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"Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont's farm for girls"

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Hempstead, Long Island, 1911
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Looks quaint, but apparently Mrs. Belmont's farm was quite a feminist venture. According to this 1911 New York Times article (in PDF), she invited young women tired of the work and dirt of city life to train on her 200 acres, with the aim of eventually running the farm entirely by themselves.

I'll be away from the blogosphere for a bit but have mined the online archives for some good summery historical photographs to keep you entertained. Many of them come from the Library of Congress's Flickr photostream and its digitized Bain News Service collection. The Bain News Service was one of the earliest news photograph services; great photos of popular culture and everyday life in the U.S. in the early twentieth century. Definitely fun for browsing.


26 June 2009 in stuff 'n junk |

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