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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Bendix Washing Machine Store Display Advertising Sign
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0350
- Creators:
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Bendix Corporation.National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
- Dates:
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circa 1940s
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Item1 item
- Repository:
- Container:
- 1
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Image of washing machine, mounted on self-supporting cardboard display (38-1/2 x 26-3/8") on cardboard with support.. Transparency effect in center cutout. "Bendix Automatic Home Laundry" label at top and "See It Demonstrated Here" displays in circular cutout corresponding to machine's door.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
A sign from a Bendix Washing Machine store.
Administration
Author
NMAH Staff
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased form Donna Lee's Collectables, August 19, 1989.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life).
Processing Information
Collection processed by NMAH Staff, 1998
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Bendix Washing Machine Store Display Advertising Sign, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Use
Trademark and copyright restrictions.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Washing machines | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Stores, Retail | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| advertising | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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