Archive Record
| Accession # | A2007.62 |
| Title | Beatty Bros., Fergus, Series 08, Photographs: Subseries 20, Washers, ph 26706 - ph 26803, ca.1900-ca.1960. |
| Date | 1900-1960 |
| Description |
Beatty Bros., Fergus, Series 08, Photographs: Subseries 20, Washers, ph 26706 - ph 26803, ca.1900-ca.1960. Mainly 8"x 10" b&w prints, found loose; numbers in square brackets assigned by Beatty Bros: - ph 26706: 7 images, 1900 Cataract washer; woman model, dress with square neck, enhanced with rick-rack [zig-zag] design. - ph 26707: 10 images, 1900 Cataract washer; woman model. - ph 26708: 1900 Gravity washer, wooden tub. The Nineteen Hundred Washer Co., Toronto. - ph 26709: Woman model with wooden tub, engine drive. - ph 26710: Wooden tub, handle detail. - ph 26711: 2 views, Beatty hand washer with metal tub. One print: Walker's Studio, Brantford. - ph 26712: 4 images, 3 different women models with hand washer, metal tub. - ph 26713: 12 images, men and women on assembly line, working on Beatty "Economy" washer. - ph 26714: 32 images, man, woman (in dress with palm-tree pattern) and children, with Beatty automatic washer. Photos #46438; 47422-47509 [various]: Brigdens Limited., Toronto, ca.1950. - ph 26715: Model "8A / Economy" washer. - ph 26716: 6 images, woman model (with block-pattern dress) and "SB / Royal Family" washer, tubs, basket. - ph 26717: 2 images, Coronation / 1937 washer; woman with washer, tub, basket. - ph 26718: [T7097] 16 images, demonstration of Beatty automatic washer ("The greatest washer of all time"); some names, ca.1950. - ph 26719: 3 images, women and young women, demonstration of Beatty automatic washer, ca.1950. - ph 26720: Certificate, Quebec Exposition Provinciale, Medaille d'or to Beatty Bros. Ltd., for the third time, 7 Sept. 1927. - ph 26721: Certificate 1923-1924, Good Housekeeping Institute, Department of Household Engineering, to the "1900 Cataract" washer, manufactured by the Nineteen Hundred Washer Co; previously granted to them 1916-1923. - ph 26722: Parts list Model "SM" washer. - ph 26723: Parts list washer, unidentified. - ph 26724: 4 images, woman model and young boy with "White Cap" washer (which falls over). - ph 26725: 4 images, woman model with "Akka" top-flow washer; mechanism. Photos: Frank S. Lamia, Milwaukee, USA, ca.1945[?]. - ph 26726: Woman model with Beatty "Red Star" [hand powered] washer, ca.1930. - ph 26727: 2 images, wooden tub washers, Beatty, 1900. - ph 26728: 2 images, Beatty Model "SB" washer, engine drive, electric drive. - ph 26729: Genalex washer. - ph 26730: Beatty "Economy" washer. - ph 26731: Model "3B" washer. - ph 26732: Model "SE" engine drive washer. - ph 26733: 2 images, Beatty Model "FF" engine drive washer. - ph 26734: 2 images, Beatty copper-tub washers, electric drive, engine drive. - ph 26735: Beatty Model "SB" engine drive washer. - ph 26736: Woman model with tubs, stand and engine drive washer [unidentified]; battery in foreground. - ph 26737: Woman model with tubs, stand and electric drive washer [unidentified]. - ph 26738: Man with Beatty "Economy" washer next to "Bendix" automatic washer. - ph 26739: 5 images, woman model with copper-tub washer; young boy and girl with toy tubs, stand and baskets and ironing board; includes window display with advertising card "Helping Mother" showing child-sized tubs and stand, ironing board, baskets. - ph 26740: Woman with Model "M" washer, tubs and tub stand. - ph 26741: Woman carrying wicker laundry basket; next to Beatty automatic washer, ca.1950. - ph 26742: Woman model with Beatty washer [unidentified], basket, tub and stand. - ph 26743: Woman with Beatty washer [unidentified]; pile of laundry foreground. On reverse: "Mrs. H. King, Hotel Mount Royal, Mount Forest, Ont. (Mr. Oscar Hahn, prop.), April [19]46". - ph 26744: Woman with hands on agitators, between two Beatty washers. - ph 26745: Woman, next to washer, pouring water into container on "Hotpoint" stove. - ph 26746: 4-prong agitator, Beatty / BT "White Cap" washer. - ph 26747: Woman model with laundry rack, Beatty tubs and stand, washer and basket; ladder in background. - ph 26748: Beatty washer, Model unidentified. - ph 26749: Beatty Model "LRB"[?] washer. - ph 26750: Dominion - American jobbers washer. - ph 26751: Line drawing and blueprint, woman model with Beatty washer, tubs and stand, baskets, drying rack, ladder. - ph 26752: Paper print, woman with Beatty washer, tubs and stand, basket. - ph 26753: Advertisements, Beatty porcelain tank [tub] washer; Beatty automatic washer, 1940-1950. - ph 26754: 3 images, wringer mechanism. - ph 26755: Device for testing Beatty ball-bearings against plain bronze bearings. - ph 26756: "Beatty washer mechanisms on test benches where they are operated for more than one hour before inspection for building into the washer frame [undated]". - ph 26757: Line drawing for use with Model "8A" [washer?]