In the 1900s, Monday Was Always Wash Day
Monday was always wash day in the 1900s - a day for doing the laundry
Back in the 1900s, before there were automatic washing machines and clothes dryers, Mondays were generally referred to as Wash Day. The 1900s equipment took a lot of time to get ready for the week's wash. Water had to be heated and then transferred to the vintage washing machine. The rinse tubs then had to filled with water. The laundry accumulated all week either in clothes baskets or they were sent down a chute to the basement until Monday. On Monday, the used clothes and linens that had ac...

The 1900s Cooking Standards and Fannie Farmer's Influence
Everyone Loved Brownies in the 1900s - and they still do. Fanny Farmer Cookbooks and Other Vintage C
In the 1900s, Fannie Farmer opened Miss Farmer's School of Cookery. It was aimed at training the 1900s housewife. She had already produced the Fannie Farmer Cookbook with the recipe for Fannie Farmer's famous brownies dating back to about the time when brownie recipes were first introduced. Some of the other favorite Fannie Farmer recipes are Banana Bread, Apple Pie and her Cream of Tomato Soup. Fannie Farmer, (23 March 1857 - 15 January 1915) unable to continue her formal education due to ...

The 1900s Art Movements - American Realism and Impressionism
The Artists - The Late 1800s And The 1900s.
Early in the 1900s, the art movements, Impressionism and American Realism, developed. In the late 1800s and early in the 1900s the following artists were a part of these movements. There are links to sites about the artists' lives and work, along with some inspirational quotes. ABOUT AMERICAN REALISM - THE ART MOVEMENT The beginning of the Twentieth Century saw vast changes in America as the country was turning more urban than rural. American Realism realistically depicted what life was like ...