How Washing Machines Evolved into Laundromats

A day on the job includes hundreds of quarters, giant balls of lint, and fishing weird stuff out of machines. Zachary Crockett throws in a load.

• SOURCES:
  • Jordan Berry, owner of Laundromat Resource.

• RESOURCES:
  • "Appliances in U.S. homes, by housing unit type, 2020," (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2023).
  • "How the Washing Machine Liberated The Masses," by Allen Therisa (Culturescape, 2023).
  • "Industry Overview," (Coin Laundry Association).

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