Washing Clothes

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In Muscatine on Monday, January 1, 1951, Dale worked all day, and he and Helen washed clothes before supper.  Doing laundry then was hard work involving a wringer-washer, with clothes hung outdoors or in the basement to dry.  Above is what “washing” looked like.

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