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Electric lawn sweeper for removing leaves and other debris from a yard. An electric motor drives brushes located within the housing. The brushes sweep waste into the canvas catcher. This model was manufactured in the late 1950s by the Parker Sweeper Company of Springfield, Ohio, under the model name Electro-Sweep. It was used by Elna Ridgway of Atwood in Rawlins County, Kansas.
Creator: Parker Sweeper Company
Date: between 1955 and 1959
Item Number: 209958
Call Number: 1998.52.1
KSHS Identifier: 1998.52.1
Collections - Museum
Date - 1950s
Home and Family - Daily life - Yard work
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Agricultural - Sweeper, Lawn
Places - Cities and towns - Atwood
Places - Counties - Rawlins
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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