Our Mothers did not have washing machines. They washed the clothes in double wash basins in the cellar. They rubbed them over a scrubbing board. There was a wringer on the edge of the tub that they could run the clothes through to get most of the moisture out. For diapers, underwear and sheets, they…
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In the early 1930’s, when we were children, women bought the chicken, the butcher would kill the chicken for them, but they had to scald it so they could defeather it, cut it apart so they could kosher it, use the fattest parts for chicken soup, and of course we ate all the parts, including…
Sarah Lederman Caplan’s Mother in Russia, c1880 (?). Her father’s name was Yitzchak Moishe. (Not to be confused with her father-in-law, Morris Moishe Yitzchak Caplan!) Family lore tells us that the lady was around 30 years old when the photo was taken.
Under The Dining Room Table 
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