. - ph 26758: Paper prints, advertisements, Toronto, Sherbrooke, Chatham, Kingston; includes cardboard printing matte; ca.1920-ca.1940. - ph 26759: 8 images, apparently related: "The Original Washboard" (includes close-up of woman kneeling, washing laundry); "Wash-board Second Stage"; men wringing laundry[?]; man and woman on front steps (he appears to be delivering laundry); "Half the Washing Still to Do at Home" (woman with laundry tub and washboard); truck with copper-tub washers, baskets, tubs, ladders; four women and 2 boys looking at copper-tub washer, ca.1930. - ph 26760: Colour print. Beatty porcelain tub washer, 1933. Removed from WGB [William G. Beatty] Historical File No.36. - ph 26761: Postcard. Beatty Automatic Washer Travel Show, Oct. 1951. Removed from Historical File, Box 76, No.1305: "Washer Travel Show". - ph 26762: Beatty washer referred to in test report 19 July 1939 to 9 Feb. 1946. Removed from Correspondence, Box 62, File 191, Engineering Experimental Data. - ph 26763: Wringer assembly. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26764: Beatty automatic washer. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26765: Automatic washer top surface, with pencil. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26766: Beatty "Cromatic" washer [stainless steel tub], with Julie Ramore as model wearing French maid's uniform. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", 1955. Julie Ramore was the daughter of Beatty Brothers appliance engineer, J.W. Ramore. This photo was published in the February 1955 issue of the Beatty Booster [see A2016.24, file 21]. - ph 26767: 3 images, Beatty deluxe automatic washer and dryer pair. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26768: 4 images, Dominion "Twinamatic" / deluxe automatic washer and dryer pair. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26769: Dryer drum[?]. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26770: Beatty washer. Photo #6112-115: Gordon Rice Photography, Toronto. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26771: 2 images, Dominion washers. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26772: 2 images, washer agitators. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26773: 3 images, Beatty deluxe automatic / "Wondermatic" dryer. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26774: Dryer vent kit. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26775: xx images, Beatty appliance displays, 1950-1960. Removed from binder: "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 26776: Woman hanging laundry on washing line. - ph 26777: Woman looking at her hands. - ph 26778: Woman with doctor. THE FOLLOWING PRINTS ARE OF WASHER EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS - ph 26779: Window display, Beatty Model "H" metal tub hand washer, with tub bench, tubs, basket, ironing board, clothes horse [drying rack], step ladder; undated. - ph 26780: 2 images, advertising cards with text: "1. ABC Steps / 2. Step Sales Up! / 3. Step Up To Big Volume. / 4. Aggressive Steps", undated. - ph 26781: Window display with text: "Stop that Leak in Your Purse", undated. - ph 26782: 2 images, window display, Christmas theme, undated. - ph 26783: 8 images, man, woman Beatty Model "2A" washer (and 2 others); Halifax Exhibit, undated. - ph 26784: 15 images, Beatty barn equipment and appliances, including Model "2A" washer, taken at Grande Prairie, [Alberta] exhibit, undated. - ph 26785: Beatty 1900 water motor washer, with clothes hampers, tubs, ironing boards, drying racks, ca.1910. - ph 26786: Window display, gravity hand washer [wooden tub], many baskets, and accessories, ca.1915. - ph 26787: 14 images, Beatty "Red Star" wooden tub hand washer and accessories, ca.1920. - ph 26788: 5 images, Beatty "Timesaver" [wooden tub] electric washer and wringer, and accessories, ca.1920. - ph 26789: 2 images, storefront, man in suit, Beatty "Timesaver" washer, accessories, ca.1920. - ph 26790: Window display "The 1900 Washer Co.; on reverse 3 smaller prints, one with text "Western Fair / 1923"; 2 images show "White Cap" washers, "manufactured in London by Beatty Bros.", 1923. - ph 26791: 4 images, storefront, "Whitecap" wooden tub electric washer and accessories; one storefront: The Electric Shop / A.J. Desand [Toronto], 1925. - ph 26792: 44 images, window displays including Beatty copper-tub washer, accessories; one with text: "35 carloads of hardware shipped 11 Feb. 1928; "1928 Model Beatty", ca.1928. - ph 26793: Display; on reverse: "Feb.