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THE 

PRINCIPLES OF WASHING 

Illustrated by the 



SUPERIOR TO ANY IN USE, 
Hamilton E. Smith,. Inventor and Patentee, 

Including the Patent 

CLOTHES DRYING ROOM, 

And embracing every description of 

DOMESTIC LAUNDRY FURNITURE, 

With all the apparatus necessary to supply 

Housekeepers, Hotels, Public Laundries, Steamships, Hospitals, Asylums, 

Prisons and Public Institutions with a complete set of 

LAUNDRY MACHINERY, 



Adapted to Public and Private use, and of any capacity required in Privat* 
Residences and Public Institutions. 



No. 18 DEY STEEET, NEW YOEK. 



NEW YORK. 

J KETCH AM h CO., STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 

63 LIBERTY STREET. 



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THE 

PRINCIPLES OF WASHING 

Illustrated by the 

Ijdbmtlk ilitl©s Wister, 

SUPERIOR TO ANY IN USE 
Hamilton E. Smith, Inventor and Patentee, 

Including the Patent 

CLOTHES DRYING ROOM, 

And embracing every description of 

DOMESTIC LAUNDRY FURNITURE, 

With all the apparatus necessary to supply 

Housekeepers, Hotels Public Laundries, Steamships, Hospitals, Asylums, 

Prisons and Public Institutions with a complete set of 

LA.UISIDRY MACHINERY, 



Adapted to Public and Private use, and of any capacity required in Privat* 
and Public Institutions. 



No. 18 DEY STKEET, NEW YOEK 






NEW YORK. 

J. KETCHAM & CO., STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 

63 LIBERTY STREET. 






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We invite the attention of Housekeepers, Proprietors of 
Hotels, Steamship Companies, Physicians of Hospitals, 
Asylums and Public Institutions, the Proprietors of Semina- 
ries for young Ladies, and Collegiate Institutions, as well as 
Architects and Builders, and the public generally, to a careful 
perusal of the foregoing pages, fully assured that the state- 
ments made are such as will prove worthy of attention and 
investigation by a practical examination and test of the real 
merits of our * 

LAUNDRY MACHINERY AND APPARATUS. 

Until the invention and application of this complete 
system of rapid washing and cleansing of Clothing and Bed 
Linen of every description, there has not been offered to the 
public anything which could be said to meet the wants 
we now supply. 

Our Machines have been readily adopted in preference 
to all others, wherever the opportunity has been afforded to 
test them by comparison, and their superiority is easily 
understood when a practical demonstration is seen by the 
operation of the machines. 

Office, No. 18 Dey Street, 

New York. 



THE 

Hydraulic Clothes "Washer 




FAMILY MACHINES 



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SUPERIOR WRINGER 



ATTACHED. 



THE 

HYDRAULIC CLOTHES WASHER. 



The amount of labor required to meet the wants and 
necessities which are unavoidable in every community, for the 
washing and cleansing of Linen and Clothing of every descrip- 
tion worn and used, is a large item in the economy of every 
family, and cannot be ignored or lightly considered by the 
poor, any more than by the wealthy and independent 
classes, since all alike, must and will have, and enjoy the 
luxury of clean changes as often as occupation and circum- 
stances require, hence the importance of any improved system 
of cleansing clothing, which affords the greatest facility, 
cheapness, and the truest economy. 

Labor saving in this direction, is an item of great 
importance, as in proportion to the time and labor saved 
money is saved, and all can enjoy the advantages afforded for 
comfort and convenience, as well as the security which clean- 
liness offers against disease and infection, an important con- 
sideration, especially in densely populated cities and towns 
during the prevalence of epidemic or contagious diseases. 
We believe the adoption of this machine, will encourage and 
increase cleanliness in every family and community wherever 
it shall be introduced, because it is cheap and efficient. 

The improvements which have hitherto been made in 
Washing Machines, from the rude pounding tub, the scrubbing 
board, and the various rubbing machines, with all the devices 
for cleansing by friction, must and will surely yield to the 
simple and only true principle of washing as exhibited in the 
application of water -force by this machine, the most efficient 



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that can be used, while it reduces the labor heretofore sup- 
posed necessary, to a merely nominal consideration. 

