Hand-Operated Clothes Wringer
DimensionsOverall: 106 x 36 x 84 cm
Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 1976
Object number1976.058.010
Label TextThis is a wringer. A person passed wet textiles between the rollers to remove water. It was quicker and easier than hand wringing. It was also more efficient, making wet laundry lighter. In 1861, the Canadian Agriculturist praised it for saving “labouring women a great deal of severe labor (sic).”
NameWringer, Clothes
Milland Brothers, Ltd., London, ON
1891
