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Pail
Many houses had a bucket of wash water set up on the porch throughout the day so workers could freshen up from sweaty work.
Hand Mixer
Hand mixers such as this one were developed in the mid 19th century. They were used to beat eggs, dough, and batters until electric handheld mixers were available in the 1960s.
Meat Grinder
Sharecroppers who owned hogs often shared the meat with their community when it was time for slaughter. By turning the meat into sausage, it could last several weeks or even months.
Needlework
A scene of flowers surrounding a sun rising over the mountains, composed of fabric appliqué and embroidery on a field of black grosgrain, mounted behind glass in a black wooden frame. This piece was created and donated by Beatrice Clay, a lifelong civic activist in San Antonio and Houston.
Sewing Machine
A treadle-operated sewing machine, which would have been used to make and repair clothing, bed linens and other fabric goods for the family.
Newsprint Wallpaper
"Many houses reused newspapers and catalogs for insulation and decoration. These newspapers are from the Oklahoma edition of The Semi-Weekly Farm News, and all appear to be from 1913. The paper covers international, national and local news, as well as local agricultural reports and conditions."
Bed Quilt
This nine-patch multicolored quilt is made with blocks of wool fabric, similar to what was used in the 1960s. The ITC Quilting Docents created this quilt as a replacement for the prior cabin quilts, which dated from the 1930s and were deteriorating.
Lavatory
Most houses, especially in rural areas, did not have indoor plumbing before 1950 or later. Bathing was often done outdoors, and outhouses were of course outside, but families might have a small area of the house set aside for dressing and freshening up.
Icebox
Made of wood with metal insulation, iceboxes were the best way to refrigerate food for homes without electricity.
Oil Can
This can probably held kerosene, one of the most common fuels in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Distilled from coal, kerosene was used for light, heating and cooking.
Canvas Sack
Laborers dragged sacks such as these up and down the rows, filling them with as much as fifty pounds of cotton.
Rocking Chair
This pine wood chair was crafted by Eugene Bullard, the Calvert sharecropper who related his experiences to Joe Graham. The foam seat was added some years after its original construction, and ITC staff replaced the rockers due to splitting.
Cookstove
Wood-fueled stoves required close attention and a practiced sense of timing. Firewood could be difficult to find on the open prairies of the Blacklands, so people traveled to purchase wood for fuel or used smaller branches or scrap wood.
Animal Traps
Two steel foothold traps, which may have been used to protect farmers' animals from predators.
Well Bucket
This bucket was for a small personal well. The bottom is valve-operated, opening when it hits the water and closing when the bucket is raised back up.
Butter Churn
Churning butter was a simple process, but it could be very lengthy. Since it required time more than strength, it was a chore for the whole family, children included.
Mirror
This mirror was purchased for the original cabin exhibit from A.M. Cotropia, a "dealer in junk" from Hearne, TX.
Lard
Lard was essential for rural homes: its uses included cooking, food preservation, soapmaking and machine lubrication.
Coffee Mill
Coffee had to be purchased at the general store or farm commissary. Families usually bought in bulk, and a sack of coffee would last the whole year.
Pie Safe
Pie safes let pies, breads and other baked goods cool while protecting them from pests. Air circulated through ventilation holes, often cut in decorative patterns, and the safes were elevated off the ground.
Trunk
If it was a bad season or if the landowner just decided they no longer needed help, sharecroppers had to pack up and find another farm. They may have been able to fit their possessions in a trunk like this, which they might load on a wagon or a cart on their way to the next field.
Wash Tub
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Chamber Pot
Most houses, especially in rural areas, did not have indoor plumbing before 1950 or later. Outhouses were the most common facilities to take care of essential personal business. If a family had no access to an outhouse or privy, they would use a chamber pot and empty it outdoors.
Dipper
Many houses had a bucket of wash water set up on the porch throughout the day so workers could freshen up from sweaty work.
Pail
Many houses had a bucket of wash water set up on the porch throughout the day so workers could freshen up from sweaty work.
Chair
This ladderback chair is handmade of wood, with a corn husk rope seat. We believe it dates back to the 1800s. According to the donors, it was crafted by an enslaved man named Old Dave.
Milk Container
If a family didn't own their own cow, they had to purchase milk at the commissary or general store. It wasn't always available, and when it was, it could sour quickly without refrigeration.
Oil Lantern
This “railroad style” lantern was produced by the R. E. Dietz Company, a major manufacturer of kerosene lamps since 1840.
Brazier
We believe this particular brazier came from the McDade Pottery in Bastrop County, TX. Robert L. Williams patented his “furnace-forming die” in 1911, outlining its potential uses for cooking and ironing and specifying its usefulness outdoors, as was “customary in warm climates.”
