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Mudd House Victorian Christmas
12-04-2015, 12:51 PM (This post was last modified: 12-04-2015 12:53 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Mudd House Victorian Christmas
(12-04-2015 11:18 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Eva - It has been over five years since I have been in the Mudd House (even longer on the second floor since going upstairs hurts like crazy). Was/is the children's bedroom still at the rear of the house, close to the stairs and Dr. Mudd's office? Seeing a sewing machine in that room seems somewhat out of place - I had a childhood friend who did sew her fingers together by playing with one when she was only about five.
Yes, that is where the room was, and here is the sewing machine:
   
...and Dr. Mudd's adjoining office:
   
I didn't find the sewing machine out of place because I thought the nurse was probably also responsible for sewing the clothes, so she could watch the kids and sew.
My grandma had the same type of sewing machine (for sewing, not for decoration).
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