Form, sleeve
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DOUBLE
- DATE
- 1930–1976
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0227.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Prosperity Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- 34
- LOCATION
- Syracuse, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1811
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Aluminium sleeves. Cast iron stand.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.1 cm
- Width
- 59.7 cm
- Height
- 149.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Prosperity
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Syracuse
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Sometime between 1930 and 1976, when the hand laundry closed.
- Canada
-
Example of machinery used in a Chinese hand laundry in Ontario. - Function
-
After the shirt is washed and dried the sleeves are put on the form and, with an attached 'heat pad', the sleeves are smoothed and a crease put in as part of the finishing of the laundry. The complete unit (form and pad) is called a "sleever". - Technical
-
This unit, with a heating unit, was meant to be used in a laundry along with a cuff-collar-yoke press, and a bosom-body press to finish shirts. [Ref 2]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate: 'PROSPERITY SLEEVE FORM/ MANUFACTURED BY THE PROSPERITY CO. INC./ SYRACUSE N.Y. U.S.A./ TYPE EE 34 1811/ PRESSURE CASTINGS ON THIS/ [?] tested to 200 lbs./[?]'
- Missing
- Connections.
- Finish
- Painted matte grey/ Polished arms.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Prosperity Co. Inc., Form, sleeve, between 1930–1976, Artifact no. 1976.0227, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0227.001/
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