It's the washer that thinks it's a dryer! No, it's the dryer that thinks it's a washer!

There are numerous ads for washers and for dryers, sold by numerous obscure manufacturers, in the early fifties Good Housekeeping magazines I've been reading lately. I had never heard of this brand (although when I Googled it I got lots of hits).

This washer/dryer combo is certainly more modern and user-friendly than the washers with wringer attachments that were still being marketed back then. Now, if it also removed the dried clothes from itself and hung them up for me, I'd be impressed.

I certainly didn't select this ad for comment for this reason, but dang, look at that little girl in her undies, waiting for her dress to dry. It should be an entirely innocent image, and no doubt it was for its day... and no doubt I've been warped by living in a subsequent era where innocence seems to exist only to be defiled. but no manufacturer would dare publish such an ad today.