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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