Washing Machine

ID: 2134 ~ Source: Video courtesy of creators ~ Creator: Rebecca Shrum and Nancy Yerian ~ Date: January 2020
This file appears in: Circus Wagon

Before automatic washing machines, doing laundry was difficult physical labor. The traveling circus troupe might have encountered women who owned this type of manual washing machine, which agitated clothes to wash them faster. This machine is housed in the JCHC Livery Barn.

This file appears in: Circus Wagon

By Volunteers of the Jackson County History Center
The Clark and Walters circus wagon was built during the 1930s. It was owned by the Timberlake family, who had performed in circuses for three generations. During the winter months the family lived in Jackson County, and the rest of the year they…