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| Title | Women at work in a commercial laundry, ca. 1949 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1949 |
| Caption | Over the years, many minority women have worked in Seattle's laundry and dry cleaning industries. This photo, taken around 1949, shows two women working in a commercial laundry. The African American woman at the right is reaching into a large washing machine. The woman at the left is removing clothing from an extractor, which spins clothing at high speed to remove the water. |
| Subjects | Women--Employment; Cleaning establishments; Afro-American women |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.16984.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 49, 718 |
