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The tired wash woman – Vintage Print

The tired wash woman, c1874. — historic photograph
The tired wash woman, c1874.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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A window into the past: The tired wash woman, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A stereograph titled "The tired wash woman," numbered 4 in its series, shows a laundress at rest, a figure that would have been familiar in American households and laundries of the 1870s. Cards like this were made as pairs of slightly offset photographs that, viewed through a stereoscope, appeared to stand out in three dimensions. Parlor audiences bought such scenes in large numbers, and genre subjects like domestic labor were a popular choice, offering viewers a glimpse of ordinary work presented as a moment to look at closely.

Created / publishedc1874.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo by L.M. Melander. No. 4. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 789 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119588

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