Duane Bozarth wrote:
In our case - we had to fill the washing machine with pots of water that
we hand pumped from the well and put on the stove. Then ...

Just out of curiousity, where/when was this?

We didn't get REA power until '48, but had wind Delco generator well
prior to that...

I was born in a farm house about 30 miles north of Allentown PA in
Schuylkill County. I lived there from 1948 when I born until 1954. We
moved to big city of Tamaqua PA 10 miles away(10,000 people at the time
- now closer to 7000) so that I could go to a school building that had
each grade in a separate room. I attended part of first grade in a one
room school that had 8 rows of desks - one for each grade. We had
electricity - but no plumbing. We had a hand pump on the well - and
later I remember getting and electric well pump and one cold faucet in
the sink. We were so proud of that - but never had an indoor bathroom.
We took Saturday night baths in a metal tub in front of the coal stove
with water heated on the stove. We even had to cross a paved road to the
outhouse - to keep the sewage away from our well. But we did have TV and
I remember seeing Harry Truman being sworn in when I was just 4 in 1952.
We had a big party and all the neighbors came over. In 1954 we sold 10
acres with a stream and railroad frontage - a big house - and three
level barn for $3000. Boy I wish I had that back. The place recently
sold for $350,000 - it has a bathroom now but the hand pump well is
still out back. Do the math - I am only 57.
Harry