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- Washboard, circa 1933 - Before mechanized washing machines, doing laundry was perhaps a homemaker's least favorite job. The work began by heating gallons of water, often lugged to a waiting laundry tub. Next, the homemaker scrubbed the dirty clothes clean on textured washboards like this before rinsing and wringing clothes before hanging them to dry. The sometimes days-long process was backbreaking and time-consuming.
- circa 1933
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Washboard, circa 1933
Before mechanized washing machines, doing laundry was perhaps a homemaker's least favorite job. The work began by heating gallons of water, often lugged to a waiting laundry tub. Next, the homemaker scrubbed the dirty clothes clean on textured washboards like this before rinsing and wringing clothes before hanging them to dry. The sometimes days-long process was backbreaking and time-consuming.
- Spigot -
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Spigot
- Washboard, circa 1918 - Before mechanized washing machines, doing laundry was perhaps a homemaker's least favorite job. The work began by heating gallons of water, often lugged to a waiting laundry tub. Next, the homemaker scrubbed the dirty clothes clean on textured washboards like this before rinsing and wringing clothes before hanging them to dry. The sometimes days-long process was backbreaking and time-consuming.
- circa 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Washboard, circa 1918
Before mechanized washing machines, doing laundry was perhaps a homemaker's least favorite job. The work began by heating gallons of water, often lugged to a waiting laundry tub. Next, the homemaker scrubbed the dirty clothes clean on textured washboards like this before rinsing and wringing clothes before hanging them to dry. The sometimes days-long process was backbreaking and time-consuming.
- "Gold Medal" Coffee by King Coffee, Inc, 1948-1965 -
- 1948-1965
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"Gold Medal" Coffee by King Coffee, Inc, 1948-1965
- "Melcraft Special" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1946 - Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down board track. The Melcraft Company of Saginaw, Michigan, manufactured this model of an Indianapolis-style roadster in 1946. The model has a balsa wood top on an aluminum frame.
- 1946
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"Melcraft Special" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1946
Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down board track. The Melcraft Company of Saginaw, Michigan, manufactured this model of an Indianapolis-style roadster in 1946. The model has a balsa wood top on an aluminum frame.
- Washboard, circa 1918 - Before mechanized washing machines, doing laundry was perhaps a homemaker's least favorite job. The work began by heating gallons of water, often lugged to a waiting laundry tub. Next, the homemaker scrubbed the dirty clothes clean on textured washboards like this before rinsing and wringing clothes before hanging them to dry. The sometimes days-long process was backbreaking and time-consuming.
- circa 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Washboard, circa 1918
Before mechanized washing machines, doing laundry was perhaps a homemaker's least favorite job. The work began by heating gallons of water, often lugged to a waiting laundry tub. Next, the homemaker scrubbed the dirty clothes clean on textured washboards like this before rinsing and wringing clothes before hanging them to dry. The sometimes days-long process was backbreaking and time-consuming.
- Washboard, circa 1918 - Before mechanized washing machines, doing laundry was perhaps a homemaker's least favorite job. The work began by heating gallons of water, often lugged to a waiting laundry tub. Next, the homemaker scrubbed the dirty clothes clean on textured washboards like this before rinsing and wringing clothes before hanging them to dry. The sometimes days-long process was backbreaking and time-consuming.
- circa 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Washboard, circa 1918
Before mechanized washing machines, doing laundry was perhaps a homemaker's least favorite job. The work began by heating gallons of water, often lugged to a waiting laundry tub. Next, the homemaker scrubbed the dirty clothes clean on textured washboards like this before rinsing and wringing clothes before hanging them to dry. The sometimes days-long process was backbreaking and time-consuming.
- Experimental Mechanical Television Receiver, 1929-1932 -
- 1929-1932
- Collections - Artifact
Experimental Mechanical Television Receiver, 1929-1932