Comments on: 1940s fashion – The modern method of ironing

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:38:42 +0000

LOL! We had one of those in our basement for years when I was a kid. It still worked well into the mid-1970s. My mom used it to iron her cotton sheets and pillowcases and tablecloths. it was also pretty good for maintaining the creases in trousers, and if you were careful, you could press a skirt with it too, but that was a bit tricky!

Your blog is just great to explore! Thanks for finding so many nifty articles, pictures and videos!

By: zeldafitz79

zeldafitz79 — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:55:28 +0000

Yet another industrial-like machine it would seem weird to have in house these days! Still, it would be pretty neat to have a professional, dry-cleaners' grade ironer for those pesky, wrinkle prone drapes and bedsheets! Great video.

By: Susanne Sparks

Susanne Sparks — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:31:52 +0000

Wow, that video is something else. I love how the ironing machine will help her preserve her "look".

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:03:35 +0000

In the 1950's I knew a few families who owned an "ironing machine" or "ironer", officially called a "mangle". It was most useful for flat items such as sheets, pillowcases, teatowels, etc., but that took care of a large part of household ironing. Families were bigger, then, and there was no permanent press until well into the sixties. The ironer was a great appliance, but it was costly and it took up a lot of space, so not many people could afford one. It fell out of use when families got smaller and permanent press became the norm.

By: Rosy

Rosy — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:36:35 +0000

I vaguely remember seeing something similar years ago, but I think that machine finished evolving and is now the grandmother of the irons that are in dry cleaning