We recently
bought a new iron and it’s not something that we use all too frequently, if we
can avoid doing so! This led to my son
and I discussing “when” the first iron was invented and by whom which led to
doing an internet search which led us to “Old &
Interesting.”
So often,
in our genealogical research we come across terms we don’t recognize or we want
to get a better sense of how our ancestors lived, etc.
I really
enjoyed looking around this website. Some
of the topics covered include:
·
History of laundry - a unique set of pages about laundry methods and tools,
including histories of ironing, washboards, starch and bluing.
·
Kitchen antiques directory for the best online resources on culinary
equipment, cooking and eating tools.
·
Beds
and bedding - featherbeds and bed warmers for
comfort, or simple straw mattresses and rustic box beds.
·
One-off
pages on topics from brooms to meat screens or hasteners to cleaning with stone and sand.
Do you have
a favorite website (besides Wikipedia ) where you go to learn
about how life was?
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