In the 1960s & 1970s all young mothers had a folding rack, about 3' high, extended, for drying diapers & baby clothes.
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Sheila Michaels
New York NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-09-2015 02:09 PM
From: Sheila Michaels
Subject: Indoor clothes drying
My mother talked about reading the newspaper society pages in the Bronx kitchen under the drying clothes.
When I lived with my grandparents, in another Bronx apartment, drying racks were above the tubs in our apartment & in all the apartments of all the relatives.
When I moved into my own Mitchell-Lama Middle-Income Cöop, in 1967, the bathroom had a clothes hamper built into the wall, & above it a wooden rack that fanned out when you opened the cover & lowered it. It had a pulley to raise it.
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Sheila Michaels
New York NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-09-2015 08:07 AM
From: Meg Cohen
Subject: Indoor clothes drying
HI Sarah,
In England older family and friends used something called the : Sheila's maid or now a Pulley maid.
Usually they would hang it in their kitchen so the heat would dry the clothing more quickly. They could hang
low or high from the ceiling - and were lovely to look at as well as very functional. If you google the
names above you will find sources that still make them.
Best, Meg
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Meg Cohen
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-07-2015 01:43 PM
From: Sarah Sutton
Subject: Indoor clothes drying
I have a memory fragment of a basement kitchen with long, overhead drying racks that could be raised and lowered for drying sheets on laundry day. Can you all lead me to some examples? Please and thank you!
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Sarah Sutton
Consultant, LEED-AP
Concord MA
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