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Buffalo, New York. Esther O'Hara, twenty-six, is a shearman's helper trimming defects from machine gun barrels at Republic Steel. She prefers her job to housework

Buffalo, New York. Esther O'Hara, twenty-six, is a shearman's helper t...

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For the benefit of the girl about to graduate / Charles Howard Johnson.

For the benefit of the girl about to graduate / Charles Howard Johnson...

Woman in graduation robes sleeping at desk, as pots, pans, and other household utensils on legs walk threateningly towards her.

For the benefit of the girl about to graduate / Charles Howard Johnson.

For the benefit of the girl about to graduate / Charles Howard Johnson...

Woman in graduation robes sleeping at desk, as pots, pans, and other household utensils on legs walk threateningly towards her.

The age of iron: Man as he expects to be

The age of iron: Man as he expects to be

Print shows a husband sitting by a child in a cradle, sewing, as a male servant does laundry. A well-dressed woman prepares to get into a carriage driven by another woman. Entered according to Act of Congress... More

Part of the family of George Padroni, near Sterling, Colo. They have 9 children and some hired help. Only one child in school (see 4042). This is 6 yr. old Lena, who works some too. The 8 yr. old boy pulls and piles beets. 9 and 12 yr. old boys run the pulling machine, (the mother said, "We all got to do all we can.") 11 yr. old girl piles and tops and does housework. 13 yr. old girl piles and tops. Says she hasn't hurt herself with the knife this year, but did last year. The whole family begins work from 5 to 6 A.M. and works until 6 P.M. and after, with time off for dinner. Pedroni has been living here for 20 yrs., owns several hundred acres, about 100 in beets. Is said to be well-to-do.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 25/15.

Part of the family of George Padroni, near Sterling, Colo. They have 9...

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Wife and child of tobacco sharecropper. The littlest girl comes in from outside for something to eat while mother is doing her housework. The child next to the baby is called in this country the "knee baby". Person County, North Carolina

Wife and child of tobacco sharecropper. The littlest girl comes in fro...

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Negro worker who does housework when not picking cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana

Negro worker who does housework when not picking cotton. Near Natchito...

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Housework has been efficiently planned into the designs for FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project. Hartford, Connecticut

Housework has been efficiently planned into the designs for FSA (Farm ...

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Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. The mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. The mother,...

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Clothes hung out to dry in the backyard of Dorothy and Dewey Gunnoe

Clothes hung out to dry in the backyard of Dorothy and Dewey Gunnoe

Event: Visit with Dewey and Dorothy Gunnoe. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School.  Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

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Cats can, but Bon Ami can not scratch for it lacks grit The Gray Litho. Co., N.Y

Cats can, but Bon Ami can not scratch for it lacks grit The Gray Litho...

Print shows a young girl trying to pull a cat away from a birdcage by pulling on its tail; the cat is about to scratch the bird inside with its claws. Advertising trade card for Bon Ami cleaning powder, which, ... More

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. Their mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. Their mothe...

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The young housekeeper--Washing day / photo by Stuber.

The young housekeeper--Washing day / photo by Stuber.

Woman in bonnet and shawl carrying filled laundry basket standing next to girl washing clothes in a wooden tub. On recto: Gems of American Life. No. 570. Copyright by F.L. Stuber.

The rise of the kitchen tyrant; - and how she may fall / Ehrhart.

The rise of the kitchen tyrant; - and how she may fall / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows the evolution of the domestic servant from country housewife to an employed domestic through seven scenes beginning with the barefooted housewife receiving "the summons to the land of the fre... More

Castles in the air - An old black and white photo of a man and a child

Castles in the air - An old black and white photo of a man and a child

Woman seated on sill cleaning window and man holding hammer and line, smiling at each other. J129718 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Roth & Langley, N.Y.

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") for lend-lease shipment to the USSR at the Kroger grocery and baking company. Maudeen Hood, age nineteen, removing fat from pork. She used to do housework, and her husband is in the United States Army

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") ...

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Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment apply at - or write to Illinois State Employment Service.

Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment ...

Poster for Illinois State Employment Service promoting jobs for women as domestics offering "good pay, good meals, good surroundings, [and] good working conditions," showing a woman washing dishes. Work Project... More

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. Their mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. Their mothe...

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A black and white photo of two little girls in a kitchen. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two little girls in a kitchen. Office of Wa...

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Negro worker who does housework when not picking cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana

Negro worker who does housework when not picking cotton. Near Natchito...

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Bantam, Connecticut. Barbara Bongiolatti is a native of Bantam, one of the twelveColleoni children. She operates a drill press at the Warren McArthur Plant, and usually lunches with a sister and brother who also work at the plant. She lives comfortably in a low-ceilinged three-room attic flat with her husband, who works in a Torrington foundry engaged in defense work. On Sundays she likes to bake pies and do housework

Bantam, Connecticut. Barbara Bongiolatti is a native of Bantam, one of...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lillie Smith, working as a car washer in a garage, earns fifty-five cents per hour. She formerly did housework but likes this much better; she has one brother in the U.S. Army

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lillie Smith, working as a car washer in a g...

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Strike! While the iron is hot! Wages for housework.

Strike! While the iron is hot! Wages for housework.

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Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment apply at - or write to Illinois State Employment Service.

Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment ...

