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English: “”Is There Any Chance of My Recognition?’ He Asked”: illustration by Mills Thompson from The Idler
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| Date | |
| Source | The Idler (https://archive.org/details/idlerillustrated2419jero/page/90) |
| Author | Mills Thompson |
Category Archives: Domestic Scenes
Playing ‘Pharaoh’s Frogs’
| Description |
English: A family playing the game “Pharaoh’s Frogs,” in which the object is to make the frog leap into the “pond.”
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| Date | |
| Source | Books and Notions, January 1892 (https://archive.org/details/stationeryoffic189293toro/page/n13) |
| Author | Unknown illustrator |
“She Dropped to Her Knees”
From Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, 1885.
A Southern Storyteller
From The Early History of the Southern States, 1832.
“They Stood in the Shade of the Western Door”
From Farm Legends by Will Carleton, 1875.
Drawing Back the Curtain
The source of this image was lost when the old Illustrations site disappeared. You may be assured, however, that it is in the public domain.
The Fireplace as Center of Home Life
From Happy Home Stories (American Tract Society, no date; style of the 1880s).
Cook Betty
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English: A cook carrying apples for an apple pie
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| Date | |
| Source | The Book of Nursery Rhymes, Tales, and Fables, 1847 (https://archive.org/stream/bookofnurseryrhy00loverich#page/29/mode/1up) |
| Author | Unknown engraver |
Happy Home with Phonograph
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English: Couple entertained by music from a phonograph in a 1900 advertisement
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| Date | |
| Source | Advertisement in The Bride’s Cook Book, 1900 (https://archive.org/stream/bridescookbookgi00chasiala#page/128/mode/1up) |
| Author | Unknown illustrator |
Washing Day, by Josef Israels
Pictures by Josef Israels, 1912 (https://archive.org/stream/picturesbyjosefi00israuoft#page/n6/mode/1up)