Laundry machines Egan pg 61

Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park Group. This comes from a book from the inter-war period, extolling the virtues of the use of electricity in the home and the garage. It was clearly aimed at women and sees them as a major force in the modernisation of daily life, emphasizing the labour and time-saving qualities of electrical applicances.
As one would expect there are a number of photos of other appliances in the book.Some are photos and others are graphic illustrations, including advertisements for appliances and services.

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Peggy C ^club

Thanks for finding this .... Mom had a 'modern' washing machine in our laundry room ... I remember it was a wringer-type .... Mom always told me "keep your hands away" .... geesh, that was eons ago ~

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Peggy C ^club has added

and after some research, it wasn't electric .... just the wringer that was turned by hand .. still being sold..

5 years ago.

Phil Sutters ^club has replied to Peggy C ^club

We have a lovely rural museum, in an old chalk quarry, at Amberley in West Sussex. In addition to a wide range of transport and industrial exhibits it has a hall sponsored by one of our energy companies, EDF. It has loads of domestic electrical appliances from the 1920s onwards. It is a bit weird seeing things that your mother used in a museum. This is a corner of their display - www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/32971791/in/album/504335

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

RicksPics ^club

I remember finding one of these in my grandparents basement when I was still inquisitive.

5 years ago.

Phil Sutters ^club has replied to RicksPics ^club

It's a shame you aren't inquisitive anymore! Did you have a bad experience in the basement? Or is it just that you are weary of acquiring new knowledge.?

5 years ago.

RicksPics ^club has replied to Phil Sutters ^club

Ran out of space on the B disk :(

5 years ago.

Deborah Lundbech ^club

I grew up in England with one of these. (until 1964)
I remember there were always the dire warnings of children who had had their hands horribly mangled because they hadn't listened to the "never put your hands in the wringer" stories.
Ours was also non-electric and I still remember my mother turning the handle in the kitchen!
Rick, you were living in a far more modern world than I was!!

5 years ago.

RicksPics ^club has replied to Deborah Lundbech ^club

Maybe a bit more modern but my dad famously (at least to my mind) occasionally used an expression about getting a body part in the wringer that signified your were in big trouble.

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

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