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A manual clothes wringer with wooden frame, metal mechanisms and rubber rollers. Hand crank at side turns rollers.
Invented in the 1700s, the wringer (mangle) was used largely in middle class homes and by washerwomen. By the 1940s the wringer has been electrified.
Date: 1890-1910
Manufacturer: The American Wringer Co., USA
Maximum Dimension: 650mm
Subject Area: Social Science, Technology
Subject Themes: Domestic, History, Women, Housework
Handling Collection Number: HC111
