Did social class in 1800's america determine the type of bedpan one got?
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It probably determined whether you got one or not...
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http://www.marquise.de/en/1900/pics/1930/index.shtml\n\nJust keep in mind that not everyone could afford these fashion since '34 is in the middle of the Great Depression. Fashion to the common people depended on where you lived.
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I know the item you are thinking of, but I thought it was Lillian Vernon. If so, they don't stock it anymore. However, I found this while looking-\n\nBedrail Organizer\nDescription: The strong, lightweight plexiglass organizer hangs over the bedail making it convenient to store items that are often used and need to be close at hand. A small clamp is provided to prevent the organizer from slipping when the bed is raised or lowered. Can also be hung over any drawer or bar to provide extra storage. The well is 20x2x3" (50.8x7.62x12.7cm). Approximate weight is 1.3 lbs. (.59kg).\nPrice:  $34.95
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Nice answer...but the question says 1800s and your answer says 1900s?
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If you read history you know Spain had a queen when Columbus sailed the blue in 1492.  They also had Counts but the noacounts went with Columbus.  So, there you have it in a nutty shell.  Social class in Spainland.  For more information ask a Spainperson.  One of my friends is from Spain, taught Spanish in high school until retiring last year and he had lots of class.
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Brittain in the early 1800's
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Dates back to the 1930's Depression era where there was extreme poverty and many people lived in dirty conditions. Some people say it dates back to England in the 1500's where finished floors were rare, but this origin has not been proven
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It was during the 19th century that quilting as we know it today evolved. Although quilted fabric is as old as ancient Egypt if not older the popularity of making pieced quilts made up of cut pieces of fabric sewn together in a given pattern is a much more recent development. Quilts, especially pieced quilts, were uncommon at the dawn of the nineteenth century. Yet by the end of the century quilt making was common and quilts were usually pieced block that were then sewn together to make the full quilt.\n\nQuilt making was uncommon in the late eighteenth century and early years of the nineteenth. Most women were busy spinning, weaving and sewing in order to cloth their family. Commercial blankets were a more economical bedcovering for most people. Only the wealthy had the leasure time for quilt making.\n\nObviously quilts were not made of leftover scraps or worn clothing as a humble bedcovering. Instead they were decorative items that displayed the fine needlework of the maker. Whole cloth quilts, broderie perse and medallion quilts were the styles of quilts made during the early 1800s.
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It is the equivalent of an upholsterer today. It wasn't always full time work. They work on carriages then trains then automobiles. I beleive the term is still used in the railroads.
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You wrote:\n"Someone told me that there grandfather invented it and sold the paton and I was trying to see if it was true. The last name shouhld be Berup"\n\nCorrection:\n"Someone told me that their grandfather invented it and sold the Patent and I was trying to see if it was true. The last name should be Berup"\n\nNow the Answer from:\nWikipedia, the free online encyclopedia\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed#History\n\nIn 1871 a waterbed was in use in Elmira, NY for "invalids". It was briefly mentioned by Mark Twain in his article "A New Beecher Church" which was published in The New York Times on 1871-07-23. There Twain said that: "In the infirmary will be kept one or two water-beds (for invalids whose pains will not allow them to be on a less yielding substance) and half a dozen reclining invalid-chairs on wheels. The water-beds and invalid-chairs at present belonging to the church are always in demand, and never out of service." This article does not contain enough information to determine the form of the beds involved.\n\nDr. William Hooper of Portsmouth, England, patented a waterbed in 1883. He devised it to relieve bed sore pains in his patients. Unable to contain the water and control its temperature, his invention was a market failure.\n\nThe modern waterbed was created by Charles Hall in 1968, while he was a design student at San Francisco State University in California. Fellow SFSU students Paul Heckel and Evan Fawkes also contributed to the concept. Hall originally wanted to make an innovative chair. His first prototype was a vinyl bag with 300 pounds (136 kg) of cornstarch, but the result was uncomfortable. He next attempted to fill it with Jell-O, but this too was a failure. Ultimately, he abandoned working on a chair, and settled on perfecting a bed. He succeeded. His timing could not have been more perfect: the Sexual Revolution was under way, and Hall's waterbed became enormously popular, making it one of the most notable icons of the 1970s. However, because a waterbed is described in the novels Beyond This Horizon (1942), Double Star (1956), and Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) by Robert A. Heinlein, Hall was unable to obtain a patent on his creation. In 1980 Heinlein recalled in Expanded Universe that:\n\n"I designed the waterbed during years as a bed patient in the middle thirties; a pump to control water level, side supports to permit one to float rather than simply lying on a not very soft water filled mattress. Thermostatic control of temperature, safety interfaces to avoid all possibility of electric shock, waterproof box to make a leak no more important than a leaky hot water bottle rather than a domestic disaster, calculation of floor loads (important!), internal rubber mattress and lighting, reading, and eating arrangements - an attempt to design the perfect hospital bed by one who had spent too damn much time in hospital beds." \nHowever, Heinlein made no attempt to build his invention. Hall, like Edison and Bell, gets full credit for creating an industry.
