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Gas Powered Washing Machine post 1936

This gas powered washing machine dates from after 1936. It required the use to stand and manually turn the handle on the top of the machine to churn the clothes around inside. This would have been a tedious and time-consuming  job, done by the woman in the home.

 

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Photo by Andy Lord | AHRC Funded (AH/X000591/1)