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OBJECT TYPE: MANUAL/SCRUB
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0252.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Woodenware Co.
MODEL: ECONOMY ZINC
LOCATION: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PINE OR FIR WOOD FRAME; ZINC CLAD TIN PLATE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 61.0 cm
Width: 30.2 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Laundry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Canadian Woodenware
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: St. Thomas

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS WASHBOARD KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN USED BEFORE 1945
Canada: EXAMPLE OF CANADIAN-MADE WASHBOARD, ONE OF MANY ARTICLES MFD. BY WELL-KNOWN & LONG-ESTABLISHED COMPANY
Function: TO ASSIST IN WASHING CLOTHES, FABRICS, ETC. BY PROVIDING ROUGH SURFACE WHICH, WHEN SOAP-AND-WATER SOAKED ARTICLES ARE RUBBED AGAINST, AIDED IN LOOSENING SOIL, STAINS, ETC.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF ONCE-COMMON WASHBOARD IN C.1960 THIS ZINC VERSION SOLD FOR $2.15 - GLASS MODELS COST AN ADDITIONAL.20 CENTS (REF.2,P.516)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'ECONOMY/ ZINC/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE/ CANADIAN WOODENWARE/ CO./ WINNIPEG ST. THOMAS MONTREAL' PRINTED IN BLACK ON BOARD FRONT,ABOVE CORRUGATIONS/ HANDWRITTEN ON LOWER BACK PANEL: 'Given to Daphne Craig/ by Grandpa Baird/ about 1945/ at Packenham, Ont.'
Missing: NONE From CA of 07/23/1997 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
Finish: UNFINISHED WOOD FRAME; ZINC CLAD TIN PLATE
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian Woodenware Co., Washboard, before 1945, Artifact no. 1993.0252, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1993.0252.001/

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