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Woman Washing Clothes with Engine-Driven Washer
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Woman washing clothes outdoors with a Dexter washing machine powered by a stationary McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 horsepower type "M" engine. Photograph taken at the home of William Holtzhuetter for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department.
July 1927
International Harvester Company
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Woman with Engine-Powered Washing Machine
October 1923
Mrs. Granere using a washing machine powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester Farm).
Mrs. Granere with Maytag Washer
October 1923
Mrs. Granere starting a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine in order to power a Maytag washer.
Woman Washing Clothing
1925
A woman wearing a dress and apron is using an "Easy Model H" wringer washing machine made by the Syracuse Washer Corporation.
Woman Washing Laundry in Tub
May 1923
Mrs. Eshe demonstrating the washing of laundry with a washboard, ringer and tub in front of a farm house. The original caption reads: "Washing with no improved equipment. Mrs. Eshe posing."
Woman Wringing Clothes with Early Washing Machine
October 1923
Mrs. Granere wringing clothes with a Maytag washing machine at Harvester Farm.
Oil Stove Accident Prevention
August 1927
A woman wearing an apron pouring oil into a hot stove at the International Harvester Hinsdale experimental farm, illustrating a dangerous scenario for International Harvester's Agricultural Extensi...
