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The Young Housekeeper. Dusting the Parlor – Vintage Wall Art

The Young Housekeeper. Dusting the Parlor, c1870. — historic photograph
The Young Housekeeper. Dusting the Parlor, c1870.. 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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Titled "The Young Housekeeper. Dusting the Parlor," this stereograph shows a child taking up a household chore in a well-kept front room. It was issued by F.L. Stuber of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as card No. 572, and its c1870 date comes from an older caption that has not been verified. Stereo cards like this were viewed through a stereoscope, which merged two slightly offset photographs into one image with apparent depth, and they sold widely as parlor entertainment. Scenes of everyday domestic life such as this one often carried an implied lesson about tidiness and training for young people.

Created / publishedc1870.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo by Stuber, Bethlehem, Pa., copyrighted by F.L. Stuber. No. 572. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Women--Misc.--1870; Home economics; Children--With adults; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,456 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131255

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