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I remember once going to Washington Park with our washwoman to a Fourth of August celebration.

On the third day, just after lunch, the hands were recalled from the fields, the washwomen and cooks and stable hands interrupted from their tasks, the house staff diverted from its maintenance.

Lorraine thinks she could be an actress, but I keep telling her she’d have to be a character actress, which means playing washwomen on TV detective shows all the time.

The sign, dating to 1928, shows a washwoman at a washtub.

“I’m sure she’d make a passing fine washwoman. I shall expect full payment, in cash.”