Old-Time Happy Housewifery

In Grandmother's Day

A Celebration of Yesteryear's Keeper at Home

Sinks and Washpans

1. Running water ... 15. The... 16. New York... 17. Homestead... 18. Culinary water 19. Washing... 20. Washing... 21. Washing...

Trimming crust

Washing dishes on cornshucking day

Mrs. Fred Wilkins and other women of the Wilkins clan washing dishes in her kitchen after large dinner for the men who were shucking corn. Tallyho, Stem, North Carolina. (Nov. 1939)

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