Ironic, Isn't It?

— that the more irons have been improved to be convenient and effective, the less we use them.

Photos taken inside the Hobart Historical Society museum.


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This monstrosity was meant to be filled with hot coals. The embossed curved plate under the handle was there to shield the user's hand from the heat. Theoretically.



Early electrical irons.



Today's low-rent artsiness is the "oil painting" effect in Paint.NET. It's a desecration of Art, of course, but I think it's cute.





From the Hobart News of June 17, 1920.