Excerpt from Elworth Bathroon Scrapbook

3. The fir floor boards are coated with black glue. This adhesive bears the imprint of the burlap commonly used to back linoleum. Perhaps the bathroom had a varnished fir floor in the 1920’s but included a new linoleum floor covering in the 1930’s renovation. It’s time to research 1930’s bathroom linoleum patterns.

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