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Definitely the  past like the early 1900s, things were harder but you didnt have to deal with all this technology and all the time conserving appliances, but still somehow nobody has any time not to mention people were naturally born conservationists it wasnt a throw away society. I would hate to be born in the future not unless society reverted somehow.
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Amazon.com: Everyday Dress: 1650-1900: Books: Elizabeth Ewing \n... clothing, like the simple Regency dresses, adapted well for all classes, but ... "bed-gown" (apparently never worn in bed) was a very loose gown that wrapped in ...www.amazon.com/Everyday-Dress-1650-1900-Elizabeth-Ewing/dp/0713437790 - 90k - Cached - More from this site \nHarper House Bookstore \n... plates in full color) depict elegant dresses with Medici collars worn by smartly ... EVERYDAY DRESS 1650-1900 Elizabeth Ewing The clothes worn by the majority; a ...www.longago.com/bookstore.html - 143k - Cached - More from this site \n~ The Ladies of Reenacting ~ Baroque Era Clothing ~ \nCut to fall in back and front and worn over a corset, an undershirt and a chemise. ... But in France, when Louis XIV grew old and went more under the ...www.ladiesofreenacting.com/Baroqueclothing.html -
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I'm betting that Home Economics was there.  Cooking and Sewing.   In the 1970s, our school had a "Bachelor Living" course for the guys.  Frankly, those boys could sew and we were jealous of their talent when the dress shirts they had made were put on display!\n\nThey also had typing and shorthand courses, like my grandmother took.  They tell me she could type 90 wpm on one of those old, old, old style typewriters!  She worked for a newspaper typing ariticles for the reporters until she married my grandfather.  \n\nI hope this helps.\n\nSue\n\nBut in the 1920s, there were just some things girls didn't learn, and some things they did.
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Middle class baby, that is what has made America great.  For ex., Mexico has a relatively small middle class, and an even smaller upper class.  However, the upper class runs everything, and exploits thier employees ($2.40/day avg wage), not to mention the corrupt government.  You need a strong middle class to sustain an economy, and to keep a check on government power.
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Was it not the lower and lower middle class? Because education was becoming more wide spread and labor laws were appearing, more people could afford to learn how to read. Thus, periodicals and novels became more popular. \nThe lower class was powerful because it was the majority, too. Unless the question means a different sort of powerful, in which case I am confused, too. The middle class was just emerging, also... The wealthy of course had the most money. Hmmm...
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During what "early times"?  Can you give the years  or era?\n\nHere's one:  Mechanical Roasting on the Hearth\n\nhttp://www.aross.binome.com/journal/articles.html  (it has pictures and diagrams, as well as an article about it.  That whole website may have more for you -- visit the HomePage of it and go from there.)\n\nGood luck!!   :)\n\n[Edit]  Wow!  I am SO sorry!  I just got your e-mail & replied.  In the event you see this first, I am writing the info here.  Apparently, the link above gives you a "front page" (with an article called "Hearth-to-Hearth").  At the bottom, there is a drop down menu.  In it (near the bottom) is "Mechanical Roasting on the Hearth".  Click on it -- it should take you to the page of devices.  The drawings are there.  \n\nI did (originally) to find the info for you.  I copied and pasted the address above from that devices page -- but it must be set up such that one always gets that front page.  I am really so sorry.  I hope you get this -- or "an answer" -- before your homework's due!!  Again, so sorry.   :)   - Clar
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I would love to live back in the 1800's (although that wasn't part of the question.) I'd want to be American, female, Christian plantation owner (rather wealthy).\n\nToday? I'd like to be a male, American, Christian, upper class gentleman.