Home Steam Laundry, Cle Elum.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
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Citation
Unknown., “Home Steam Laundry, Cle Elum.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed May 21, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/8611.
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Title
Home Steam Laundry, Cle Elum.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
Subject
Kittitas County (Wash.) -- Buildings, Historic; Historic buildings -- Washington (State) -- Kittitas County; Home Steam Laundry (Cle Elum, Wash.); Laundry (Cle Elum, Wash.); City and town life -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum
Description
"Our collector will call. Mail or express consignments will receive immediate attention," proprietor C. S. Enright advertised in 1909. Clean clothes were a challenge in a coal mining town; running water in homes, and efficient electric machines, were not available to most residents. Banker Frank Carpenter did own an early copper tub-and-plunger device, now on display at his restored home.Three of the young women are identified as Mary Sitko, Ann McKerman and Mary Long.
Creator
Unknown.
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Publisher
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
ca. 1911.
Contributor
North Kittitas County Historical Society. Photo # NKB-016
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the director of the Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection. Please contact at 209 N. Ruby St.. Ellensburg, WA 98926, (509) 962-7252.
Type
3 ½" x 5" b/w reprint of original photograph.
Identifier
BLD-144