We feel assured that the importance of the inventions 
and improvements which have resulted in producing the 
HYDRAULIC CLOTHES WASHER, will command the at- 
tention of every intelligent citizen, because each and all are 
directly interested in the advantages afforded. 

It is not easy to estimate the great value of such a 
Machine as we present, when we consider that every family in 
the land, must in some way perform the labor of washing, and 
it must be repeated often and continually as a necessity, it is 
therefore indispensible, and the best machine must be adopt- 
ed as a matter of utility and economy. This view of the sub- 
ject, was the inducement to the Inventor, to pursue a course of 
investigation and experiments, with the full belief that some- 
thing could be devised, to obviate the serious objections urged 
against the various adopted methods of washing by rub- 
bing or friction. To accomplish all this, involved a long 
series of experiments, requiring a large outlay of time and 
money. Some of the first experiments were successful in 
effecting substantial improvements upon the best known fric- 
tion or rubbing machines, some kind of friction or rubbing 
process being supposed indispensable, but all these were 
abandoned when the superiority and efficiency of simple 
hydraulic washing had been fairly tested on the simple princi- 
ple as applied to the HYDRAULIC CLOTHES WASHER. 

As in other departments of labor-saving machinery, so in 
this, the most economical and efficient agency was for a long 
time concealed by its simplicity, but we are now able to pre- 
sent this Machine as embracing the real secret in the economy 
of time, labor and money, so earnestly and persistently sought 
for by previous inventions in this department. 

The principle of washing by the action of water only, as now 



successfully applied to this Machine, is not restricted to any 
particular size or dimensions of the machine, but is equally 
available in the smallest hand machine for family use, and in 
the largest class of the same machines operated by Steam, 
Water or Horse power as may be required for Hotels, Asylums, 
Prisons, Quarantine Establishments, Hospitals, Steamships and 
Public Laundries. 

We do not propose any elaborate and fulsome statement 
of the peculiar and superior advantages of this Machine, but 
a few suggestions are necessary, and will suffice to prove satis- 
factorily that now for the first time in the history of this class 
of machinery, the real wants and necessities of the public have 
been fully anticipated, and as fully met in the most simple 
and economical way possible, adapted to all the various 
requirements in this direction. 

For these improvements, and the labor required in bring- 
ing to perfection this valuable class of machinery, the credit 
is due, and will be cheerfully awarded by a discriminating 
public, to the energy, skill and persevering efforts of Mr. 
Hamilton E. Smith, Inventor and Patentee of the HYDRAU- 
LIC CLOTHES WASHER, a Machine which in its various 
applications is destined to become a household word, wherever 
it shall be introduced and known, throughout the length 
and breadth of the land, for its real merits will prove when 
put to a practical test, its great superiority, by comparison 
with any and all other machines ever devised, to make easy 
and pleasant, the necessary labor of washing, in every family. 

The practical utility and economy of this machine, it may 
be stated, for the satisfaction of those unacquainted with its 
merits, have already been fully demonstrated by the hundreds 
and thousands of them which are now in daily use, in families, 
Hotels and Public Institutions, and not a single instance of 
failure or dissatisfaction has occurred. 



The manufacture of this class of Laundry Machinery has 
been established by the STEAM LAUNDRY MANUFAC- 
TURING COMPANY, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and their suc- 
cess has far exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the 
Inventor and Patentee, in the short time since the commence- 
ment of supplying these Machines on a large scale, and now 
with all the increase and enlargement of their Establishment 
they cannot supply the demand for these Machines for the 
WEST, which increases in proportion as their superiority 
becomes known. 

We have not found it necessary to use any extra exertions 
in the way of advertising or otherwise, to promote the sale of 
the HYDRAULIC CLOTHES WASHER and LAUNDRY 
MACHINERY, and the success which we enjoy is due entire- 
ly to the well attested and acknowledged merits of out 
Machines. 

To supply the demand for these Machines, it has become 
necessary to establish a Manufactory in New York, where the 
facilities for supplies, can be enlarged to any extent required 
to meet the wants of the public. 



TO AECHITECTS AND BUILDEES. 



Hitherto there has not been provided any Laundry Ma- 
chinery and Furniture sufficiently complete, effective and 
permanent to suit the requirements of wealthy private fam- 
ilies or to command the approval and recommendation of 
first class Architects and Builders, as necessary adjuncts to 
the comfort and convenience of an elegant private dwelling. 
This Company propose to supply the deficiency in this class 
of Laundry Furniture, with the Patent Hydraulic Clothes 
Washer and newly invented Clothes Drying Room. 

