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Book: Lyman Abbott, The House and Home: a practical book. Volume I, 1896.
About this image: Cover
Subjects: The House and Home
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Book: Lyman Abbott, The House and Home: a practical book. Volume I, 1896.
About this image: Women of the Victorian era could use their love of decoration to supplement their household income by designing things like book covers.
Subjects: The House and Home ; Decorating
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Book: Lyman Abbott, The House and Home: a practical book. Volume I, 1896.
About this image: The modern convenience of an electric kitchen became popular among those with access to electricity and the income to afford it.
Image Caption: "An Electric Kitchen"
Subjects: The House and Home ; Care of the house
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Book: Lyman Abbott, The House and Home: a practical book. Volume I, 1896.
About this image: Two illustrations to help understand the use of "line" in fashions of the day.
Image Caption: "Perpendicular Lines, 1889 and Horizontal and Oblique Lines, 1894"
Subjects: The House and Home ; Fashion
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Book: Lyman Abbott, The House and Home: a practical book. Volume I, 1896.
About this image: Illustrated here is the first step in efficiently making a bed.
Image Caption: "Fig. 1."
Subjects: The House and Home ; Care of the house ; Care of the sick
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Book: Lyman Abbott, The House and Home: a practical book. Volume I, 1896.
About this image: The final steps of proper bedmaking
Image Caption: "Fig. 2., Fig. 3. and Fig. 4"
Subjects: The House and Home ; Care of the house ; Care of the sick
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Book: Lyman Abbott, The House and Home: a practical book. Volume I, 1896.
About this image: To occupy small children, a simple drawing would be given for them to outline in yarn. This particular drawing would be given to young lower class students to celebrate the founder of the kindergarten movement. Kindergartens became a popular cause for upper class ladies.
Image Caption: "Card Issued to Scholars on Froebel's Birthday, In Memory of the Father of the Kindergarten."
Subjects: The House and Home ; Raising children
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