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Angela Varesano --2-- / 14

8/17/72

Mary Washko #66

Shed.

On the west wall there was a cupboard with dishes, pots on the
bottom, sugar, and salt shaker. Behind the door was a small
table of wood, homemade (2' x __") used to prepare meals on.
Floor covering was linoleum. A window was on the east wall,
full size with twelve panes, with curtains made from printed
cloth. The curtains in the living room were bought of Marquisette
material. The kitchen had cottage curtains made of
printed percale; all the windows had shades.

The shandy or summer kitchen was there when she got there.
There was a boardwalk from the shed to the shandy, about four
feet wide. A table was under the window with four chairs and
a bench. The stove was on the west wall with a cupboard on
the north and south walls near the stove. North cupboard
had beans, peas, coffee, tea, and salt, dry goods. Towels
and underclothes were kept at the bottom. In the south cupboard
were pots, lids, big forks and spoons, ladle, sifter,
and bread pans in the bottom with large things. The flour bin
was in the east corner. An electric washing machine was kept
in the north-east corner. Clothes were hung from nails and
hooks, from a wall beam six feet from the floor. Floor covering
was linoleum; windows had printed material curtains. On
the south wall near the stove was a holy picture; on the north
wall near the doorway was a small square mirror and a cupboard.
Walls were papered on a foundation of cardboard boxes tacked
into the wood for insulation. The shandy was used in the
summer when it was hot so as to keep the house cool. Door in
the east wall was built by her husband in 1949 to make it
easier to "go out back" to the outhouse.

For storage of wood for winter use and also for tools, a
tool shed was built by her husband in the 1920s. They stored
the wash tubs here along with old clothes and winter footwear.
the wood was bought in Hazlebrook from a home which was being
torn down. Along with this was built a chicken coop where
about twenty or more chickens were kept with a dog coop built
right next to it on the east side built about twenty years ago.

The outhouse was built by the company fifteen years ago.
She put in a light, a rug, and a little window. In 1934, her
husband built a garage from bought timber. Here her husband
had a work bench, tools, tires, and a ladder.

The yard was planted with vegetables for food, from the
street to the back with a fence around it. See photos for
details.

Her present kitchen was built in 1949. The space on either
side of the doorway from the kitchen to the shandy has summer
lawn chairs, coal stove equipment, pokers, brooms, and dust
pans. The stairway used to have a door.

In the middle bedroom was one bed used by her husband's
mother, with the headboard on the west wall. A crib was in