This apparatus, unlike the Portable Washing appliances 
heretofore described, is as permanent as the Range in the 
Kitchen, or the Furnace in the Cellar. The Washer is made 
of Cast Iron, Enamel or Porcelain lined, and after the most 
elegant designs, they are substantial in construction, and 
highly finished, so that while they are indispensable to con- 
venience and economy, they are at the same time ornamental 
as furniture. 

Our apparatus in this line is of different sizes and capacity, 
to meet the wants of large or small families, and the orna- 
mentation plain or elaborate, to suit the wants and tastes of 
our customers. 

We are confident that when the efficiency, compactness, 
permanence, and elegance of our apparatus in this depart- 
ment are understood, and the facilities which are combined 
for comfort and economy by this arrangement, no intelligent 
Architect or Builder will fail to recommend its adoption, nor 
will any wealthy family consent to do without the conve- 
niences we supply. 



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AS A FAMILY MACHINE, 

[louse-keepers will at once appreciate the advantages of this 
Machine, which are briefly these — 

First— The HYDRAULIC CLOTHES Yv ASHER, requires 
less power to operate it than any friction machine, and will 
wash from four to six times the quantity of clothes. 

Second — It washes entirely luithout injury or wearing of 
the fabric, an advantage never obtained by any other machine 
a table cloth and a cambric collar may be washed at the same 
time, without the least injury to the finest texture of any 
article. This every housekeeper knows is impossible when 
the same fabrics are washed in a friction or rubbing machine, 

Third — The simplicity of its construction, renders it the 
most durable Machine, there is no complication, and nothing 
to get out of order or require any repairs — it will wear many 
years if jn'operly used. 

Fourth — There is never any slopping- of water, whether the 
machine is used open or closed, and when closed, it will keep 
the steam confined, and the water hotter than by any other 
process of washing ever invented. 

Fifth— The superior CLOTHES WRINGER attached to 
these machines, is in a galvanized iron frame, and is made 
of Solid Vulcanized Rubber, by far the best, most durable 
and most expensive of any in the market, and contains 
fully double the amount of Rubber in any other Wringer. j 

Sixth — The washing of Flannels by this process, effect- 
ually prevents shrinking the fabric, as they can be washed in 
boiling' hot ivaler, wrung out, and if put into our Patent Dry- 
ing Room, are dried by hot air,. thus avoiding the possibility 
of shrinking by contact with cold air — without our Drying 
Room, they may be dried by the fire, near which they should 
be placed before cooling-, from the Wringer. 



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Seventh — By this process, there is no entangling or strain- 
ing of the articles placed in the cylinder, as by frequently 
reversing the motion, the water has free ingress and egress, 
thereby keeping everything free, and exposing 1 every portion 
of the fabrics to the action of the forcing water. 

Eighth — Our Machines with Wringers attached, Patent 
Drying Room, and apparatus combined, form a complete set 
or DOMESTIC LAUNDRY FURNITURE which is adapted 
to the larger class of Private Residences, Boarding Houses and 
Hotels, to be constructed on such a scale as the amount ot 
washing requires, and the whole can be arranged to occupy 
only so much space as may be necessary, say ten by fifteen 
feet for ordinary purposes in a private family. 

FOR HOSPITALS, ASYLUMS AND PUBLIC 
INSTITUTIONS. 

The HYDRAULIC CLOTHES WASHER presents ad- 
'vantages and facilities never before attained and which are 
worthy of special attention as a sanitary consideration. A 
set of our Power Machines, and other Laundry Appliances, are 
adapted to supply the peculiar wants of such Institutions, as 
they afford sufficient capacity for washing Clothing and Bed 
Linen in any quantity required. 

No matter how filthy the clothing or other articles may 
be, from infectious diseases, bandages of wounds or otherwise, 
all such articles can be put into the Machine, and thoroughly 
cleansed while the cover of the Machine is clown, using boiling 
hot water if necessary, and changing the same without open- 
ing the cover, until the whole contents of the cylinder are 
made perfectly sweet and clean, free from infection, and can 
be safely handled in wringing. 

