'The order of the bath', 1917

Description

This is a black-and-white photograph showing the photographer's wife, Maud Adkin, bathing their daughter, Nancy, in a washing tub on the veranda of their farm, Woodside, near Levin in the Horowhenua (North Island, New Zealand). A wooden chair with a towel draped over it stands behind them and a bar of soap is on the floor next to the tub. The photograph was taken by Leslie Adkin (1888-1964) in November 1917. The negative measures 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm.

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