A group of carpenters high up in the beams of a roof structure, men extinguishing a devastating fire, woodcutters in the forest. Such scenes have prompted local photographers to set up their cameras, insert a fresh glass plate, and capture the event for eternity—or at least for a certain duration in a photograph. But who has seen the women at work? When they went to the barn early in the morning to milk the cows, how they preheated the wash kettle so that hot water would be ready when laundry day began. Nevertheless, there are some images. They show women doing their work in the home and family—and also men’s work. They look serious in the pictures, here in East Bavaria, the rural land south and north of the Danube, from Stephansposching to Wesenufer, from Viechtach to Simbach. Not every old photograph is "from that time.".