FOR STEAMERS AND EMIGRANT SHIPS. 

The same facilities as apply to Hospitals and Public In- 



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stitutions, can be made available on board the larger class of 
vessels employed in carrying passengers, where health so 
much depends upon the cleanly condition of all on board, and 
even our Lake and Kiver Steamers will find great convenience 
and economy by adopting these labor-saving machines. 

THE MACHINE FOR HOTELS. 

We refer the proprietors of Hotels to the ample testimo- 
nials of those who have adopted these machines in place of 
all others hitherto employed in their establishments, and the 
results as stated by them after practically testing the 
machines. 

The great saving of time, labor and expense, is sufficient 
to repay the whole outlay necessary, in changing all others 
for these machines. 

The capacity of a full set of three machines run. by pow- 
er, with two hands to attend them, is from 3,000 to 5,000 
average pieces of hotel washing per day of twelve hours, or in 
other words, we will guarantee that with this Machine and 
our PATENT DRYING APPARATUS the same number of 
hands will accomplish from two to three times the amount of 
work done by any other process in the same time. 

PUBLIC LAUNDRIES. 

The utility and convenience of these Institutions cannot 
be questioned, and if by using the facilities which we offer 
they can make their prices less, and the same profits as 
by the present system, they will benefit themselves and the 
public at the same time, even without any reduction in prices, 
they can do the work quicker and more satisfactorily than by 
any other machines, and the usual complaint of wear and tear 
of articles washed by them, will be obviated by using these 
machines. 

Our Laundry Machinery comprises every appliance neces- 
sary to supply a complete establishment of any dimensions or 



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scale required, and the expense and outlay of fitting up a 
first-class Laundry, is greatly reduced, while the facilities 
afforded are such as will convince any expert in this business 
that preference can be justly claimed for our machines. 
Our Patent "Air Current" 
CLOTHES DRYING ROOM, 

This invention is not less important perhaps, than the 
Hydraulic Clothes Washer, and is constructed upon strictly 
scientific principles, simple, natural and philosophical in their 
application. 

The Clothes or Linen after being washed and wrung out, 
can be dried by this process as fast as washed, in all kinds of 
weather, and come out perfectly white and clean, without 
stain of soot or other dirt, being dried by currents of pure 
air passing constantly through the Drying Room. Any ex- 
planation of the real merits of this Drying Room, will hardly 
convey an idea of its advantages, and it must be practically 
tested before it can be fully appreciated, all who have used 
it give cheerful testimony to its merits. 

The same fire which heats the water for washing, can be 
made to heat the Drying Room, a considerable saving of ex- 
pense over any other process, and used in connection with our 
HYDRAULIC CLOTHES WASHER, its value can be hardly 
over estimated. 

THE CAPACITY OF THE DRYING ROOM. 

Its capacity is just four times that of any other used, and 
hence but one-fourth of the space is required to perform the 
same amount of work. 

The following table will give as near as can be ascertain- 
ed an average of their capacity for drying : 

Size — 4 ft. front, by 6 ft. deep, 600 average pes. in 10 hours. 
6 « " " 10 '• " 1300 
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TESTIMONIALS 



St. Louis, Mo., October 26, 1865. 
Gents: We have given the "Hydraulic Clothes Washer" 
a thorough test in our Laundry, and shall now take out the 
" Shaker" Machines and put in the Hydraulic Machines. 

We find them a perfect Clothes Washer in every respect 
They will do bundle washing better than any Machine we have 
ever used, and bed clothes and table linen without any atten- 
tion after leaving the Machine, and do twice the quantity in 
the same time ; and as there is no friction, the objection of 
wearing or tearing the goods is wholly removed. They are 
just the thing for Hotels, Laundries, and Public Institutions 
requiring power, and supply a want long felt, but heretofore 
imperfectly met. 

Respectfully, yours, 

PARKS, HATCH, FELT & CO. 
Proprietors Lindell House. 



St. Louis, Mo., August 9, 1866. 

Gents: In the capacity of chief laundress at the Lindell 
Hotel, I have used for the past twelve months, to accomplish 
the work pertaining to my department, the Hydraulic Clothes 
Washer, (Power) manufactured by you, and do not hesitate in 
pronouncing it to be the best machine for that purpose I have 
ever seen or tried. 

