Washing Machines of Yesteryear

by Kaye Menner

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Washing Machines of Yesteryear

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Kaye Menner

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Photograph - Photography, Hdr Photography

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**ACHIEVED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - "Active Abc Group Members Only - M Is For Memories" October 2021

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**ACHIEVED 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - "ABC Group - "O" is for Old" May 2018
**ACHIEVED EQUAL 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - "Vintage Images and Antiques" March 2018
** ACHIEVED EQUAL 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - "Vintage Artwork" February 2018
** ACHIEVED EQUAL 3RD PLACE IN FAA CONTEST: "Vintage" November 2017.
** ACHIEVED 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST: 'Days Gone By' October 2017.
** ACHIEVED 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST: 'Nostalgic Photos' December 2014.
** Equal 2nd place in FAA Contest: 'Antiques and just plain old things' July, 2013.

Some old "retro" washing machines, tubs and other equipment used around the middle of the 19th century.

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Clothes washer technology developed as a way to reduce the manual labor spent, providing an open basin or sealed container with paddles or fingers to automatically agitate the clothing. The earliest machines were hand-operated and constructed from wood, while later machines made of metal permitted a fire to burn below the washtub, keeping the water warm throughout the day's washing.

The earliest special-purpose washing device was the scrub board, invented in 1797.

By the mid-1850s, steam-driven commercial laundry machinery was on sale in the UK and US. Technological advances in machinery for commercial and institutional washers proceeded faster than domestic washer design for several decades, especially in the UK. In the US there was more emphasis on developing machines for washing at home, though machines for commercial laundry services were widely used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The rotary washing machine was patented by Hamilton Smith in 1858. As electricity was not commonly available until at least 1930, some early washing machines were operated by a low-speed single-cylinder hit and miss gasoline engine.

After the items were washed and rinsed, water had to be removed by twisting. To help reduce this labor, the wringer/mangle machine was developed.

The mangle used two rollers under spring tension to squeeze water out of clothing and household linen. Each laundry item would be fed through the wringer separately. The first wringers were hand-cranked, but were eventually included as a powered attachment above the washer tub. The wringer would be swung over the wash tub so that extracted wash water would fall back into the tub to be reused for the next load. As implied by the term "mangle," these early machines were quite dangerous, especially if powered and not hand-driven. A user's fingers, hand, arm, or hair could become entangled in the laundry being squeezed, resulting in horrific injuries.

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March 2nd, 2013

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