Washboard
date: label: date made
content: ca 1941
label: patent date
content: 1933-02-07
label: patent date
content: 1934-11-06
label: patent date
content: 1935-01-08
label: patent date
content: 1935-05-14
label: patent date
content: 1936-02-18
name: label: owner; user
content: Meggers, Edith R.
label: owner; user
content: Meggers, William F.
label: retailer
content: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: depicted; decorative motif
content: United States: District of Columbia, Capitol Hill, United States Capitol
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
label: Subject
content: Mail Order
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17170
label: catalog number
content: T17170.000
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: T.17170
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Washboard
label: Object Name
content: washboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame; brand board material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass plate (rubbing surface material)
label: Physical Description
content: zinc plate (rubbing surface material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 12 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 60.96 cm x 31.75 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: rubbing surfaces: 11 in x 10 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 27.305 cm