Online users look for answers on old wooden objects that fed clothing to the wind
The History of the Wooden Clothespin Before modern dryers, people relied on simple tools like wooden clothespins to hang laundry. Originally a solid wooden peg, the design improved in 1853 when David M. Smith patented the spring-loaded version, which kept clothes secure even in the wind—solving what he called a “serious evil to washerwomen.” Over…