The “mystery” object in the photo: a charcoal box iron Full article

or work inside a smoke-filled room.

That convenience can make it difficult to imagine the reality of ironing before electricity.

The charcoal box iron restores that perspective.

It shows how close domestic work once remained to open fire.

It also demonstrates how determined people were to create order and beauty despite difficult conditions.

A Box of Fire continue reading …

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