This public domain photo, first published in 1913, shows an early living-history re-enactment, with two young woman dressed in colonial period styles, posed in a colonial era house. There are all of the usual furnishings and accessories for the period: pewter plates over the fireplace, H hinges on the doors and cupboards, wicker seated chairs, a dining table with ornate turned legs, sideboard, and wood flooring that gives way to tile in front of the fireplace. To complete the domesticity of the scene, the women are winding yarn while a cat sits patiently at their feet.

Those familiar with Wallace Nutting (1861-1941) are not surprised to learn that this is one of his photos. Wallace was trained as a minister, and took up photography in 1899. He turned his hobby into his profession in 1904 when he opened a studio in New York City, but moved his business to Southbury, Connecticut in 1905, then to Framingham, Massachusetts in 1912. He specialized in romantic style scenic art prints, especially of New England, the UK and Ireland. His claim to have sold over 10 million photos was probably no exaggeration, as at its peak his business employed about two-hundred colorists.