We were using a new set of the " Shaker" Machines, but 
found yours so much superior, in every point, that we aban- 
doned the " Shaker" entirely, and have taken them out. I can 
wash bed and table linens, shirts, collars and wearing apparel 
of all kinds, window curtains and musquito bars, without the 



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least perceptible injury of any kind to the fabrics. I can do 
the washing of this house in one half the time I could with 
the " Shaker," and much better and easier. We never could 
do the work without them. They will not wear or tear the 
clothes at all. Yours, respectfully, 

BRIDGET LYONS, 
Laundress at the Lindell House, St. Louis. 



Louisville, Ky., August 16, 1866. 
Steam Laundry Mf'g Co., Cincinnati — Gents : In reply to 
yours of the 6th inst., we would say that the Power Washing 
Machine purchased of you last March has been in constant 
use in our Laundry ever since, and renders satisfaction com- 
plete. It is the best Washing Machine I have ever seen, or 
tried, both for durability, simplicitv of construction, facility in 
its management, and the amount and quality of the work it 
will perform. With it we can wash equally well, Hotel linens 
of all kinds, wearing apparel of every description, and even 
lace curtains and musquito bars, without injury to the fabric. 
It possesses so many advantages over the " Shaker" and other 
machines, that it is useless to enumerate them, one of which 
is, that with your "Hydraulic" there is never splashing or 
spilling of water about on the floor. 

So soon as we can make the necessary arrangements, we 
shall complete the set in our Laundry, when we will consider 
that department of our hotel perfect. 

WHIPS, WILLARD & CO. 

Proprietors Willard House. 



Kennard House, Cleveland, 0., September 7, 1866. 
Steam Laundry Mf'g Co., Cincinnati, O. — Dear Sirs : Your 
Washing Machines and Drying Room, which I have in use 
both at the McHenry House, Meadville, and at this house/ are 



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producing the most satisfactory results; and I shall take 
pleasure in recommending others to your establishment. 

E. M. N. TAYLOR, Sup'L 



Office of Hunt and Brownk, I 

New Orleans, Jan. 10, 1866. \ 
Steam Laundry Mf'g Co., Cincinnati — Gents : Enclosed 
find what we think of the Power Machine as a washer, ol 
which too much cannot be said in its favor. The only trouble 
we have is in getting enough for them to do, for in two hours 
we can wash enough to keep 25 or 30 ironers hard at work for 
twelve hours. We have learned much of the way to use the 
machine lately, and now no rubbing whatever is required, for 
we turn on the steam as soon as we start the machine, and all 
the while the clothes are being washed they are also boiling 
We are now in communication with the agent of two or three 
Steamship Lines, and will, I think, soon have their laundry 
work to do. We consider them the best and most efficient 
Washing Machine we have ever seen. We have a full set 
(three) in operation, with which we can wash from 500 to 
1200 pieces per hour, with ease, and without the least bit of 
rubbing, which is not required in any case, the clothes coming 
out of the machine in twenty minutes' time washed perfectly 
clean, and bleached by the process as white as snow. Taken 
for all, they are a perfect Clothes Washer, in which the last 
chance for improvement has been made. The Hand Machines, 
for family use, are, in their place, equally as good. 

With our best wishes for your success, we remain, 
Your obedient servants, 

HUNT, BROWNE & CO. 
Proprietors Crescent Steam Laundry, New Orleans. 



Cincinnati, September 19, 1866. 
Steam Laundry Mf'g Co. — Gents : I take pleasure in 
stating that your Drying Apparatus, which I have had in use 



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in my Laundry for the past six months, gives perfect satisfac- 
tion. I have never before seen or heard of a process which 
so completely obviates the difficulty experienced by all in 
getting their clothes dried fast enough. Now that I have 
used it, and know what it is and will do, I feel that I could 
not possibly do loitliout it, and consider it richly worth four 
times the price paid you lor it. I shall take pleasure in 
recommending it to any and all who may be referred to me 
for information concerning it. 

