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Boiling Laundry with a Peach Twig

Anna M. Williams>UIS Collection T-Z>UIS Collection T-Z, Segment 3

Boiling Laundry with a Peach Twig,

duration 01:19

WOMEN'S WORK: Laundry was boiled in a kettle with a square of home made soap. Just enough lye water made white clothes whiter. A piece of peach tree limb added for scent.