I was born in 1941 into a family that lived as if it were 1920. We shelled black walnuts - anybody else done that? Way different from pecans! We went up in the mountains to pick huckleberries.
My Grandpa and Grandma sold the feed so Mom had her choice of which feed sacks to buy. I had 3 feed sack dresses - my Mom said that was all anybody needed - one to wear, one to wash, and one in case you spilled something on yourself.