The new woman--wash day – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This historic photograph of The new woman--wash day brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The new woman--wash day
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Its title, "The New Woman," paired with a washday scene, sets this stereograph apart. The phrase described the independent, often college-educated woman who was debating marriage, work and the vote in the 1890s, so placing her at the laundry tub makes the card a pointed joke. Strohmeyer & Wyman, a New York firm, issued cards like this around 1897 for parlor viewers, who held them to a stereoscope to see depth in the scene. Such cards often played on the popular debates of the day, so the image offers a glimpse of how the public argued about women's place at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | New York, N.Y. : Strohmeyer & Wyman, c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900.Stereographs 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 40642 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Laundry--1890-1900. Women's rights--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 743 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169780 |
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