Mrs. Culp's Diary, Thursday, March 18, 1937

Ironing ties and visiting a friend in the hospital

"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…