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[Germantown, New York. Frances Martin, who does farm work, is sitting in the living room with Mr. and Mrs. Schrader] – Antique Print

[Germantown, New York. Frances Martin, who does farm work, is sitting in the living room with Mr. and Mrs. Schrader] — historic photograph
[Germantown, New York. Frances Martin, who does farm work, is sitting in the living room with Mr. and Mrs. Schrader]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Germantown, New York. Frances Martin, who does farm work, is sitting in the living room with Mr. and Mrs. Schrader], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Germantown, New York. Frances Martin, who does farm work, is sitting in the living room with Mr. and Mrs. Schrader]

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Unlike the city scenes on this board, this photograph shows a domestic interior in Germantown, a small farming community in the Hudson Valley of New York. It records Frances Martin, identified as a farm worker, seated in the living room with Mr. and Mrs. Schrader. The record dates it to about 1942, when wartime labor shortages drew many women into agricultural work. The picture is a useful glimpse of how rural households and hired help shared domestic space during that period.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1942?]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,208 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120100

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