Electricity - The New Maid
Encourages farmers to get electricity and running water.
03:22:53 Housewife puts laundry in washing machine, starts it rocking & sits in rocker reading paper. Farm women outdoors washing laundry by hand in garden in pre-electricity times. Modern housewife puts clothes thru wringer as she takes them out of waher; irons them on ironing board.
03:24:01 Tumble washer run by electric motor by fireplace as old woman knits. Old woman makes butter by fireplace w/ little boy petting cat.
03:24:32 Woman w/ Eureka electric vacuum cleaner as husband reads paper. Other machines used by farmers to grind corn or grain. Pictures of electric generator.
03:25:34 Domestic scene, family in tidy home, girls sing at piano, wife reads - all by elecrtic lights.
03:26:15 Installing electricity: man sets up generator & wires outside house, ceiling lights.
03:27:24 Water pump & installation chart on wall. Farmer hoses doorsteps.
03:28:13 Girl or woman washes face & brushes; pins up hair in bathroom.
03:28:47 Girl fills up kettle in kitchen & fills bathtub.
1920s; Household; Lifestyle; Inventions; Rural Daily Life; Americana; Electrification; Promotional Films;
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Electricity - The New Maid Encourages farmers to get electricity and running water. 03:22:53 Housewife puts laundry in washing machine, starts it rocking & sits in rocker reading paper. Farm women outdoors washing laundry by hand in garden in pre-electricity times. Modern housewife puts clothes thru wringer as she takes them out of waher; irons them on ironing board. 03:24:01 Tumble washer run by electric motor by fireplace as old woman knits. Old woman makes butter by fireplace w/ little boy petting cat. 03:24:32 Woman w/ Eureka electric vacuum cleaner as husband reads paper. Other machines used by farmers to grind corn or grain. Pictures of electric generator. 03:25:34 Domestic scene, family in tidy home, girls sing at piano, wife reads - all by elecrtic lights. 03:26:15 Installing electricity: man sets up generator & wires outside house, ceiling lights. 03:27:24 Water pump & installation chart on wall. Farmer hoses doorsteps. 03:28:13 Girl or woman washes face & brushes; pins up hair in bathroom. 03:28:47 Girl fills up kettle in kitchen & fills bathtub. 1920s; Household; Lifestyle; Inventions; Rural Daily Life; Americana; Electrification; Promotional Films;