Most of us have fond memories of clotheslines and the simpler times they represent. Our mothers and grandmothers did the washing by hand and hung it on the line every Monday. The Clothesline reminisces about how backyards on wash day were full of revelations. One glance at a clothesline told everything about the new family down the block--did they have boys or girls? Did they use plain or fancy sheets? Nowadays, we rarely pass up a chance to hang clothes on the line, for nothing beats the smell of clothes dried in fresh air and sunshine.

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