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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Woman demonstrating a new space-saving Westinghouse washer/dryer unit. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A kitchen counter is a good perch for a teenage girl's telephone conversation. |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | Electric stove in the rural farmhouse kitchen of Adolph Betz. |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Woman vacuuming rug with a "Vacuette" sweeper in a farmhouse living room. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Granere wringing clothes with a Maytag washing machine at Harvester Farm. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman pretends to pour kerosene on a hot stove as part of an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department campaign to make families aware of... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | "Jewel" brand stove inside a farmhouse kitchen. The original caption reads: "Stove for patch work in making faked pictures." |
| Date: | 07 31 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for a washer wringer from the 1913 Sears Catalog. |
| Date: | 01 23 1957 |
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| Description: | A man clad in a chef's apron tests a pan of chicken for doneness. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Publicity photograph of Irma Harding pointing out features of a new model refrigerator. Ms. Harding was a fictional character who acted as a spokesperson ... |
| Date: | 10 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Leath's Incorporated, 117 to 119 State Street, display window containing silhouettes of electric household appliances, with a sign that reads: "We'll soon ... |
| Date: | 07 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Three men looking at a Zeropoint Water Softener in the basement of the Hotel Loraine, 123 West Washington Avenue. "Twin systems-Zeropoint 'graveless' water... |
| Date: | 05 23 1945 |
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| Description: | Window display at Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig, 17 South Pinckney Street, with post-war appliances including products by Vollrath, Filter Queen, West Bend, General... |
| Date: | 05 23 1945 |
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| Description: | Display in left window of future post-war products including appliances manufactured by Toastmaster, All America, General Electric, Proctor, Sunbeam, Steam... |
| Date: | 09 03 1943 |
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| Description: | Oscar Mayer & Company Coolerator display at the West Side Business Men's Harvest Festival. The Oscar Mayer Coolerator Store was located at 401-405 State St... |
| Date: | 07 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Co-op Electric Store, 155 East Wilson Street, showing small electric household appliances. |
| Date: | 01 04 1943 |
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| Description: | Semi-trailer truck with lettering on the side: "Speed Queen Washers Ironers, Barlow & Seelig Mfg. Co., Ripon, Wis." There are storage tanks in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 09 17 1942 |
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| Description: | Health for Victory stage, set up with posters, stove and refrigerator for Oscar Mayer at the Eastwood Theater. On the stage is a woman pointing to a poster... |
| Date: | 04 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Woman holding iron and demonstrating the Pres Kloth (a pressing cloth) in Manchester's Department store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street. |
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