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An unidentified rural housewife places a fryer in her freezer. The introduction of home freezers after World War II greatly simplified food preservation for many rural Texas women. In earlier days, most foods had to be cooked, put into containers, and cooked some more. All this cooking, much of which was done in the summer in the days before home air conditioning existed, made for much very hot work for the women in most parts of Texas.
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Mrs. T.C. Brownlee proudly shows off the twenty-five-year-old sofa she repaired and reupholstered at a cost of $10.30 as a project in her Lancaster Home Demonstration Club in Dallas County. After she retied the springs at a club meeting attended by thirty-five members, some of the members helped Mrs. Brownlee finish the job of reupholstering. Once Mrs. Brownlee completed work on the sofa, many visitors came to her home to admire her work. Mr. Brownlee frequently used the sofa for his after-dinner snooze.
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