Origin: The first washing machine built in 1951 by the Production of steel shelving which moved from Motala to Säffle, the foundations of what will later become Electrolux Constructor. The idea of the washing machine spread nationally. This machine consisted of many American manufacturers that were supplying machines with a spin-dry feature to replace the wringer which removed buttons, and caused accidents involving hair and hands." In America in 1957 , GE introduced a washing
machine equipped with 5 push buttons to control wash temperature, rinse temperature, agitation speed and spin speed. "
Purpose: The new common American washing machine of the 1950's had a built in spinner which helped speed up the time that clothes needed to be hung on the lining for drying. The re-invention was to help eliminate the problems that many women had when washing clothes before. These old problems consisted of hair and hands getting stuck in the ringer. This new improvement, along with explicit detail on the new washing machine on advertisement, helped convince consumers to buy it. New technology such as the use of buttons being able to control such a large device was appealing to the consumers of America with in the 1950's. When the device is bought it helps improve their economy and make house chores go smoother specifically when doing the wash of an average family of four in America of the 1950's.
Value: This new washing machine of the 1950's is significant because it expresses the time of old fashion technology. The small buttons being able to control such a large device and different factors of the device was appealing to buyers of technology. This piece of technology states an expression of how consumers/ people of the people of the 1950's enjoyed and were appealed to fast and easy equipment to help speed up time consuming chores such as washing clothing. Efficient use of time became an important factor of the people of the 1950's.
Limitations: The advertisements above never tells if people bought the equipment or not. It doesn't tell what the cost is as well. Readers of this advertisement also aren't able to see if other buyers find the device useful or if it is an improvement from the old device, or if it has even more complicated technology that may be hard to understand. . It doesn't tell people whether or not people are actually buying this new device and or how long the equipment can continue to function over a certain amount of uses. Lastly, it doesn't display a warranty of the device.
machine equipped with 5 push buttons to control wash temperature, rinse temperature, agitation speed and spin speed. "
Purpose: The new common American washing machine of the 1950's had a built in spinner which helped speed up the time that clothes needed to be hung on the lining for drying. The re-invention was to help eliminate the problems that many women had when washing clothes before. These old problems consisted of hair and hands getting stuck in the ringer. This new improvement, along with explicit detail on the new washing machine on advertisement, helped convince consumers to buy it. New technology such as the use of buttons being able to control such a large device was appealing to the consumers of America with in the 1950's. When the device is bought it helps improve their economy and make house chores go smoother specifically when doing the wash of an average family of four in America of the 1950's.
Value: This new washing machine of the 1950's is significant because it expresses the time of old fashion technology. The small buttons being able to control such a large device and different factors of the device was appealing to buyers of technology. This piece of technology states an expression of how consumers/ people of the people of the 1950's enjoyed and were appealed to fast and easy equipment to help speed up time consuming chores such as washing clothing. Efficient use of time became an important factor of the people of the 1950's.
Limitations: The advertisements above never tells if people bought the equipment or not. It doesn't tell what the cost is as well. Readers of this advertisement also aren't able to see if other buyers find the device useful or if it is an improvement from the old device, or if it has even more complicated technology that may be hard to understand. . It doesn't tell people whether or not people are actually buying this new device and or how long the equipment can continue to function over a certain amount of uses. Lastly, it doesn't display a warranty of the device.