1.47 Cubic feet (consisting of 3 boxes, 1 folder, 5 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Ephemera
Business ephemera
Date:
circa 1865-1933
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Laundry Machinery and Accessories forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Scope and Contents:
This material consists primarily of advertising cards, envelopes, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, bills, receipts, price lists, books, and printed advertisements from manufacturers and distributors of laundry machinery and accessories. Washing machines, wringers, dryers, mangles, irons, ironing boards, clothes pins, and hampers are among the items found in this subject area. The material dates from [1865?] – 1933, but the bulk of the material is late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Materials are organized by name of company. There are three folders of materials grouped by type: Patent and trademarks, related publications, and miscellaneous items.
Brand Name Index:
Brand Name :: Company Name :: Type of Product
A.B.C. :: Altorfer Bros. Co. Washer & :: Wringer
American :: George C. Paine :: Ironing Table
Anchor :: Lovell Mfg. Co. :: Wringer
Anchor :: Metropolitan Mfg. Co. :: Wringer
Atlantic :: M. A. Caldwell :: Washer
Bay State :: John C. Clapp :: Wringer
Boss :: Foley & William Mfg. Co. :: Washer
Boss :: Keystone Mfg. Co. :: Wringer
Brass King :: National Washboard Co. :: Wringer
Challenge :: S. W. Palmer & Co. :: Washer
Conqueror :: Oliver Ames & Sons :: Wringer
Conqueror :: Charles W. Bassett :: Wringer
Crescent :: Saginsaw Mfg. Co. :: Washboard
Crown :: American Machine Co. :: Iron
Crown :: George Starrett :: Iron
Doty's :: Metropolitan Mfg. Co. :: Wringer
Eagle :: Sterling Mfg. Co. :: Wringer
Easy :: Syracuse Washing Machine Co. :: Washer
Eclipse :: Aetna Iron Co. :: Iron
Eclipse :: Metropolitan Mfg. Co. :: Wringer
Elite :: Ellerman's :: Washer
Favorite :: R. M. Ball :: Washer
Metropolitan :: American Wringer Co. :: Mangles
Mitchell Improved :: E. R. Florence :: Washer
Modern :: Home Devices Corp. :: Washer
Mrs. Potts :: American Machine Co. :: Iron
North Star :: Pfanschmidt, Dodge :: Washboard
Northern Queen :: Fuller Bros. :: Washboard
Novelty :: Bailey Wringing Machine Co. :: Wringer
Ojoy :: Ellerman's :: Washer
Our Home :: Keystone Mfg. Co. :: Wringer
Pioneer :: W. W. Babcock Co. :: Ironing Board
Queen :: Knoll & Althouse :: Washer
Rightway :: American Gas Machine Co. :: Washer
Sprung Washer :: American Mfg. Co. :: Washer
Standard :: E. H. Huenefeld :: Washer
Star :: Knoll & Althouse :: Washer
Sterling :: Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk, & Co. :: Washer
Thor :: Hurley Machine Co. :: Electric Ironer
Thor :: Hurley Machine Co. :: Washer
Troy :: Nichols Mfg. Co. :: Iron
Union :: John Benker & Co. :: Washer
Universal :: American Wringer Co. :: Mangles
Universal :: Eclipse Wringer Co.
Universal :: Robert C. Reeves :: Wringer
Victor :: Robinson & Marriner :: Washer
Welcome :: Bailey Wringing Machine Co. :: Wringer
Western Star :: Anthony Wayne Mfg. Co. :: Washer
White Wire :: Hudson River Wire Mills:: Clothes Line
Wyandotte :: J. B. Ford Co. :: Cleaner
Materials in the Archives Center:
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
Missing Title
Series 1: Business Ephemera
Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers
Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Laundry Machinery and Accessories is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Laundry Machinery and Accessories, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
