Excerpt from American Agriculturist, Volume 41, 1882.

A Clothes Line Elevator

As usually strung up, the clothes line is almost out of reach, especially at the ends, and clothes are hung upon it with some difficulty, especially by a person of short stature. This difficulty can be quite successfully obviated, by the use of the simple arrangement shown in the engraving.

Elevator for clothes line.

The elevator consists of a plank post, a, projecting four feet above ground, to which is bolted at the top, near one edge, a lever, r, five feet in length. The end of the clothes line is attached two feet from the bolt. The opposite end, three feet in length, is used for a handle or lever for adjusting the clothes line, when filled with clothes, and is retained in position by a wooden button.

A small block is nailed upon the post at p, to hold the lever in a horizontal position, while the clothes are being placed upon and removed from the line. A similar "elevator" may be placed at each end of the clothes line, and it may be made of any desired size.

Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an article published in 1882. It describes what was recommended in accordance with the knowledge and practices of the day. While reading it, please consider this fact.