Country images you don't see much anymore

[NancyNGA]

Great photo, so much to see!

The washboard over the hole in the screen door to keep the cat out, the 4H signs, the kite!!!

Yes, and the clothesline, the washtub probably to catch rain from the roof, fishing rods. I missed the cat and the washboard.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Nancy, I didn't notice the special little shelf that the washtub sits on right under the valley between the two roofs!

SeaBreeze, great photo of soap making! Here is a picture of a lye barrel, you fill the barrel with ashes and then pour rain water in to extract the lye for the soap.

I love seeing how folks lived years ago and am so thankful that all I need to do is hop in the car and run to the store when I need a bar of soap or a jug of laundry detergent!

 

[Aunt Bea]

Round barns!

J.H. MANCHESTER, 1908, MAPLE AVENUE FARM, HORACE DUNCAN BUILDER

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[Meanderer]

Aunt Bee...

 

[Shalimar]

Aunt Bee...

Is that honeycomb?

 

[Shalimar]

Round barns!

J.H. MANCHESTER, 1908, MAPLE AVENUE FARM, HORACE DUNCAN BUILDER

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Beautiful.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Shaker round stone barn.

A more recent picture.

It amazes me how much work went into these old buildings. I guess in those days people used all 24 hours in the day to good advantage while we tend to squander them watching television and surfing the net.

 

[Pappy]

This barn is not far from my hometown.

 

[Butterfly]

.....outdoor clothes lines

Gosh, I have, and USE an outdoor clothesline! I have a dryer, but like the way some things come off the line better. I guess I am a true relic.

 

[NancyNGA]

Round barn, Jefferson, GA, built in 1913. Now a mattress store.

As it looked in 1958

An inside view, basement and main floors

 

[Jackie22]

Gosh, I have, and USE an outdoor clothesline! I have a dryer, but like the way some things come off the line better. I guess I am a true relic.

Yes, I see them occasionally around here too.

.....love seeing all the old pictures.

 

[NancyNGA]

In #60, Applecruncher posted the above picture. And there's another one in post #65

 

[Jackie22]

Thanks Nancy....I remember we had one like that when I was growing up.

 

[Falcon]

"Find one at a lower price and your mattress is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee!

 

[HiDesertHal]

Is that honeycomb?

One of them is...the others are fake.

HDH

 

[Meanderer]

Round Barn Layout

 

[Meanderer]

The free ones are in the corner!

"Find one at a lower price and your mattress is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee!

 

[SeaBreeze]

1917

 

[Meanderer]

What a sparse and primitive kitchen! Can you imagine, if she could see the kitchen of today?

 

[Pappy]

Heating water on the stove to do laundry.

 

[Aunt Bea]

View attachment 39179 Heating water on the stove to do laundry.

Great photo, I like that barrel churn.

All of those shoes and mittens, must be a big family!!!

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Pappy]

 

[NancyNGA]

Tree pulling fail

 

[Aunt Bea]