Flanner House (Indianapolis, Ind.). Laundry School.

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Flanner Guild (later Flanner House) was established in 1898 to assist a black, rural, and migrant population moving to the urban North from the southern states. The institution founded self-help programs including vocational training. Classes, including laundering, taught potential house maids and domestics to operate modern equipment. The Flanner House Laundry School was started in 1923.

From the description of Instructions, 1937. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 50600798

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Indiana--Indianapolis
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African Americans
African American women
Household employees
Laundry
Vocational education
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