Showing making of hard soap, pioneer fashion
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing making of hard soap, pioneer fashion. Note hawk wing for fanning fire... Soap Making, III-A-Gen-12247, History - Artifacts - Miscellaneous (Davis pen; chinking; traps; playhouses; gold mining)
Mrs. Kate Duckett and daughter, Tennie, making hard soap
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mrs. Kate Duckett and daughter, Tennie, making hard soap, Coopers Creek NC, outside park... Note feather fan, gourd dipper, wooden paddle, iron kettle, sunshade... Used 6lbs. lard, 13 qts. water, one can Alamo lye (13 oz.)... Makes 12 cakes about 8 long, 2 1/2 wide, 1 thick... Requires 5 hours. (Page 96 - Highland Homeland). Soap Making, III-A-Gen-12246, History - Artifacts - Miscellaneous (Davis pen; chinking; traps; playhouses; gold mining)
