bradross
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From Madison County, Alabama --- historic photograph of Maytag wringer washer and couple doing the laundry together.
Historic photo to share ... Maytag wringer
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Georgedon
must have given her a "poker". Sure do come in handy.
must have given her a "poker". Sure do come in handy.
vacerator
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Salt of
the earth. No one cared if you had a rifle or shotgun either.
I'm sure not everyone in Alabama is nor was a hater of anyone.
the earth. No one cared if you had a rifle or shotgun either.
I'm sure not everyone in Alabama is nor was a hater of anyone.
Do you think a lot of husbands helped with the laundry....
Am sure they did, but probably were careful not to let word get out! *LOL*
Laundry was "women's work" but in a home with no servants or children can you imagine one lone woman doing even just the washing for herself and husband?
*If* the home hand indoor plumbing and or at least hot and cold running water, and some sort of washing machine that *could* reduce some of the work load. But entirely by hand?
Of course it probably varied by where persons lived. Out on a farm/rural area where there wasn't another soul for miles things would be different than say in town. That is if some or part of the laundry involved being done out of doors a husband out in a rural area didn't have neighbors peeking over the fence.
If a man was a bachelor that would be a different story.
Am sure they did, but probably were careful not to let word get out! *LOL*
Laundry was "women's work" but in a home with no servants or children can you imagine one lone woman doing even just the washing for herself and husband?
*If* the home hand indoor plumbing and or at least hot and cold running water, and some sort of washing machine that *could* reduce some of the work load. But entirely by hand?
Of course it probably varied by where persons lived. Out on a farm/rural area where there wasn't another soul for miles things would be different than say in town. That is if some or part of the laundry involved being done out of doors a husband out in a rural area didn't have neighbors peeking over the fence.
If a man was a bachelor that would be a different story.