-March 1931". - ph 26794: Display with text: "Make 1936 a prosperous year ... W.R. Boustred Ltd., Johannesburg [South Africa]". Photo: Leo Dorner, Johannesburg, 1936. - ph 26795: 4 images, window displays, some showing Beatty Model "C" washer, 1936. - ph 26796: 2 images, window displays showing washers and ironers, Winnipeg, Christmas 1938. - ph 26797: 3 images, Beatty washer display [undated]. One photo: Brightling Studio, [Toronto], ca.1940. - ph 26798: [photo 10869] Storefront, with sign: Sweeping January Clearance Sale ...ca.1940. - ph 26799: [photo 10872] Interior view of tent, showing washing machines and ironer, Ploughing Match, Peterborough, Ont., 1941. Photo: W.P. Illustration Studios, Paris, Ont., 1941. - ph 26800: Beatty appliance exhibit. Photo #KC8-156, ca.1947. - ph 26801: 3 images, washer comparison display; one with charts; one with text: "The Build Up Line"; one with text "New Year / New Line / New Opportunity", ca.1949. - ph 26802: Cards, some numbered, with headings: "1. Filling and Loading"; "7. Start of Finish Damp Dry"; "8. Finish Damp Dry"; Time Chart"; "Washing Test - United States Testing Co. Inc.", ca.1950. - ph 26803: 2 images, Beatty appliance displays; automatic washer in foreground of exhibit. One photo: Arthur A. Gleason Ltd., London, Ont., ca.1950. - ph 26803a: Scientific Washing Thermometer. - ph 26803b; ph 26803c: Two images of testubes with fibres. - ph 26803d: Woman admiring laundry. - ph 26803e: copy of 2-page article "The Home Today", ca.1960. - ph 26803f: 4 images, washer agitator mechanism, engine drive. - ph 26803g: 2 views, retouched, women in bathing suits. - ph 26803h: copy of pencil sketch with text "Clothes Washed in the Beatty / Are Sweet Smelling and Wholesome / to Wear". - ph 26803i: Unidentified mechanism detail. |
| Creator \ Maker |
Beatty Brothers [MAKER] |
| Creator \ Maker |
Walker's Studio [PHOTOGRAPHER] Brigdens Limited [PHOTOGRAPHER] Lamia, Frank L. [PHOTOGRAPHER] Gordon Rice Photography [PHOTOGRAPHER] Dorner, Leo [PHOTOGRAPHER] Brightling Studios [PHOTOGRAPHER] W. P. Illustration Studios [PHOTOGRAPHER] Arthur A. Gleason Limited [PHOTOGRAPHER] |
| Item Name | Prints |
| Person \ Organization |
1900 Washer Company A. J. Desand Akka Beatty Brothers Beatty, William George Dominion Appliance Company Electric Shop Good Housekeeping Hahn, Oscar International Plowing Match King, H. (Mrs.) Mount Royal Hotel Nineteen Hundred Washer Company Incorporated Ramore, J. W. Ramore, Julie United States Testing Company Incorporated W. R. Boustred Limited Western Fair |
| Place |
Alberta Chatham Fergus Halifax Kingston London Mount Forest Peterborough Sherbrooke South Africa Toronto Winnipeg |
| Subject |
Commercial Manufacturing And Trades |
| Photo, Map # |
ph 26706 ph 26706 - ph 26803 ph 26707 ph 26708 ph 26709 ph 26710 ph 26711 ph 26712 ph 26713 ph 26714 ph 26715 ph 26716 ph 26717 ph 26718 ph 26719 ph 26720 ph 26721 ph 26722 ph 26723 ph 26724 ph 26725 ph 26726 ph 26727 ph 26728 ph 26729 ph 26730 ph 26731 ph 26732 ph 26733 ph 26734 ph 26735 ph 26736 ph 26737 ph 26738 ph 26739 ph 26740 ph 26741 ph 26742 ph 26743 ph 26744 ph 26745 ph 26746 ph 26747 ph 26748 ph 26749 ph 26750 ph 26751 ph 26752 ph 26753 ph 26754 ph 26755 ph 26756 ph 26757 ph 26758 ph 26759 ph 26760 ph 26761 ph 26762 ph 26763 ph 26764 ph 26765 ph 26766 ph 26767 ph 26768 ph 26769 ph 26770 ph 26771 ph 26772 ph 26773 ph 26774 ph 26775 ph 26776 ph 26777 ph 26778 ph 26779 ph 26780 ph 26781 ph 26782 ph 26783 ph 26784 ph 26785 ph 26786 ph 26787 ph 26788 ph 26789 ph 26790 ph 26791 ph 26792 ph 26793 ph 26794 ph 26795 ph 26796 ph 26797 ph 26798 ph 26799 ph 26800 ph 26801 ph 26802 ph 26803 |
| Year Range from | 1900 |
| Year Range to | 1960 |
| Accession # | A2007.62 |
| Containers |
STACKS |