http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ Shakin' the Family Tree - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:10:30 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios dee_burris personal http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/856437/913346 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ 60 100 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/83469.html Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:10:30 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/83469.html My sister and I were talking last weekend about when we wanted to get together.<br /><br />We each had a few chores to get done before we could kick back, and one we had in common was the laundry. She mentioned she liked to get hers done early in the summer, so the clothes dryer didn't heat up the house.<br /><br />I mused about that as I started my own laundry.<br /><br />About a time when doing the laundry was truly a chore.<hr />All photos below from the Library of Congress.<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/?action=view&amp;current=HappyLaundryGirls1891.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/HappyLaundryGirls1891.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><small>Happy Laundry Girls, 1891</small><br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/?action=view&amp;current=1900locationukn.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/1900locationukn.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><small>1900, location unknown</small><br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/?action=view&amp;current=1918-1920.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/1918-1920.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><small>1918-1920</small><br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/?action=view&amp;current=NOcourtyard1920-26.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/NOcourtyard1920-26.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><small>New Orleans courtyard, 1920-26</small><br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/?action=view&amp;current=NYC61stStSummer1938.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/NYC61stStSummer1938.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><small>61st Street, NYC, summer of 1938</small><br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/?action=view&amp;current=GreendaleWImodelhouseMar1937.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/Libraryof%20Congress/GreendaleWImodelhouseMar1937.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><small>laundry room of a model home in Greendale, WI, March 1937</small><br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=83469" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/83469.html chores perspective library of congress laundry musing public 2