I have 2 of the sad irons, I remember ironing with them when I was 9...my dad was a school bus driver, and he had to wear white shirts.. mom would heat them in the fireplace...I also remember the wringer washing machines, Momma would use the rinse water to mop the wood floors in the house...and we would use the rinse water to take a bath in the #3 washtub...I have two bottles that were used to sprinkle clothes to be ironed...the sprinkling tops are on old pepsi bottles.. and I also have some authentic lye soap, pants stretchers, wooden rub boards, and remember the bluing they would put in the rinse water for the white clothes?? I have a bottle of that also...all this is displayed in my laundry room...gets a lot of comments from friends and relatives...
I like to collect anything that reminds me of my childhood and I'm 72.......so some things go waaayyy back....