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Man operating electric fanning mill, W. A. Benitt farm, Dakota County, 1939.
Adjusting a milking machine on a Dakota County dairy farm, 1939. Photographed by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration.
W. A. Benitt with electric pump at the windmill, 1938.
Woman standing by an electric stove, 1940. Photographed by the Minneapolis Star Journal.
Electric refrigerator, 1931.
Rural Cooperative Power Association Generating Plant, Maple Lake, ca. 1950.
Woman on a farm ironing, ca. 1925.
Woman using an electric mixer, 1938. Photographed by the Minneapolis Star Journal.
"Thor" brand electric washing machine, ca. 1930s. Photographed by Lee Brothers.
Williams Electric Kitchen model, ca. 1938. Photographed by Lee Brothers.