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1956 Westinghouse Laundry Useing Slantfront Machines
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Post# 154092   9/13/2006 at 04:13 (6,407 days old) by sudsman ()        

Taken from 1956 Starchroom Journal, Did know not slantlines were used in Public Laundry




Post# 154093 , Reply# 1   9/13/2006 at 06:24 (6,407 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

Great Picture!
Thanks
Brent


Post# 154101 , Reply# 2   9/13/2006 at 08:11 (6,407 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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Oh yea, that is nice, let's go try to find it.

steve


Post# 154196 , Reply# 3   9/13/2006 at 17:09 (6,406 days old) by customline (pennsylvania)        
Neet !!!!

I love that vinyl floor.

Post# 154203 , Reply# 4   9/13/2006 at 18:51 (6,406 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Is that person IRONING?

Post# 154216 , Reply# 5   9/13/2006 at 19:31 (6,406 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        
Nice pic

Coin slots?,I really cannot tell, or a pay the attendant kind of set up. Interesting. Thank you Sudsman

Post# 154256 , Reply# 6   9/13/2006 at 21:24 (6,406 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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How fun - I guess the poor dears in the white uniforms were the guards for the machines, I wonder if they scolded those using too much detergent! Pay as you wash I would imagine, perhaps they wrote out tickets for the patrons.

We stopped at a laundromat in Minneapolis that had self-service pressing machines - a metered amount of time. There was a group of women using them that pressed everything, jeans, t-shirts, etc. It was fun to watch them using them - they knew what they were doing! I think Robert mentioned this 'mat, double-load Dexter washers, Bock extractors that shook the floor, it was heaven for a quarter. I want a roll-around laundry cart now!


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Post# 154262 , Reply# 7   9/13/2006 at 21:35 (6,406 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

Looking at the picture again, and I am curious.
What is that big thing behind the counter on the far right? It has an exhaust looking thing that goes up, but only curves right back into the mat.
What in the world could this be?
First of the Whirlpool drying cabinets? :)
Brent


Post# 154272 , Reply# 8   9/13/2006 at 21:57 (6,406 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Furnace.

Post# 154300 , Reply# 9   9/13/2006 at 22:48 (6,406 days old) by kenmorepeter5ab ()        
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What is the name of the frontload washer from the Westlard Launromat's picture? (bigger) (w/coin-operated or non)

- Peter (kenmorepeter5ab) ;-)


Post# 154344 , Reply# 10   9/14/2006 at 07:47 (6,406 days old) by sudsman ()        
Name of washer

Thry are Cook Aldwash machines they were made in Dallas from the mid 50's to 1964 . There are still some in shirt laundries. Will Post larger pic for you in short while

Post# 154356 , Reply# 11   9/14/2006 at 08:21 (6,406 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

Thanks Greg!
That is scary!
Is it venting into the mat?
Gee.
Brent



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