Since no one is traveling much right now, let’s check out when our families did. Both the Hegeler and the Carus families were world travelers and with the Hegeler’s 8 or the Carus’ 6 children, it took a lot of containers to hold everything. Up in our attic, we have what is fondly referred to […]
The Little Tub
There was a lot of interest yesterday about the little bathtub. At that time, big baths were “once-a-week” activities. These tubs were more for daily wash ups. You would sit on the rim with your legs in the tub and do a “sponge bath”. Or you could sit down in it with your legs hanging […]
The Victorian Privy
There has been a lot of focus on toilet paper lately which got Cindy thinking about the bathrooms at the Hegeler Carus Mansion: The Mansion was one of the first homes to have indoor plumbing in the area. There was not a lot of plumbing expertise yet and as a result there was also a […]