Why did the rag man collect rags in new Orleans?

Answer 1

my grandmother told me when i was little that he collected rags and sold rags. he collected rags to sell to ladies for cleaning. that ladies had only so many old rags and when they needed more the rag man had them... this was before scott towels

Answer 2

As I lay sleeping, I had such a dream of the Rag Man of my childhood! It was so hauntingly real that I grabbed my iPhone to look it up!

I can still see the old Colored Man as he came thru the neighborhoods of Mid-City, calling out “rag man” and I can hear the clip- clop of his mule as he drove the old wooden wagon down the streets.

Times were so different back in the war years, and every now and again I am fortunate to be blessed with these very old memories that I grew up with.

Patricia Altobello Corona