LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Title page of 1817 cookery book showing woman milking cow, implements and containers, food, woman working in kitchen]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MTcvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi0xODE3LWNvb2tlcnktYm9vay1zaG93aW5nLXdvbWFuLW1pbGtpbmctY293LWltcGxlbWVudHMtYW5kLWNvbnRhaW5lcnMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/254/jpg "[Title page of 1817 cookery book showing woman milking cow, implements and containers, food, woman working in kitchen]")
![[Cover of The Housekeeper's Annual and Lady's Register, illustrated with woman working in kitchen and ornate border]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDQvMDEvMDEvY292ZXItb2YtdGhlLWhvdXNla2VlcGVycy1hbm51YWwtYW5kLWxhZHlzLXJlZ2lzdGVyLWlsbHVzdHJhdGVkLXdpdGgtd29tYW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "[Cover of The Housekeeper's Annual and Lady's Register, illustrated with woman working in kitchen and ornate border]")
![[Engraved frontispiece showing 5 cooking scenes and title page of Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet. 1672]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzIvMDEvMDEvZW5ncmF2ZWQtZnJvbnRpc3BpZWNlLXNob3dpbmctNS1jb29raW5nLXNjZW5lcy1hbmQtdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1oYW5uYWgtd29sbGV5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "[Engraved frontispiece showing 5 cooking scenes and title page of Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet. 1672]")
![[Women working in kitchen] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvd29tZW4td29ya2luZy1pbi1raXRjaGVuLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Women working in kitchen] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[Display of home-canned food]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvZGlzcGxheS1vZi1ob21lLWNhbm5lZC1mb29kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "[Display of home-canned food]")
![[Full page of The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement, 1848, showing 2 scenes: 1) The Christmas Holly Cart [street peddlar selling] 2) Fetching home the Christmas dinner [from bakery]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDgvMDEvMDEvZnVsbC1wYWdlLW9mLXRoZS1pbGx1c3RyYXRlZC1sb25kb24tbmV3cy1jaHJpc3RtYXMtc3VwcGxlbWVudC0xODQ4LXNob3dpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "[Full page of The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement, 1848, showing 2 scenes: 1) The Christmas Holly Cart [street peddlar selling] 2) Fetching home the Christmas dinner [from bakery]")
![[Woman at stove in kitchen] - Public domain scan / photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4tYXQtc3RvdmUtaW4ta2l0Y2hlbi02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[Woman at stove in kitchen] - Public domain scan / photograph")
