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Fetching water
 
Wooden lye dropper
 
Washing dolly
 
Wooden plunger
 
 
Fetching water
Wooden lye dropper, 1845
Washing dolly
Wooden plunger, 1860
 
         
 
Wooden washing bat
 
Washing clothes outdoors
 
Mangle board
 
Box iron
 
 
Wooden washing bat
Washing clothes outdoors
Mangle board
Box iron
 
         
 
Flat iron
 
Charcoal iron
 
Oil iron
 
electric travel iron
 
 
Flat iron
Charcoal iron
Oil iron
Electric travel iron, 1922
 
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