The end of wartime shortages meant that U.S. manufacturers could get on with production of civilian goods. Labor-saving devices, such as washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators, were high on the "must have" lists of many Americans.
This 1949 photograph shows a selection of electric home laundry equipment in a store window.
Creator: Norton & Peel
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1949
Identifer: location NP191855
