Life In The 1920's
Life of the 1920’s from the hand turned butter churn
to the hand powered agitator on the wash machine
the hand pump for water ,there are just a host tools that
were used around the house in this shot,the old treadle
sewing machine
taken in southwestern Saskatchewan
Docs Town Heritage Park
Olympus E510 14/42 lens
photomatix and lightroom processing
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Gary Heald
Excellent capture!!
PFrogg replied
Thank you Gary
Lois Bryan
wow … now here’s trip down memory lane for sure!!!!! Look at the old 78s and 45s there in the corner … and the colorful threads … the wringer washer … wow … scary how so much of this is familiar!!!! Great image … beautifully exposed, by the way!!!!
PFrogg replied
Thank you Lois ,it holds a lot of memory’s ,
Karen Tillotson
Another glorious image and a trip down memory lane….eeek…like Lois, I’m aghast at how much of this is very familiar….
Fantastic treatment once again!
PFrogg replied
thank you Karen,still in some parts of the world these are every day items
how good do we have life ????
EchoNorth
What a lovely, pristine glow you have given these everyday items. Everytime I go through these small-town museums in Saskatchewan I am struck by how much we now overconsume!!
PFrogg replied
thank you Janene,sometimes when we compare the different periods
we must admit we do have an easy way of life
Larry Trupp
Wonderful details John, accompanied by old memories for me, my Grandma used to churn butter, and we still have her old treadle sewing machine.
PFrogg replied
isn’t history that one can relate to fantastic ,generates all kinds of memory’s ,thank you for your comments Larry
DIANEPEAREN
IN 1957 I HAD MY MOTHERS OLD GREEN BEATTY WASHING MACHINE…JUST LIKE THAT ONE. LOSE THE PLUG AND YOU ARE HOOPED!!!!!I ALSO HAVE HER TREDDLE MACHINE…AND THAT CHRISTMAS WREATH….IL CHECK AT CHRISTMAS TO SEE IF I STILL HAVE MINE…OF ITS MISSING…IM COMING TO SASKATCHEWAN TO GET IT…..:)
PFrogg replied
all kinds of goodies eh !!! glad you like it
Keith Richardson
Today’s technology excitement was alive and well back then – imagine being at the forefront as an inventor – I would have loved it!
PFrogg replied
It would have been fantastic cheers John
Karen Betts
beautiful, i have spent ages looking at the image and noticing things but im drawn to the cotton rells may be because i love patchwork and quilting, LOl. beautifully processsed to.
PFrogg replied
Thank you Karen much appreciated
Bradley Nichol
PFrogg replied
Thank you Bradley
BigD
PFrogg replied
Thank you so much BigD for the feature much appreciated
Elaine Teague
Congratulations on your feature. This is a great photo with great treatment. A fave for sure.
PFrogg replied
Thank you Elaine ,also for the fav much appreciated cheers John
Larry Trupp
PFrogg replied
Thank you so much my friend much appreciated