Yours, respectfully, 

N. WEARE, 
Proprietor of Metropolitan Hotel. 



Louisville, Ky., June 25, 1866. 
Steam Laundry Mf'g Co., Cincinnati — Gents : In reply 
to your inquiry about the Power Machine and Dry Room, we 
are very much pleased with their work. "We have washed 
every kind of goods with the machines — Swiss Dresses, Shirt 
Blankets, &c. — and find that they will wash anything perfect- 
ly clean, and do the work rapidly. We can wash easily five 
thousand (5000) pieces in a day of ten hours. The Dry Room 
will dry the clothing as fast as the machines can wash them 
You can use our firm for reference should you desire to do so 
Respectfully, yours, 

S. & J.'C, DINKELSPIEL & CO. 



IT SAVES THE FABRIC, 
Dep't op the Monongahela, U. S. Gen'l Hospital, ) 
Pittsburgh, Pa., November 13, 1863. \ 

Gents : In compliance with special order of the 11th inst. 
dated " Dep't of the Monongahela, Medical Director's Office, 
Nov. 11, 1863," we have the honor to report that we have care- 
fully examined the " Washing Apparatus" of " Steam Laundry 
ompany." 



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We find it in daily and constant use in the Monongahela 
House, St. Charles Hotel, and the Western Pennsylvania Peni- 
tentiary, of this city. At each of these places it has given 
entire satisfaction as to capacity, speed, economy, and safety 
to the texture of the clothing. It excels any washing appar- 
atus that has come under our notice, and we consider it 
admirably adapted for use in the United States Army General 
Hospitals, and would respectfully recommend its use to the 
Government. 

Respectfully, your obedient servant, 

J. C. McKEE, Ass't Surgeon, U.S.A. 
President of the Board. 

Western State Penetentiary, | 

City of Alleghany, Pa., Nov. 14, 1862. \ 
Gents: Having had in use, since March last, the 
" Hydraulic Improved Washing and Wringing Machine," I 
take great pleasure in saying, for an Institution of this kind, 
it has no superior. Labor to us is a matter of little conse- 
quence, notwithstanding what cost us the labor of four hands 
three days each week, is now performed by the machine in 
less than one day. 

My object in putting up the machine, after having seen 
it in operation, was to save the fabric, which it has fully accom- 
plished. I therefore cheerfully recommend the machine to 
Institutions of this character. 

JOHN BIRMINGHAM. Warden. 

St. Charles Hotel, ) 

Pittsburgh, February 24, 1863. j 

Gents: For some years I have been in search of a 
machine that would relieve my establishment of the labor and 
inconvenience of the hand mode of washing I have exam- 
ined the "Shaker" Machine, and others of more or less 
notoriety, but on many accounts they were objectionable. 

About six months ago, I first saw the " Hydraulic Wash- 
ing Machine," and was so favorably impressed with its prac- 
tical appearance that I ordered a set immediately ; and it is 
but simple justice to the inventor to say, that it far exceeds 
our most sanguine expectations. We have had the machines 
long enough in use to judge of their effect, and can safely say 
they save the fabric. Our washing is about 1,000 pieces per 
day. One girl tends the machine, and the labor is reduced to 



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ap astime. Mine was the first machine built with the Power 
Wringer attachment, which proves equally satisfactory. 
Respectfully, yours, 

HARRY SHIRLS, Proprietor. 

Dayton, Ohio, March 30th, 1866. 

Gents: We had in use your Drying Apparatus in out- 
Laundry several weeks, until unfortunately we were burned 
out. "We can, however, cheerfully testify to its value as a 
Clothes Dryer, and can certify that with it we could dry our 
clothes from the wash tub, perfectly, in from 15 to 30 minutes. 
It was giving perfect satisfaction until the unfortunate occur- 
rence abovte alluded to, and is, in our opinion, entitled to the 
consideration of the public generally, and would, if understood, 
be considered a necessity in every house. 

We also had in use your Clothes Washer, which we unhes- 
itatingly pronounce superior to anything in the line of Wash- 
ing Machines we have ever seen. It does its work perfectly. 
FEHRMAN & RIDENOUR". 

Atlanta Ga., August 15, 1866 
Gents : The Drying Apparatus furnished from your man- 
ufactory works admirably and to our entire satisfaction. 
Although we change our linen throughout the entire house 
daily, and have also a large wash of napkins, towels, table- 
cloths, etc.,. together with a great number of pieces from 
guests, yet its capacity for speedy work has never been put to 
the test. It is doubly worth its cost, and no Hotel can afford 
to be without it that studies economy and despatch in its 
laundry department. 