Brazier
We believe this particular brazier came from the McDade Pottery in Bastrop County, TX. Robert L. Williams patented his “furnace-forming die” in 1911, outlining its potential uses for cooking and ironing and specifying its usefulness outdoors, as was “customary in warm climates.”
Oil Lantern
This “railroad style” lantern was produced by the R. E. Dietz Company, a major manufacturer of kerosene lamps since 1840.
Milk Container
If a family didn't own their own cow, they had to purchase milk at the commissary or general store. It wasn't always available, and when it was, it could sour quickly without refrigeration.
Dipper
Many houses had a bucket of wash water set up on the porch throughout the day so workers could freshen up from sweaty work.
Chair
This ladderback chair is handmade of wood, with a corn husk rope seat. We believe it dates back to the 1800s. According to the donors, it was crafted by an enslaved man named Old Dave.
Well Bucket
This bucket was for a small personal well. The bottom is valve-operated, opening when it hits the water and closing when the bucket is raised back up.
Canvas Sack
Laborers dragged sacks such as these up and down the rows, filling them with as much as fifty pounds of cotton.
Animal Traps
Two steel foothold traps, which may have been used to protect farmers' animals from predators.
Washtub
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Aliquam magna egestas imperdiet iaculis vitae orci mollis orci elit nec.
Chamber Pot
Most houses, especially in rural areas, did not have indoor plumbing before 1950 or later. Outhouses were the most common facilities to take care of essential personal business. If a family had no access to an outhouse or privy, they would use a chamber pot and empty it outdoors.
Lavatory
Most houses, especially in rural areas, did not have indoor plumbing before 1950 or later. Bathing was often done outdoors, and outhouses were of course outside, but families might have a small area of the house set aside for dressing and freshening up.
Needlework
A scene of flowers surrounding a sun rising over the mountains, composed of fabric appliqué and embroidery on a field of black grosgrain, mounted behind glass in a black wooden frame. This piece was created and donated by Beatrice Clay, a lifelong civic activist in San Antonio and Houston.
Rocking Chair
This pine wood chair was crafted by Eugene Bullard, the Calvert sharecropper who related his experiences to Joe Graham. The foam seat was added some years after its original construction, and ITC staff replaced the rockers due to splitting.
Trunk
If it was a bad season or if the landowner just decided they no longer needed help, sharecroppers had to pack up and find another farm. They may have been able to fit their possessions in a trunk like this, which they might load on a wagon or a cart on their way to the next field.
Meat Grinder
Sharecroppers who owned hogs often shared the meat with their community when it was time for slaughter. By turning the meat into sausage, it could last several weeks or even months.
Butter Churn
Churning butter was a simple process, but it could be very lengthy. Since it required time more than strength, it was a chore for the whole family, children included.
Coffee Mill
Coffee had to be purchased at the general store or farm commissary. Families usually bought in bulk, and a sack of coffee would last the whole year.
Newsprint Wallpaper
"Many houses reused newspapers and catalogs for insulation and decoration. These newspapers are from the Oklahoma edition of The Semi-Weekly Farm News, and all appear to be from 1913. The paper covers international, national and local news, as well as local agricultural reports and conditions.
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Lard
Lard was essential for rural homes: its uses included cooking, food preservation, soapmaking and machine lubrication.
Icebox
Made of wood with metal insulation, iceboxes were the best way to refrigerate food for homes without electricity.
Pie Safe
Pie safes let pies, breads and other baked goods cool while protecting them from pests. Air circulated through ventilation holes, often cut in decorative patterns, and the safes were elevated off the ground.
Cookstove
Wood-fueled stoves required close attention and a practiced sense of timing. Firewood could be difficult to find on the open prairies of the Blacklands, so people traveled to purchase wood for fuel or used smaller branches or scrap wood.
Oil Can
This can probably held kerosene, one of the most common fuels in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Distilled from coal, kerosene was used for light, heating and cooking.
Bed Quilt
This nine-patch multicolored quilt is made with blocks of wool fabric, similar to what was used in the 1960s. The ITC Quilting Docents created this quilt as a replacement for the prior cabin quilts, which dated from the 1930s and were deteriorating.
Sewing Machine
A treadle-operated sewing machine, which would have been used to make and repair clothing, bed linens and other fabric goods for the family.
Hand Mixer
Hand mixers such as this one were developed in the mid 19th century. They were used to beat eggs, dough, and batters until electric handheld mixers were available in the 1960s.
Mirror
This mirror was purchased for the original cabin exhibit from A.M. Cotropia, a "dealer in junk" from Hearne, TX.