COLLECTION NAME:
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwa_wmup_p-0008249
Title:
Kalamazoo Gas Company display stand
Alternative Title:
"Iwantu" Gas Iron promotional stand, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Creator:
Siewert, Herman
Date:
approximately 1913
Description:
Promotional stand in an event hall for the “Iwantu” Gas Iron sponsored by the Kalamazoo Gas Company. A sign over the stand reads, "A Whole Weeks Ironing 4 cents with the Iwantu Gas Iron." A woman poses with the iron and a nearby trivet. Other signs posted on the display read "It saves dust & dirt," "It saves fuel & money," and "It Saves Time & Labor”. The "Iwantu" gas iron was made by Strause Gas Iron Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Kalamazoo Gas Company ran a promotion in 1913 offering the iron for 50 cents down payment and 75 cents a month for four months. Back of photo identifies woman as "My mother Nina Williams Worline".
Person:
Worline, Nina Claire Williams, 1889-1969
Subject:
Kalamazoo Gas Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Subject:
Strause Gas Iron Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Keywords:
irons (tools); Black & white photographs
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period:
1910 - 1919
Source:
8.5 x 6.25 in. black-and-white print, WMU Photograph Collection, P-0008249
Collection:
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2020
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Type:
image
Box Barcode:
Box 82, Barcode: 31141024381209
Format Creation:
image/tiff
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
