Thread Number: 53588
Apartment Size Antique Clothes Washing Machine - $40 (Barron) |
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Post# 759535   5/25/2014 at 23:57 (3,595 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 759544 , Reply# 1   5/26/2014 at 00:23 (3,594 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Purchase price of $45.37 in 1950 dollars as shown on invoice is equal to $446.31 in 2014.
Have seen plenty of Monitor washing machines but none with the owner's manual which makes that and the other documents rather rare I should think. Apartment washer is about correct. Machine did the washing and rinsing, you did the extracting via wringer and hand power. |
Post# 759546 , Reply# 2   5/26/2014 at 00:29 (3,594 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 759552 , Reply# 3   5/26/2014 at 00:40 (3,594 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 759553 , Reply# 4   5/26/2014 at 00:43 (3,594 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Depending upon one's religious views about working on the Sabbath....
Laundry was gathered up and sorted on Sunday evening. Whites would be put to soak overnight in a tub of water with a bit of perhaps soda and or soap. Monday began the washing by hand or whatever means. This was an orgy of soap, heated water, boiling, rinsing, rinsing, rinsing, bluing (if needed for whites), then finally mangling and hanging wash on the line. Tuesday washing was taken down from lines (if dried) then sprinkled and allowed to rest over night. Wednesday was ironing time and then laundry was allowed to cool before being put away folded. Four days later (Sunday) the whole thing started all over again. By the l950's this little contraption would have saved some effort, long as one had indoor plumbing for hot water. If one lived in an cold water flat apartment then it would be back to boiling pots or kettles for hot water for washing. |
Post# 759556 , Reply# 5   5/26/2014 at 00:52 (3,594 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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