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Title: Atlantic & Pacific Machine Co., North East, Pennsylvania
Date(s): 1876
Contributor(s): Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) (associated name), Atlantic & Pacific Machine Co. (originator)
Collection ID: Centennial Exhibition photograph and ephemera collection (Accession 2003.255)
Hagley ID: AVD_2003_255_01_010
Collection: Centennial Exhibition photograph and ephemera collection

Title: 1955 flood at Coatesville, Pa.
Date(s): 1955
Creator: Lukens Steel Company
Collection ID: Lukens Steel Company photographs (Accession 1972.360)
Hagley ID: 72360_0920
Collection: Lukens Steel Company photographs

Title: General Electric Storage Cabinets and Cabinet Accessories
Date(s): 1948
Contributor(s): Du Pont, William, 1896-1965 (former owner), General Electric Company (originator)
Description: Trade catalog for General Electric coordinated kitchen and laundry storage cabinets.
Collection ID: William du Pont, Jr. papers (Accession 2317.II)
Hagley ID: 2317_2_1551
Collection: William du Pont, Jr. papers

Title: Copy of directions for using Joseph S. and Thomas Elkinton's Laundry Soap
Date(s): 1860/1869, 1860, 1869
Contributor(s): Philadelphia Quartz Company (originator)
Collection ID: PQ Corporation photographic collection (1984.258)
Hagley ID: 1984258_026
Collection: PQ Corporation photographic collection

Title: Illustrated letterhead from Eavenson & Sons Toilet & Laundry Soaps
Date(s): 1892
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (former owner), J. Eavenson & Sons (originator)
Description: Letter to customer. Letterhead contains image of Eavenson & Sons Toilet & Laundry Soaps, Perfumes building.
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270231
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

Title: 1955 flood at Coatesville, Pa.
Date(s): 1955
Creator: Lukens Steel Company
Collection ID: Lukens Steel Company photographs (Accession 1972.360)
Hagley ID: 72360_0922
Collection: Lukens Steel Company photographs

Title: Frame workers' housing on Mill Road (Wilmington, Del.)
Contributor(s): Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. (originator)
Description: Written on verso: 'Torn Down'
Collection ID: Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. photographs (Accession 1969.025)
Hagley ID: 196925_013
Collection: Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company / Miss America Collection

Title: Anna Marshall and friend carrying laundry baskets at rear of Auburn Heights
Date(s): 1900/1910, 1900, 1910
Contributor(s): Marshall, Thomas Clarence, 1885-1969 (former owner)
Collection ID: Thomas C. Marshall photographs (Accession 1990.270)
Hagley ID: 1990270_0062
Collection: Thomas C. Marshall photographs

Title: "Boke" Haines and Anna Marshall with laundry baskets at Auburn Heights
Date(s): 1900/1910, 1900, 1910
Contributor(s): Marshall, Thomas Clarence, 1885-1969 (former owner)
Collection ID: Thomas C. Marshall photographs (Accession 1990.270)
Hagley ID: 1990270_0048
Collection: Thomas C. Marshall photographs

Title: Proctor Profit Promotions
Date(s): 1955, 1959
Contributor(s): Proctor Electric Co. (originator), Mary Proctor House (originator), Johnson, Marshall, 1938- (associated name)
Collection ID: Marshall Johnson collection of cookware and appliance design drawings (Accession 2268)
Hagley ID: LMSS_2268_30_10_004
Collection: Marshall B. Johnson research collection of industrial design and housewares

Title: Mary Proctor Hi-Lo Backsaver ironing table product information sheet
Date(s): 1955, 1959
Contributor(s): Proctor Electric Co. (originator), Mary Proctor House (originator), Johnson, Marshall, 1938- (associated name)
Collection ID: Marshall Johnson collection of cookware and appliance design drawings (Accession 2268)
Hagley ID: LMSS_2268_30_10_002
Collection: Marshall B. Johnson research collection of industrial design and housewares

Title: Rex Cole, Inc. display
Date(s): 1934-09-25
Contributor(s): Electrical Association of New York (associated name), Rex Cole, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (associated name)
Collection ID: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album (Accession 2015.289)
Hagley ID: AVD_2015289_044
Collection: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album

