History 100 years ago Western Electric home appliances [telecom]

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They also made vacuum cleaners:

And a washing machine (wringer)

Portable sewing machine:

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

Loudspeakers

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

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.