Thats was 20 years before me...phewww ;-) Great shot Bill

My grandmother had one of these in our barn when I was a kid. Wish I still had some of the things in that barn that are long gone now. Maybe 100 years from now people will be wishing they would have held on to their grandparent's old Kenmore's? Nah... We don't build anyhting to last 100 years anymore.

When I was a kid we had one not much further advanced than this...great find and capture!

I can guess about the one phrase and how it came about Great capture

Marvelous capture, Bill. The wringer and tub look quite efficient despite their primitive appearance. But what are those cattle prods up on top?

Oh yeah I remember these washing implement.. LOL.. not.. Interesting shot Bill well done!!

Great shot- thanks for sharing! :-)

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Excellent capture of how it use to be. :))) It just shows how far we have come. :)))) Thank you for sharing a part of history with us. :))))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :))))

What - no spin cycle?? An excellent find and cool photo, Bill! Talk about going 'green' - this would sure save on the old electric bill!

Neat find! Now if they can just get the starch right!

Talk about an antique Now this is one.. Looks even like it was homemade My mom had a wringer washer when I was little But it never looked like this one does This is a great find and capture Thanks for the memories tonight Hugs Susan~

Very interesting. We have a guy that visits our school each year with a huge collections of stuff like this. Its fascinating.

A modern comfort of the day. ;) Wonderful find and capture!

Well, I sure have used wringers like that in my younger days. I turned them for my mother and for my grandmother, but they had a round tub in front, driven by a motor. Soon the wringer became motor driven as well.

Wonderful find! I must photograph my posser. (!)

Well seen and a super capture Bill and I bet that barrow is hard work! (Can't call it a wheelbarrow).

The two "cattle prods" look like either stirrers for the laundry in the tub, OR, they can be for whacking the dust and dirt out of rugs (the rug is suspended over a horizontal bar and whacked over and over again). Rug whacking was before vacuum cleaners. However, old traditions die hard - this still exists in Sweden toaday. Nice photo. What we will need if/when the electric power grid goes! :-)

Excellent shot.

Ah! Those were the good old days....possibly! I do remember my mother having a 'washer' that you had to had wring the clothes through wooden wheels above the tub.. I used to do it lol Good picture Bill.. Rob

wonderful industrial archaeology

I love it! Might be just the thing to have with all the govt. talk about conserving energy and cutting down on CO2.

I liked the quote you found about hooking it up to your hyperactive five year old! LOL! This is a fascinating to see. I can easily imagine what an improvement it would have been over what came before! I have no idea where you found this, btw. What a great shot!

Great find, looking into the past. We are so lucky :o)

Wonderful capture Bill!! This is the 1 manpower version.

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lol women would hate to go back into time. this is cool

WOW! This is an old one. I think that we had the next generation. Electric, white porcelain, rubber rollers and wheels to roll it back into the porch. Also used those rug beaters. Dana

I had noticed similar contraptions, when I first migrated to Australia and I was always scared, that some little fingers could be accidentally put through the wringer - things of which are nightmares made of ... or a good torture/horror movie ;-) BB

wonderful capture clear as it smiles warm hugs, Linda

Nicely done... my how technology has progressed...