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Date Posted: 13:21:48 03/29/08 Sat
Author: pdudgeon
Subject: Re: The Waltons and their stuff
In reply to: Joan 's message, "Re: The Waltons and their stuff" on 13:49:48 03/28/08 Fri

they had a housefull of quilts in those days because they would re-use the material from the grain, feed, and sugar bags to make those quilts, and often times they were filled with old blankets instead of regular cotton batting. they did the same thing when it came to making clothes. The sugar and flour sacks were often re-cycled into underwear, sometimes with the brand names still on them!

remember the comment that Olivia made when the family was going on a picnic and she was still upstairs trying to decide upon which dress to wear? 'I feel like an old feed sack."

their family had been in the area for at least 5 generations by that time, and everything that didn't wear out was passed down, each family adding to the accumulation. Also during WWI it was common for the men to either send or brings things home from the countries they served in, so those might account for the nicknacks that you see in the bookcase beside the sewing machine on the landing.
The generation of children that grew up during the depression were not wealthy, but the 2 generations before them who lived in the early 1900's certainly lived in an expanding and economic upswing era.

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