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title: Your Washing Machine ... helps keep clothes clean
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/your-washing-machine-1943/
description: Instruction sheet with photographs of hands washing a load, feeding cloth into a wringer and a woman wiping the washing mechanism, with bullet-point steps.
section: Collection
---

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# Your Washing Machine ... helps keep clothes clean

Instruction sheet with photographs of hands washing a load, feeding cloth into a wringer and a woman wiping the washing mechanism, with bullet-point steps. The technique is faint; plain-folks is the closest label, as ordinary women in housedresses model the care of the machine.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Your WASHING MACHINE
... helps keep clothes clean
• Wash the right load....
overloading may strain
the motor....blow a fuse
Easy on
the wringer
Feed in clothing
evenly....overloading
may strip gears
To save rubber rollers
• Fold buttons and
sharp objects inside the cloth.  • Release
pressure after wringing.  • Wash.... wipe dry
• Clean the tub inside and out after
each washing.
• If possible remove washing mechanism
wash.... rinse.... wipe dry.
[imprint:] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.
[imprint:] ☆U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—520004
"Make your Equipment last"...No. 7
For further details see Folder AWI-6
BUREAU OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND HOME ECONOMICS
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
```

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