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Clothes
were washed and ironed by hand in the late 1800s, and this
trade card advertises two products that were used in this
process. One, the Mrs. Potts Cold Handle Sad Iron, is being
used by the woman in the middle to iron a shirt. The woman
at right is preparing several of these irons for use by
heating them on a woodburning stove. The other product, a
Crown and Eagle Fluting Machine, is being used by the woman
at left to pleat a curtain.
This trade card was printed
by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y., and is shown at
seventy percent of its actual size. |
