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Clothes Wringer Stand
- Description
- This wooden stand has easel-like centre legs. Two side sections open out and down to hold the wash tubs. Each extension has five round dowels for support. There is a flat board bolted between the two top centre pieces on which a wringer would be mounted. A second flat board sits below the first one…
- Subject Access
- misc
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MAINTENANCE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Period or Date Notes
- Circa 1901/1902. The Eaton's 1901 and Sears 1902 catalogues both carry similar ones (Eaton's, pg 187; Sears, pg 571)
- Description
- This wooden stand has easel-like centre legs. Two side sections open out and down to hold the wash tubs. Each extension has five round dowels for support. There is a flat board bolted between the two top centre pieces on which a wringer would be mounted. A second flat board sits below the first one and tilts to which ever side the water is to drain into a tub. The whole unit folds up and is held together at the top with a hook and eye.
- Accession No.
- 1974.31.4
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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