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One fact about the bedrooms is that normally the walls were an off white color. The floors were a tannish brown wood and the windows had cloth covers going across them. Since they didn’t have electricity they used candles and fireplaces for lighting and warmth. |
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| The curtains on the bed were used for privacy and warmth. The ceiling was white with wooden boards. Mothers and fathers slept on jack-beds. Trundle beds were kept under jack-beds. Jack-beds are short to save space. Mothers and fathers couldn’t sleep stretched out because the bed was not long enough. The bed was high so smaller beds for the children were able to fit under the jack-bed. To explain, a jack-bed is like a bunk bed but provides a lot more space. A baby would sleep in a wooden cradle. | |
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| There weren’t any hospitals so the doctors came to the home. The bedrooms were also used to treat sick people and deliver babies. | |
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June 16, 2004