Western Electric Company Home Electrification Advertisement, 1917, "The Servant Problem Answered"
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Advertisement
Date Made
1917
Subject Date
1917
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.122.100
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 12 in
Width: 9 in
Inscriptions
on front:
The Servant Problem-- Answered / Electrical Household Helps Tie the Servant to the Housewife / Why are you having trouble in keeping a girl-- even getting one in? Why do girls prefer / working in a factory to working in homes? As a housewife you are vitally interested in the answer. The war has practically stopped immigration from Europe... The remedy is right at hand-- in your electric light / sockets. It is electricity- the labor saver-- the final answer to the servant problem
Printed under each loop of the lasso illustration: Mazda / Lamp; / Iron / ; Toaster / ; Sewing / Machine /; Vacuum / Cleaner; / Washer / ; Dish-washer /
Printed at bottom of page: Western Electric Company / Incorporated / [32 city names] /Equipment for Every Electrical Need
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