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Pictorial Americana

Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress


HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES

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J. & F. W. Ridgway, plumbing and hydraulic engineers.

J. & F.W. Ridgway, plumbing and hydraulic engineers. (Bathroom equipment, boilers, etc.). Lithograph by George Endicott, 1844.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-1183

Chilson's London "World's Fair" prize medal furnaces, cookingranges,  mantels, grates

Chilson's London "World's Fair" prize medal furnaces, cooking ranges, mantels, grates... Wood engraving in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Mar. 3, 1855.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ61-371

Waterman's patent lamp tea kettle

Waterman's patent lamp tea kettle. Wood engraving in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, May 5, 1885.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ61-369

Waterman's patent ventilated refrigerator

Waterman's patent ventilated refrigerator. Wood engraving in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, June 9, 1855.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ61-370

Schooley's meat, provision and fruit preserver

Schooley's meat, provision and fruit preserver. Wood engraving in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, June 16, 1855.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ61-373

Thos. S. Dixon & Sons ... manufacturers of low down & elevated grates

Thos. S. Dixon & Sons ... manufacturers of low down & elevated grates. Lithograph by Wm. Boell, 1867.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2593

Home washing machine & wringer

Home washing machine & wringer. Lithograph, 1869.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-4590 (color film copy transparency); LC-USZC4-775 (color film copy transparency); LC-USZC2-46 (color film copy slide); LC-USZ62-2589 (b&w film copy neg.)

Empire Sewing Machine Co., New York

Empire Sewing Machine Co., New York. Lithograph by Henry Seibert & Bros., 1870.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-6492 (color film copy transparency); LC-USZ62-2598 (b&w film copy neg.)

Don't go home until you see the celebration Dubuque soft coal burner

Don't go home until you see the celebration Dubuque soft coal burner. Lithograph by O. Poleni, 1874.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2596

Household lamp

Household lamp. Photograph, 1884.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-7256

 

For additional images see the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials term "Appliances" (and related terms) [view term (with links to images)] in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.

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