Women doing the laundry in Los Angeles, 6 June 1923.
Entry/Object ID
2014.535.1.1
Description
Women doing the laundry in Los Angeles, 6 June 1923. The press photo is from the Board of Education. According to the typed description on reverse the women are doing the family washing at the neighborhood schools in Los Angeles. The six women wear aprons as they wash at their individual sinks lined up on the wall. There are cranked washboards and metal tubs at their feet with the water is fed in through the faucets from a pipe running along the wall. The photo is in good condition with minor surface soiling and stains on the left side from the developing process.
