10 Old Home Features… That FADED Into History 

My Mother told us how when she was a kid the entire family would go to Grant Park along Lake Michigan in Chicago and sleep overnight with many other families to get away from the heat of a Chicago summer. The breeze from the lake was the air conditioning of the day.

We had a Milk man who came to our home very early in the morning, I would hear the clinking of bottles from my bedroom as he picked up and dropped off. I remember on holidays, he would deliver Eggnog. Great memory...

My 1950 built home still has it's telephone nook in the hallway.

I lived in a 1920s home in San Diego that had a milk door (a little narrower than those shown here) that we left open for the cats (no litter box to mess with). Sometimes possums would come in and eat the cat food, but they're pretty harmless (except for their smell!)

My parents have a 1950's home and in the back porch there there is a tall narrow door that has two open holes in it. My mom could hang up the laundry and then open the door and push it out as there was a pulley wheel attached to the garage (which was separate from the house) for the clothesline. Also, the house has a tall thin door in the kitchen that, when opened, a built-in ironing board could be pulled out.

The claw foot tubs were huge - very deep and wide. I lived in a house that had one, and the hot water would run out before it was comfortably filled, because of the volume of water needed to fill more than about 10".

RE: #6 ... I always wondered what the name was on top of the house ? Hmmm, ... ''Widow's Walk'' Thank-you for sharing & Great Video : ) HAGW !

when i was young we didn't have a milk door, but there were early morning deliveries of bread or milk, left at the kitchen door, often before we woke up. my grandmother had a telephone table. these tables often came with a built-in seat, cabinet or drawer for phone, writing pad, phone book, etc., and a writing top.

My parents' house, built in 1903, had a transom. My grandparents' apartment had inside transoms above every single inner door. The house next door to my parents' house had something that looked like a milk door, but it was next to the front door and was used as a mail door. The small wooded door inside had a latch. The subsequent owners took out that mail door and replaced it with a regular mailbox. That was a loss, even if they didn't realize it. With a mail door, no ones mail ever got wet, and the homeowner could get the mail even if in a bathrobe or pajamas.

I had never connected the Parlor with Parley.....Thanks, love learning new, old things!

I would add dumbwaiters. I always wanted one.

Transom windows were effective because the ceilings were at least 10 feet high. Widows walks are back in fashion. They're used like another balcony with a great view now. I used to go into "old money" homes as part of my job. They had butlers' pantries like the ones shown above. Up until then, I don't think I ever heard the term "butler's pantry".

1:19 that looks better then the modern bathtubs

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