Mrs. Culp Revisited: March 18, 1937
She irons Walter's ties
"Ironed the ties this morning," Mrs. Culp said, referring to the ties she had washed for her menfolk on Wednesday. Perhaps she used a mini-ironing board rather than hauling out the big, wooden collapsible boards that were used in the 1930s, as shown in a picture of a woman ironing in her home in Vermont. (I still see these boards from time to time in th…
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