t-shirt in a red bucket of soapy water on a downward slope. She is wearing a white head scarf and a skirt and long sleeve shirt with a vest....; Format: image/photograph

Mesa Arch in the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands National Park: Visitors looking through Mesa Arch will see a beautiful vista before them. Utah's snowcapped La Sal Mountains can be seen in the distance. Washer Woman Arch stands next to Monster Tower. The rock formation looks like a washer woman bending over and scrubbing...; Format: image

Reed and thatch house in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Laundry dries on lines outside a small hut made of reed and thatch. A fenced-in yard sits to the side of the hut. Puerto Vallarta is a port town on Mexico’s west coast. It is a popular port of call for cruise ships and has developed a vibrant tourism industry....; Format: image/photograph

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