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Sweeper, Carpet


Title	Sweeper, Carpet
Coverage / Year	1890
Description	Wooden long handled carpet sweeper with wooden handle. Rotating brush system attached to a steel roller. Four wheels in rotating assembly. Marked: "Bissel's Grand Rapids Cycoball Bearing".
Interpretation	Cleaning house in the early 1900s took an amazing amount of time and effort. It was a task usually done by women, and experts at the time estimated that it took 27 hours per week just to keep an eight room house clean. Carpet sweepers like this Bissel made it much easier to clean carpets in the home rather than taking them outside to beat them clean.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities; American communities in history;
Learning Standards	16 History; 15 Economics;
Author or Creator	Early American Museum
Subject / Keywords	Houses; Housework; Women; Bissel; Suburban life; Sweeping & dusting;
Collection Publisher	Early American Museum
Further Information	For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
Resource Identifier	FIC
CONTENTdm file name	35.jpg