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1939
Product catalogues: Household: Kitchens, appliances, and cookware
GUSN-198623
The item provides practical tips for washing clothes and other household fabrics. The front and back covers are advertisements for Sears appliances. The cover text reads: "It's a honey for our money. No work-no worry washday over in a hurry, Kenmore Washers and Ironers, Sears Roebuck and Co." The back cover advertises a refrigerator and cooking stove carried by Sears. Kenmore electric ironers are advertised on pages 20 and 21 of the publication. The foreword on page 3 is signed: "American Washer and Ironer Manufacturers' Association."
advertising
business (commercial function)
appliances
washing machines
irons (tools)
washing (cleaning)
books
advertisements
DigitalID 000620
AccessID 854
Other identifier HNEDID-000620
1 book : 41 pages ; 9 x 6 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.12.012.003.032
9 x 6 (HxW)(inches)
New York City (New York state)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Lever Brothers Company (Publisher)
Sears, Roebuck and Company (Publisher)
books
advertisements
laundry
Item
Product catalogues: Household: Kitchens, appliances, and cookware
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