Name/Title
Hand Clothes WasherEntry/Object ID
96.13.45Description
Hand clothes washer. Bin with wooden section inside in a 1/2 circle of ridges facing up to agitate clothes and curved tin bottom. Metal bar that goes around half the top on the rim. Legs are angled in a saw horse fashion.
There were also models made with a top section that goes to the side that is not part of this washer as shown in the attached sketch. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohnhs2/BWMco.html
http://www.oldandinteresting.com/history-of-washing-clothes.aspx
https://fortheloveofclean.com/laundry-love/the-history-of-laundry/#:
