History 100 years ago Western Electric home appliances [telecom]

100 years ago Western Electric made dishwashers, as shown by this ad in Popular Science.

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They also made vacuum cleaners:

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And a washing machine (wringer)

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Portable sewing machine:

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They weren't neglecting communications. Here is an article for multiplexing messages over teletype lines.

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Loudspeakers

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Lastly, a large electric text sign and the typewriter that controls it:

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I don't know when Western Electric got out of the home appliance business. They did stick around motion picture sound equipment for a long time.

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