Did you know the laundromat, as we know it today, was invented in Fort Worth? READ MORE: (Photo from an unknown location in 1949)
But before the first laundromat — or "washateria," as it was called back then — was created in the 1930s, that is exactly how the launch of automated laundry was viewed by many. , Texas, it is presumed, as created by a man named C.A. Tannahill.
"Customers loved the self-service format of the store, and soon laundromats were exploding in popularity and popping up all over the country," it says.It consisted of just four electric washing machines — which were rented out to members of the public on an hourly basis, according to RetroNewser. The name "washateria" came about as a combo of the idea of washing clothes with the idea of cheap, affordable cafeterias where many people got their meals, it also says.
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