Wringer, Clothes
- Object Name:
- Wringer, Clothes
- Object ID:
- 1993.027.22
- Date:
- 1930-1950
- Description:
- Clothes wringer. Large grooved wooden roller turned by iron crank with wooden handle, rolls against four smaller, smooth wooden rollers. Metal crank held in place by iron straps, springs and screws. Rollers attached to end pieces which have a slot in top for the crank, thick iron wire piece is attached across top of slot. Two wooden cross pieces are attached to end pieces with metal screws, below and parallel to rollers. Cross pieces are notched to fit over end pieces. Cross piece ends opposite crank handle are squared and project further from rollers than ends close to crank handle; those ends are narrowed to a blunt point. Iron wire forming wide U-shaped loop is in center of each cross piece, running parallel to cross piece.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- W-27 L-11 inches
- Provenance:
- Items from the estate of Charlotte Ruth who was a volunteer at NHHS. The items were owned by Mrs. Ruth and her husband Lawrence E. Ruth, who lived at 14 Wall Street, Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Ruth, Charlotte, Ruth, Charlotte, Ruth, Lawrence
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