Yours, truly, 

PRATT, POND & COERY, Prop's, 
National Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. 

Toledo, Ohio, March 31, 1866. 
Gents — We certify that, for the past 60 days, we have 
been using in our Laundry the " Hydraulic Drying Apparatus," 
manufactured by the Steam Laundry Company, of Cincinnati, 
and that it works to our entire satisfaction, drying ordinary 
cotton goods in from 18 to 25 minutes, without soiling or dis- 
coloring them. It works equally well in any kind of weather, 
and will be, when known and appreciated, considered an in- 
dispensable atiachment to every house, both public and 
private. 

TRIPP, PECKHAM & CO. 



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Waxahchie, Ellts County, Texas, Feb. 6th, 1866. 
Messrs. Scherffius & Branard, Houston, Texas : — Gents : 
Yours of 27th June to hand, and contents noted. I am 
pleased to state that the Hydraulic Clothes Washer I 
purchased of yon not long since, gives full satisfaction, and I 
would not be without it for a great deal. It certainly is a 
great Labor-Saving Machine, and so well arranged that the 
clothing is not injured by the washing. I am satisfied that 
ere long it will be extensively used in this part of the country. 
I am, very respectfully yours, 

C. C. OVERSTREET. 



Galveston, Texas, June 1st, 1866. 

Messrs. Peel, Dumble & Jones : — Gents : With the Hy- 
draulic Washing Machine which 1 purchased, one servant, 
instead of three, employed formerly, washes in the most per- 
fect manner all the washing for my hotel — averaging about 
one hundred guests daily. It washes 8 to 10 shirts in ten 
minutes turning of the cylinder, or four to five dozen shirts 
per hour, with perfect ease. 

The Wringer attachment wrings dry, and presses the 
clothes between gutta percha rollers so smoothly, as almost 
to supercede the necessity of ironing either sheets, towels, 
napkins or table linen. 

The Washer and Wringer saves me fully nine hundred 
dollars per year in washerwomen's hire. It pays for itself in 
a few weeks. 

Every family not blind to their own interests will have 
one, and hotel-keepers must have them or be behind the age. 
I am, gents, very truly yours, &c. 

M. F. THOMPSON, 
Proprietor of Washington Hotel. 



New Brownfbls, Texas, March 13th, 1866 
Gents : — The Washing Machine came duly to hand, and 
stood for some time in my office. There it was examined by 
several parties, but the proof of the pudding was wanted be- 
fore I could speak of its merits editorially. I had, therefore, 
to send it over home, and it was tried for the first time yester- 



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day. It has proved an entire success, and I believe my wife 
would rather part with her piano than now do without it. 
She tells me she had a larger washing than usual, which had 
always occupied two women a whole day, and that it was all 
over before dinner time. 

I am no judge of machinery ; but now that we have to 
hire washerwomen, I consider it equivalent at least to the 
value of the time of one negro, so that a Machine costing 
$40 is worth $50 per annum. Yours, &c. 

D. RICHARDSON. 

Galveston, Texas, July 6th, 18(36. 
Gents : — I have had one of the Hydraulic Washing Ma- 
chines in use for three months, and find that it fills the bill ; 
makes me independent of washwomen, &c. 

Every house should have one in it ; with it I have washed 
12 dozen clothes in three hours, and had them washed clean 
and wrung dry. No buttons broken of — no slop on the floor, 
and half the soap saved. 

The longer I have the machine the better I like it, and I 
advise all to buy one, as they will find it money well invested. 
In conclusion, it will do all that is claimed for it. 

Yours, &c. 

DAN'L PHILLIPS, 

THE HYDRAULIC WASHING MACHINE. 

This is the best machine yet made. It washes without 
rubbing, is easily worked, and saves its cost many times over. 

The following home testimony is to the point : — " My 
youngest daughter, 15 years old, and my grarjd-daughter, 10 
years old, consider this machine amusement. They have 
washed 15 dozen in two days. I would not take five hundred 
dollars for it if I could not get another. 

J. S. BOYD. 

Palmetto House, Galveston, Texas, July 10, 1866. 
Gents : — Your Hydraulic Clothes Washing Machine, 
manufactured by the Cincinnati, Ohio, Clothes Washing Ma- 
chine Company, proves itself a perfect success. With it one 
freedboy does all the washing for our large establishment, 
which accommodates nearly one hundred persons. I fancy 



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that a larger Clothes Wringer would be an improvement ; but 
as it is, yours is worth double any Machine yet invented. 
I am, gentlemen, your much obliged, 

mrs. b. McDonnell. 

