[Girl wearing eyeglasses, bonnet and apron, with washboard and tub] – Antique Print
![[Girl wearing eyeglasses, bonnet and apron, with washboard and tub], c1898. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/92/92afd3f008fb-L.webp)
(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 [Girl wearing eyeglasses, bonnet and apron, with washboard and tub], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A young girl in round spectacles, a bonnet, and a long apron stands beside a washboard and a tub, dressed to play at the household laundry. The print was copyrighted around 1898 by M.B. Parkinson of New York, and its title was supplied by Library staff. Washing clothes by hand was one of the heaviest weekly chores in American homes of the period, so pictures like this one show children imitating adult work, a popular theme in late nineteenth-century photography. The image was later shown in the American ABC exhibition at the Cantor Center for Visual Arts.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | 2006-2007." |
| Notes | J45 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff. Copyright by M.B. Parkinson, N.Y. Exhibited: American ABC" at the Cantor Center for Visual Arts |
| Subjects | Children playing adults--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,232 × 3,292 px · prints to 7 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif08220_Girlwearingeyeglassesbonnetand |
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