Instructions, 1937.

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Instructions, 1937.

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The collection consists of a set of instructions prepared by Maybelle King of the Flanner House Laundry School. The material instructs students on the correct method for washing silk stockings and corsets. There is also information concerning the use of hard and soft water, identifying groups of stains, caring for various fabrics, and directions for ironing shirts.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Flanner House (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Flanner House, a social service center for the Indianapolis, Indiana African-American community, promotes the social, moral, and physical welfare of African-Americans, particularly youth. It was established in 1903 by Frank Flanner, a local mortician, under the name of Flanner Guild and was the first settlement house for African-Americans in the city. Programs and activities have included a day nursery, training for men and women, self-help projects such as housing construction, and public healt...

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 recor...

King, Maybelle.

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