How wonderful to see these old fashion clothes pins. Very round and solid. Not like the squeeze one's of today. I can remember mom keeping them in an old box just sitting on the floor of the back porch. There was a sliding door that one had to push off to the side to access the upside down umbrella style clothesline. It stayed in place by a long wrought iron hook. Once unhooked you would pull the hook closer to you and hook it into a second eye hook. Then you could keep the clothesline from moving as you hung your clothes. They always did their job and held tight onto the heaviest of clothing in all sort of weather. They were also fun to draw faces on them becoming little pin people. Today the squeeze style pins are also used as bag closures.
