Washer and dryer sets like the LG WashTower—which features a center control panel to operate both machines, a rarity among ...

In August 1888, Ellen Elgin, a black woman housekeeper, invented a clothes wringer which allowed clothing to be washed and dried faster by feeding clothes through two rollers to wring out the ...

'Whatever you do Eddie, keep your fingers away from the wringer!" As a little boy, I heard that warning often on Wednesday, which happened to be Mom's laundry day. We had an unfinished basement ...

In 1870, E. T. Evans of New Castle placed an advertisement in the Middletown Transcript for Doty’s Clothes Washer and Universal Wringer that promised some relief from the drudgery of washday.

The American Floating Ball Washing-Machine, patented by Indiana farmer Mr. Moore in 1857, employed 200 to 300 floating elm wood balls the size of Seville oranges (about 3″) to gently rub clothes ...

The Historical Museum’s collection of wash-day appliances was increased recently with the donation of a “James Washer” — a hand clothes washer made in Independence, Kan. This model of washer ...

The washing machine consisted of two square boxes, which revolved on an axle. The clothes fell from side to side in hot water and soap. Shirts and fine clothes were finished by hand.

In the 1950s, laundry and dry-cleaning shops began offering a variety services in Phoenix, including pickup, delivery and drive-through services.