My mom always used bluing on whites. And always hung clothes out. When it was really cold, say -40 F, the clothes would freeze solid. Then they would be all over the house to thaw. When I was 7, we got a basement. So when it was frigid, the clothes were hung in the basement to dry. And until we out the basement in, the washer was a wringer washer in a lean-to shed between the outside back door and the door to the kirchen.