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Texas 2-Irons: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 3:49pm.
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March 1940. "Ironing room at FSA migratory labor camp at Sinton, Texas." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Another time and place
Submitted by OTY on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 10:56am.
This was about a half dozen years too late to be Momma Joad and Rose of Sharon, and anyway, they took a different route, but it is reminiscent of that era. These irons are electric also which made a big difference in the time-consuming drudgery of stove-heated ironing.
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