Trade card for the Fort Wayne improved Western Washer
Description:
This trade card promotes the improved Fort Wayne Western Washer, made by the Horton Manufacturing Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The name, Calvert Lith. Co., a printing company in Detroit, Michigan, appears in the lower left corner. A woman in an apron demonstrates the washing machine for another woman while a child plays on the floor of a kitchen. The patent date is given as March 9, 1886.
