Washboards
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Images, Electronic
- Description
- 2 washboards. One extra small and one small. The extra small washboard is made of wood and metal with the inscription “Ideal. Manufactured by Canadian Woodenware Co. Winnipeg. St. Thomas. Montreal”. The small one appears to be hand made from plywood and glass and has Port Hope written on the back.
- Inscriptions
- Used in laundry; clothing was consistently dunked into soapy water and ribbed against wash boards to clean them. Metal washboards tend to be older than glass washboards.
- Date of Original
- Circa 1906-1940
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Cobourg Museum FoundationEmail:info@cobourgmuseum.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:c/o Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West
Cobourg, ON K9A 2M2 Phone number: 19053737222
