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Description:
This vintage scrubbing board is marked: Busy Bee/#16/Patent NO.1895077. Probably advertising from a Drug Store from days gone by. Washing clothes, a job so slow and grueling when performed manually that laundresses were by far the most sought after domestic help. In the preelectric era, Mondays were traditionally devoted to doing the laundry. First, the clothes were rubbed against a washboard in soapy water to remove most of the dirt, next they were wrung out, perhaps by running them through a pair of hand cranked rollers; they were then boiled briefly in a vat on top of the stove; then, after removal with a stick, they were soaped, rinsed, and wrung out again; finally they were hung on a line to dry—unless it was raining! In good but used condition there is rusting on the
metal, which I have shown in my pictures and it measures 17 3/4 inches tall and 8 1/2 inches wide. An addition to any Wash Board or Vintage Laundry Appliance Collection.
SH & Ins. will be quoted after orders placed. If you have questions feel free to contact me and thank you for looking.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: ptswash2076 |
| Condition:
Used |
Year:
c1935
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| Country:
USA |
Maker:
Busy Bee |
| Height:
17.75 in. (45.08 cm) |
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Width: 8.5 in. (21.59 cm)
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| Title:
Busy Bee #16 Washboard |
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| Materials:
wood and metal |
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