Poster for Illinois State Employment Service promoting jobs for women as domestics offering "good pay, good meals, good surroundings, [and] good working conditions," showing a woman washing dishes. Work Project... More

The age of iron: Man as he expects to be

The age of iron: Man as he expects to be

Print shows a husband sitting by a child in a cradle, sewing, as a male servant does laundry. A well-dressed woman prepares to get into a carriage driven by another woman. Entered according to Act of Congress... More

Children of Mexican beet worker. East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Mother is dead and this young girl works in the field and does the housework

Children of Mexican beet worker. East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Mother i...

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Negro worker who does housework when not picking cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana

Negro worker who does housework when not picking cotton. Near Natchito...

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Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. The Smiths share the drudgery of housework, for they both have important war jobs

Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. The Smiths...

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16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4521. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

The young housekeeper--Hanging up clothes / photo by Stuber.

The young housekeeper--Hanging up clothes / photo by Stuber.

Woman hanging laundry to dry on outdoor clothesline assisted by girl holding basket of clothespins. On recto: Gems of American Life. No. 574. Copyright by F.L. Stuber.

[Katharine Wright and Harriet Silliman, busy in the kitchen]

[Katharine Wright and Harriet Silliman, busy in the kitchen]

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The hired help "bugaboo" / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

The hired help "bugaboo" / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a series of vignettes illustrating how women's social life impacts their domestic life, their problems with servants, the troubles neglected children get into, and how home life can be improv... More

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Feebach, Route 4, Cynthiana, Ky. Near Hookstown School.  Location: Nicholas County--Cynthiana, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Fee...

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Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") for lend-lease shipment to the USSR at the Kroger grocery and baking company. Maudeen Hood, age nineteen, removing fat from pork. She formerly did housework. Her husband is in the U.S. Army

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") ...

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The American woman spends 33.6 hours per week in personal grooming, 99.6 hours per week performing household duties ..

The American woman spends 33.6 hours per week in personal grooming, 99...

Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment apply at - or write to Illinois State Employment Service.

Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment ...

Poster for Illinois State Employment Service promoting jobs for women as domestics offering "good pay, good meals, good surroundings, [and] good working conditions," showing a woman washing dishes. Work Project... More

Heard this one before? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Heard this one before? - Drawing. Public domain image.

From The politics of housework [by] Pat Mainardi, an article reprinted in The politics of housework / Ellen Malos. London : Allison & Busby, 1980. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

[22 year old father and wife who worked in oyster cannery. He said "We bring the baby (2 months old) down to the shucking shed 4 A.M. and she stays in the cradle until night. We earn about $12. a week. The mother does housework as well as the factory work. Varn & Platt Canning Co.]  Location: [Bluffton, South Carolina]

[22 year old father and wife who worked in oyster cannery. He said "We...

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Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Feebach, Route 4, Cynthiana, Ky. Near Hookstown School.  Location: Nicholas County--Cynthiana, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Fee...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Feebach, Route 4, Cynthiana, Ky. Near Hookstown School. Location: Nicholas County--Cynthiana, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Fee...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4542. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Annie Puchs[?], eleven years old. Been shucking four years. Picked berries in Delaware last summer. Said she'd rather pick than shuck. Does housework too. She is in factory photos taken that morning.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Annie Puchs[?], eleven years old. Been shucking four years. Picked ber...

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Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Feebach, Route 4, Cynthiana, Ky. Near Hookstown School. Location: Nicholas County--Cynthiana, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Ila Feebach, 15-year old girl at home for housework. Father, Rufus Fee...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4541. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Buffalo, New York. Mary Grimm, eight, doing the housework.  Her mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Mary Grimm, eight, doing the housework. Her mother...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Mrs. Dorothy De Greenia, slip woman, doesn't find her job hard after years of housework. Mrs. De Greenia's husband, Raymond, is a sawyer at Turkey Pond. They have a son in the United States Army somewhere in Australia

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U....

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From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4521. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") for lend-lease shipment to the USSR at the Kroger grocery and baking company. Maudeen Hood, age nineteen, removing fat from pork. She used to do housework, and her husband is in the United States Army

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") ...

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Evidently newly wed / Frank A. Nankivell 1901.

Evidently newly wed / Frank A. Nankivell 1901.

Illustration shows a housewife, noting a shortage of plates, asking the cook what has happened to the missing plates. Caption: Mrs. Sharpe (severely) Norah, I can find only seven of these plates. Where are th... More

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year-old widow with six children under twelve, is a crane operator in a war plant. The two youngest children live in a foster home during the week. The others stay at school all day, but on Saturday are home and do all housework. Patsy, six, drying the breakfast dishes

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year-old...

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Buffalo, New York. Mary Grimm, eight, doing the housework.  Her mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Mary Grimm, eight, doing the housework. Her mother...

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From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School.  Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

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From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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4:30 P.M. Flora Anseline, a busy girl. 5 Carmine St., N.Y. She goes to school, helps mother with housework, and makes flowers, working some nights until 10 P.M. The little boy helps some. Flora was 14 years old to-day, and said she expects to go to work as dressmaker soon.  Location: New York, New York (State)

4:30 P.M. Flora Anseline, a busy girl. 5 Carmine St., N.Y. She goes to...

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From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

From a feminine point of view a satirical monologue

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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A  happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with satire

Mrs. Johnson's husband a farcical romance on a side street paved with ...

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