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“I remember when my father built our first bathroom in our home. Before that, we used the outhouse down the path from our house. We took our baths in a round galvanized metal wash tub brought into the kitchen on Saturdays. We would just wash up in a wash basin on the other days of the week. I also remember my mom cooking on a coal and wood-burning stove all year round. She canned fruits and vegetables in the summer on it, even though it was extremely hot and we had no air conditioning. She was extremely happy when she got her electric stove! She also had a wringer washing machine with one tub for washing and one tub for rinsing the clothes out on the back porch. I used to help by cranking the wringer handle to squeeze the water out of the clothes. We are very spoiled people now in 2024, and I love it! But those times are in my memory forever!”
—Linda, 73, United States
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