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Bake oven at right: A fire was built in the oven. When the oven was hot, coals were removed and baking was done with the heat retained by the brick. See also: Hull House bake oven There was always a pot of water by the fire for women to wet their skirts to prevent catching fire (childbirth was the first cause of death, fire the second). Table, known as a scrub top, was used by the Fillmores in the house. It's a country Hepplewhite table with a 2 board top and old red paint on the legs. The two black ladder back chairs date from the late 1700s. Large spinning wheel was for flax (linen) and was known as a "walking wheel" because a lot of tension was needed to pull the fiber. Wide pine boards in the kitchen wainscoting are original.

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