Today’s image comes from Hoquiam High School’s domestic science department, where the seated teacher is tending to a wooden skirt made of Sitka spruce veneer, at a comfortable 1/80 inch thickness. Washington state was swimming in lumber during the Great Depression, leading to its use in costumes as well as (yes!) bathing suits. Can you imagine the marks that would leave on your upper thigh, or how it would clickety clack when you walk?
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That’s insane. I totally understand and appreciate the use of flour sacks for dressmaking in that period but slivers of wood just sounds so incredibly uncomfortable. Imagine the splinters!
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I did wonder! And you can’t really see the tweezers from that angle.
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Bathing suits?! Torture!
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Bad choice during wild fire season.
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Agreed.
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Yikes! I thought modern day bathing suits were uncomfortable…
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You’re still right.
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That is crazy. That is like walking around in shingles. Maybe wood mall would be less uncomfortable . Tiny rings of wood would have to be comfy compared to clanking pieces of roofing.
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I think shingles is a great analogy.
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It would help you float, though, Kerbey.
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Ah, the bright side!
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Little House On The Prairie meets The Peter Pan Shingle Fairies.
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Ha!
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