Doing Laundry

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Doing Laundry

Datecirca 1890

CultureJapanese

ClassificationsPhotograph

MediumHand-tinted albumen print

DimensionsObject: 3 11/16 × 5 7/16 in. (9.3 × 13.8 cm) Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/8 in. (10.7 × 16.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. Henry ’51 and Mrs. Nancy Peikin Rosin

Object number1988.674

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No caption (woman doing laundry in back of trailer)

No caption (woman doing laundry in back of trailer)

Alan Dunn

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[Laundry hung between tall buildings]

Carl Kindl

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"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."

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"I hate to think of doing this all my life. I always wanted to be a spy."

"I hate to think of doing this all my life. I always wanted to be a spy."

Alan Dunn

1932

"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"

"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"

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