Apron, 1950-1959
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Before automatic clothes dryers came on the market after World War II, homemakers hung their wet laundry to dry on clotheslines stretched across basements or backyards. This practical apron -- made from kitchen toweling and sporting the embroidered words, "Clothes Pins" -- held clothespins for those without a clothes dryer or who preferred the clean scent of wash hung in the sun to dry.
Before automatic clothes dryers came on the market after World War II, homemakers hung their wet laundry to dry on clotheslines stretched across basements or backyards. This practical apron -- made from kitchen toweling and sporting the embroidered words, "Clothes Pins" -- held clothespins for those without a clothes dryer or who preferred the clean scent of wash hung in the sun to dry.
Artifact
Apron (Protective wear)
Date Made
1950-1959
Creators
Unknown
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.84.3482
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of American Textile History Museum, donated to ATHM by Joyce Cheney.
Material
Cotton (Textile)
Technique
Embroidering
Machine sewing (Technique)
Fancy sewing
Color
White (Color)
Dimensions
Width: 18 in (excluding ties)
Length: 17.5 in
Inscriptions
hand embroidered, front: Clothes Pins
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