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| Title | Delivery trucks at the Imperial Laundry, 1941 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1941 |
| Caption | Before it was common to have washing machines and dryers in homes and apartments, many Seattle residents sent their home laundry to commercial laundry companies. A delivery truck picked up the dirty laundry and took it to be washed, ironed, and folded. The truck then returned the clean laundry to the owner.
In this 1941 photo, a fleet of delivery trucks and their drivers line up outside the Imperial Laundry Company on East Columbia Street in Seattle. Webster & Stevens took the photo for the International Harvester Company, which built the trucks. |
| Subjects | Cleaning establishments; Trucks; Imperial Laundry (Seattle, Wash.); International Motor Trucks |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.14254.2 |
| 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; 8 x 10 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 41, 219 |
