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GUSN-221249
This interior view shows a room, possibly a laundry room, in the Wigglesworth House at 303 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts. Mrs. Eda Borgeson, who was from Norway, worked as a laundress in the house for over fifty years. She uses a clothes wringer.
interior decoration
houses
dwellings
laundry rooms
irons (tools)
laundry baskets
ironing boards
laundresses
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
(Mrs.) Eda Borgeson, Norwegian. True friend and laundress in our household for over 50 years. When asked if she didn't get tired washing sometimes, she answered, "Oh, no. It's a change from the ironing." Such devotion & spirit. She died in my mother's employ. 1952. A.W. Chase (?). (handwritten)
Other identifier 51227
1 photograph ; 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
PC002
Domestic interiors photographic collection
PC002.USMA.Milton.134-01.18
7 1/4 x 9 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Milton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Borgeson, Eda
Adams Street (Milton, Mass.)
Laundry (Library of Congress Subject Heading)
clothes wringers
Washboards
Item
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