Some years later, Ruohomaa visited two large families living in rural Maine and captured many scenes of their lively households, creative pursuits, hard work, and kinship. Notably, he photographed the Brooks family, which included 12 daughters (and another child on the way at the time); they lived together in an old converted schoolhouse in Pittsfield, Maine.
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