Bendix Washing Machine Store Display Advertising Sign
name: label: Creator
content: Bendix Corporation.
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
topic: label: Topic
content: Washing machines
label: Topic
content: Stores, Retail
label: Topic
content: advertising
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased form Donna Lee's Collectables, August 19, 1989.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bendix Corporation.
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
abstract: label: Summary
content: Bendix Washing Machine store sign depicting a washing machine.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: A sign from a Bendix Washing Machine store.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (1 item
)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940s
container: label: Container
content: Map-folder 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0350
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, 1998
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Image of washing machine, mounted on self-supporting cardboard display (38-1/2 x 26-3/8") on cardboard with support.. Transparency effect in center cutout. "Bendix Automatic Home Laundry" label at top and "See It Demonstrated Here" displays in circular cutout corresponding to machine's door.