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Darn, Darn, Darn: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/07/2008 - 11:42pm.
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December 1943. "Lynn Massman, wife of a second class petty officer studying in Washington, D.C., darns socks in the afternoon while baby Joey has his nap." View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Esther Bubley for the OWI.
Darning - thread box
Submitted by BarbInArkansas on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 4:42pm.
Can't get over all the details in this -- check out the lampshade. Also, Whitman Sampler box for thread, detailed print on upholstery, stylish belt, print in wallpaper, even the pores in her face. This is a lovely photo.
Grandmother's darning egg
Submitted by Kathy Smith on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 12:54am.
When I was a kid my grandmother taught me how to darn socks. She used a darning egg which was a small oval ball with a small handle on it. You put it in the sock and it would help make the repair smooth. I wonder why we got away from that. Now days people just throw socks away.
Whitman's Candy
Submitted by Dewey on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 3:19am.
Besides darning socks, another example of Lynn's thriftiness is her sewing box. It's an empty Whitman's Sampler candy box, probably a gift from her husband. My mother kept candy boxes given to her by my father and used them to store assorted keepsakes.
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