NGHowlandBed6 May 31, 2026 Return to: Plimoth Patuxet: an Open Air Museum Preserving America’s HeritageFull resolution (1800 × 1200) Image navigation Previous Image Next Image A bedroom in the Jabez Howland House, in the heart of Plymouth. The paddle seen on the bed was called a mattress iron, or press, and was used to flatten out the sometimes lumpy straw-filled mattresses.
