Kōrero: Childhood

Girl doing the dishes, around 1911 (2 o 3)

Girl doing the dishes, around 1911

Doing the dishes is a common household chore for New Zealand children  emptying and stacking the dishwasher is the 2000s equivalent to the scene shown here. Young Phyllis Godber is washing the dishes in a large metal bowl on the kitchen table around 1911. Her clothes are protected by a big bib apron.

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Reference: APG-1393-1/2; G
Photograph by Albert Percy Godber


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Kerryn Pollock, 'Childhood - Family, school and work responsibilities', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26279/girl-doing-the-dishes-around-1911 (accessed 17 September 2021)