Title: Unitor centralized multiple appliance
Date(s): 1934-09-25
Contributor(s): Electrical Association of New York (associated name), Unitor Corporation (associated name)
Description: Unitor Corporation was a Detroit-based manufacturer of this household appliance, which it marketed as a ‘centralized multiple appliance’. The machine was a combination clothes washer, clothes dryer, dishwasher, iron and press, and food processor.
Collection ID: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album (Accession 2015.289)
Hagley ID: AVD_2015289_038
Collection: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album

Title: Ironrite Ironer Company display
Date(s): 1934-09-25
Contributor(s): Electrical Association of New York (associated name), Ironrite Ironer Company (Detroit, Mich.) (associated name)
Collection ID: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album (Accession 2015.289)
Hagley ID: AVD_2015289_031
Collection: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album

Title: Viking Products Corporation display
Date(s): 1934-09-25
Contributor(s): Electrical Association of New York (associated name), Viking Products Corporation (associated name)
Collection ID: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album (Accession 2015.289)
Hagley ID: AVD_2015289_018
Collection: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album

Title: Buckwalter motor driven washer
Date(s): 1914-07?, 1914-07
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_ME02410
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Silex Coffee Maker and Thor Home Laundry Equipment displays
Date(s): 1934-09-25
Contributor(s): Electrical Association of New York (associated name), Silex Company (associated name), Hurley Electric Laundry Equipment Company (associated name)
Collection ID: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album (Accession 2015.289)
Hagley ID: AVD_2015289_009
Collection: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album

Title: Big White Shirts
Date(s): 1966
Contributor(s): D.O. Summers (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company)
Description: Advertisement for D.O. Summers laundry and dry cleaning services. Describes precisely how a white dress shirt would be thoroughly and gently cleaned, ironed, folded, and delivered to the customer.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC268
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Hoover spin-drying washer commercial
Date(s): 1964
Description: Commercial for the new, compact Hoover washer/dryer appliance. The machine washes and spin-dries six pounds of clothes in just six minutes using only ten gallons of water.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC356_03
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: America's Favorite Twins and How to Answer Consumer Questions
Date(s): 1953
Description: A sales training film for the Westinghouse Laudromat and Clothes Dryer machines, "America's favorite twins." The presenter teaches viewers (presumably Westinghouse sales staff) how to answer common questions that consumers have about the machines.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC040_02
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Demonstration Sells! production script
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (sponsor)
Description: A script for a training film production which begins with a montage of scenarios in which a product demonstration led to a sale. During the plot of the film, Westinghouse Laundry salesmen chat with the narrator to discuss how product demonstration is important to closing sales, but letting the customers try the appliances themselves is just as important. This is accomplished by opening local laundromats equipped with Westinghouse laundry appliances.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_20_09
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Wash-A-Matic Laundry television and radio commercial scripts
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Apex Electric Manufacturing Company (Sponsor), Henrich, Walt (Narrator), Meldrum and Fewsmith, Inc. (Associated name)
Description: Includes two television commercial scripts and one radio script advertising the Apex Wash-A-Matic washing machine. The commercials feature the appliance's ability to automatically produce thoroughly cleaned and fluffed laundry.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_02_16
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Patented Apex Spiral Dasher production script
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Apex Electric Manufacturing Company (Sponsor)
Description: A script for a sound slide film production part of the 'Let's Look at Apex' series. Describes the Patented Apex Spiral Dasher machine - a laundry washer claimed to wash clothes faster, more effectively, and gentler than any other. Lists the Dasher’s features which lead to its superior performance.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_02_13
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Westinghouse Conservice - Laundry Equipment production script
Date(s): 1943
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (sponsor), Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. (Associated name)
Description: A script for a sound slide film production for the Westinghouse Conservice School Program. Two Westinghouse servicemen instruct the audience how to fix problems with Westinghouse Laundry equipment. Includes how to fix a washer when it is noisy; what to do when the motor runs, but the washer doesn't; what to do when there is an oil leak; and how to repair wringer, turbulator, and spinner malfunctions.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_18_20
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Westinghouse Conservice - The Washer production script
Date(s): 1943
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (sponsor), Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. (Associated name)
Description: A script for a film production written about a fictional Westinghouse washer serviceman, Steve, who demonstrates his knowledge of Washer repair. He attributes his success as a serviceman to the Conservice Maintenance Guide and attests to the Guide's importance in his work as a serviceman.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_18_13
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

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