How To Clean A House And Like It (1955) Part 1 of 3

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Keywords

Time: 1950s, 1955

Setting: house, home, living room,

People: maid, 1950s woman,

Objects: vacuum cleaner, duster, broom, bucket,

Subjects: 1950s fashion, cleaning a house, cleaning, housekeeping,

[sallybutton]

When the “wand” was made of metal & lasted the life of the hoover & beyond, unlike the inferior brittle plastic ones of today.

[rhythmictiger]

Do people still clean their curtains like this? I've seen it in Bewitched and it always amused me.

[tayler]

That quarter would buy a loaf of bread or a gallon of gas back then.

[AimeePoppinBabies]

I bet that vacuum actually worked well & not like the crap dysons that are terrible & break these days.

[awesomemom]

That sounds like Eve Arden doing the voiceover

[jamesreads]

She was so happy to find that quarter.