Houston, Texas, June 80th, 1866. 
Gentlemen : — I have tested the Hydraulic Clothes Washer 
by actual practice and observation, and cheerfully say that it 
far exceeds my expectation ; I may say a complete success, 
and in fact would not do without one if to be had. It is a 
great saving in time, and less wear and damage to clothes 
than any other made I have seen tried. All that is wanted 
to satisfy any one is a fair trial, using a little patience to get' 
into the true merits of the working of the machine. 

Yours, &c. 

1\ T . A. MILTON. 

Industry, Austin County, Texas, June 28th, 1866. 
Gentlemen ; — I take pleasure in stating that the Hydrau- 
lic Clothes Washer that I purchased from you gives entire 
satisfaction. And I would recommend it to all who wish to 
save time and labor. Yours respectfully, 

JACOB RINN. 

Capitol Hotel, Houston, Texas, July 14th, 1866. 
Messrs. Scherffjus & Branard : — Gentlemen : — I take 
great pleasure in saying that the Hydraulic Clothes Washer 
purchased iroin you, does all that it is represented to do ; 
and I would recommend it to all who wish to save time, labor 
and wear and tear of clothes. Yours, &c. 

H. MARPLE. 

Marion House, Galveston, Texas, July 4th, 1866. 
Gents : — I have throughly tested your Hydraulic Clothes 
Washer, and am perfectly delighted with the result. I can 
wash with your Machine more than any threo can without it. 
The Wringer is a most valuable attachment ; it wrings or 
presses the clothes nearly dry, and when starched and folded, 
mangles all plain clothes so well as to supercede the neces- 
sity of ironing. I am a delicate woman, yet I can do the 
whole washing for one hotel, averaging thirty guests, and not 
feel fatigued. I call your Machine the Southern Lady's Friend 
and would not be deprived of it for $100, and if 1 required its 
constant use would value it at $1,000. 

Yours respectfully, 

MRS. E. J. LANG. 



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The Patent Hydraulic Clothes Washer, 

Washes more and faster than any other machine. Washes 
with less wear than any other machine. Washes with one- 
half the soap required by the ordinary method, — is more sim- 
ple, and more durable than any other machine. Washes 
fabrics of the finest texture without injury. For Hotel sand 
Steamships stands unrivalled. Is the best machine for 
Asylums and Hospitals. Washes the most filthy clothing 
without exposure to contagion. Has attached, the best and 
most durable CLOTHES WRINGER in the market. 



The Patent Clothes Drying Room, 

Is adapted to Domestic as well as Public Laundries. Dries 
more rapidly than any other process. Dries Clothing per- 
fectly white and clean. Prevents any soiling by dirt or soot. 
Takes up all moisture in drying, by a current of cold air. 
There is no exposure to fly dirt or other impurities. Dries 
Flannels without shrinking. Is heated by the same fire that 
heats the water for washing. Occupies only a small space. 



A COMPLETE SET OF 

Laundry Furniture and machinery 

As above presented, can be made of any size or dimensions 
required for Domestic use, Laundries and Public Institutions, 
on application by mail or otherwise. 

New York iaimdry Mannfectnring Company, 

No. 18 DEY ST., NEW YORK. 



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Our Patent 

IYB1AIF1IO 

Clothes 
WRINGER. 



We offer this superior arti- 
cle to supply the demand lor 
a convenient and durable 
CLOTHES WRINGER, which can be adjusted to the ordi- 
nary tub, and sold separate from our other Laundry Ma- 
chinery. 

This wringer will stand any test or wear necessary in 
wringing clothes. The Rolls are extra large, and of SOLID 
VULCANIZED RUBBER, and the wood frame is remarka- 
ble for extreme simplicity and durability, being made of 
thoroughly seasoned hickory, light, and so constructed that 
no machinery is necessary to increase the pressure, and the 
power applied adjusts itself to any thickness of the articles 
wrung through the rolls. 

It combines all the good qualities without any of the com- 
plications of other wringers, and is rapidly taking the place 
of all other descriptions of Clothes Wringers in the market.