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Georgia. May 1938

Foxxee — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:21:51 GMT

Re: Georgia. May 1938

skatting44 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:36:50 GMT

many yrs ago I was asking my Grt Aunt some genealogy questions and she said she did not know becuse she was always having to do the laundry !

I guess , if you were the one operating the old fashion wringer washer you did not hear any family gossip !

Re: Georgia. May 1938

spiderw — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:45:21 GMT

I can't imagine having to do laundry like that but of course realize for these women it may have been progress! Love her hat and denim jacket!!!! An interesting bit of history!

Re: Georgia. May 1938

bmorechick — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:28:04 GMT

My grandmother had what she called a "wringer washer" in the back yard of her Baltimore City row house. Now the back yard was a 20x24 slab of concrete. It stayed out there winter and summer and I used to watch her use it back in the 1960s. Crazy!

Re: Georgia. May 1938

lynnie61 — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:25:14 GMT

My mother used a wringer washer well into the 80’s. She said she could do the laundry so much faster than loads and loads in an automatic washer. I think she finally got a top loader washer in the early 90’s. I remember helping her as a young child, feeding the sheets through the wringer. Mid-late 60’s.

Re: Georgia. May 1938

ECBG — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:46:05 GMT

It seems I remember a wringer washer in the basement when I was in the first and second grade. There is no one I can ask.

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Jk9 — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 03:33:24 GMT

We had a wringer washer (more modern that the one pictured) and i remember feeding clothes through those wringers. Very hands on experience.

Re: Georgia. May 1938

Marp — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 03:41:56 GMT

We had a wringer washer until the mid 1960s. Sheets and towels were the worst.