Cutting homemade soap (comprised of grease and lye) into bars. In a rural community with few medical services, ensuring that the knife didn't slip was crucially important. New Mexico, 1939.Photo by Russell Lee. [American Memory link]
Jul 19, 2009
Making Soap 2
Cutting homemade soap (comprised of grease and lye) into bars. In a rural community with few medical services, ensuring that the knife didn't slip was crucially important. New Mexico, 1939.Photo by Russell Lee. [American Memory link]
