Communal Collection

Poor in North France fed from German field kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Poor in North France fed from German field kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. Crowd of mostly women and children outside a brick building in northern France during World War I.

Inside a Kazakh Yurt, 1911-1913. Creator: Sergei Ivanovich Borisov
Inside a Kazakh Yurt, 1911-1913. From a collection of color postcards of the Altay, or Altai, Mountains region of southern Siberia early in the 20th century

French soldiers eating soup on march, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French soldiers eating soup on march, between c1914 and c1915. French soldiers eating in the field during World War I.

'Turcomans Dining; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Turcomans Dining; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Dining room with green track on top along the walls, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with green track on top along the walls, c.1925

Dining room with cupboard with orange service, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with cupboard with orange service, c.1925

Sitting room with palm, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Sitting room with palm, c.1925

Dining room with matte seats, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with matte seats, c.1925

Dining room with green canapé, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with green canape, c.1925

Dining room with chimney in Renaissance style, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with chimney in Renaissance style, c.1925

Dining room with yellow walls and red lamp, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with yellow walls and red lamp, c.1925

Dining room with red chairs, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Dining room with red chairs, c.1925

Interior with bookcase in Renaissance style, c.1925. Creator: Monogrammist HK
Interior with bookcase in Renaissance style, c.1925

Servants of a castle united in a front room, 1870. Creator: Charles Rochussen
Servants of a castle united in a front room, 1870

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Communal water supply

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Communal water supply

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Children at a communal water supply used for washing clothes

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Communal water supply

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Communal water supply

'At the Natal Gold Fields -- Our Laundry at Maritzburg, 1890. Creator: Percy Macquoid
'At the Natal Gold Fields -- Our Laundry at Maritzburg, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Un refectoire en plein air, au cantonnement; les tables et les bancs sont faits de... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Un refectoire en plein air, au cantonnement; les tables et les bancs sont faits de clayonnages, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Interior of a Chukchi Hut, Northeast Coast of Asia, 19th century. Creators: Alexander Postels, Godefroy Engelmann
Interior of a Chukchi Hut, Northeast Coast of Asia, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Young woman at the community laundry on Saturday afternoon, FSA... camp, Robstown, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Young woman at the community laundry on Saturday afternoon, FSA [Farm Security Administration] camp, Robstown, Texas

Community clothesline, FSA... camp, Robstown, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Community clothesline, FSA [Farm Security Administration] camp, Robstown, Texas

Woman at the community laundry on Saturday afternoon, FSA... camp, Robstown, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Woman at the community laundry on Saturday afternoon, FSA... camp, Robstown, Tex

Singing around the camp fire at Camp Nathan Hale, Southfields, New York, 1943 Creator: Gordon Parks
Southfields, New York. Interracial activities at camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service

Farm women, members of the "Helping Hand"club... near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939
Farm women, members of the " Helping Hand" club, carefully roll up the quilt upon which they are working. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Laundry facilities in FSA camp for migrant labor, Westley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Laundry facilities in Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migrant labor. Westley, California

Laundry facilities in FSA migrant labor camp, Westley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Laundry facilities in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Westley, California. [Note General Electric washer]

Laundry facilities for migratory workers in FSA camp at Westley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Laundry facilities for migratory workers in Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp at Westley, California

Farm women working on quilt, near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. See general caption number 58

Farm women of the "Helping Hand"club display a pieced quilt... near West Carlton, Oregon, 1939
Farm women of the " Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which they are making for the benefit of one of their numbers. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

Traditional terraced housing, Albert Road, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
Traditional terraced housing, Albert Road, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1959. In a photograph commissioned by the Swinton Urban District Council in South Yorkshire

Bosniac Communal Homestead, 1902. Selected as an Extant Instance of the Type Exemplified in Celtic Britain. From Social England, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

The Maoris Home, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Maoris Home, 1912. A wharenui is a communal house of the Maori people of New Zealand. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Communal village meal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean, c1890. Artist: Gillot
Communal village meal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean, c1890. Illustration from Iles Andaman et Ceylan, Moeurs et Coutumes

Monks at dinner in the refectory, Asile St Leon, France, c1947-1951. French Benedictine monks that combine running a hybrid corn experiment farm (part of the Marshall Plan), and an old peoples home

Finnish or Russian bath, 19th century. Men and women in a steam bath or sauna. On the left men are throwing water into a furnace to create steam while on the right a woman is having cold water poured

Maori communal hut, New Zealand, 1899

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