For years, 92-year-old Lee Maxwell has been collecting antique washing machines — but now, he's running out of places to put them.
When Maxwell was, he had built a warehouse to hold all the objects of his obsession. Now, there's yet another warehouse behind that one, once again filled with nothing but hundreds of washing machines.
"I do have a problem," Maxwell, 92, admitted. He also has a Guinness World Record: In August 2019, he was awarded the honor for having the largest collection of washing machines in the United States. At the time, he had 1,350 devices.The enterprise began innocently enough at a farm auction. He came home with so many washing machines that his wife, Barbara, wanted to hang him out to dry."She was thinking very bad things about me ...
Some of Maxwell's machines are powered by hand, and some have more unusual sources of energy, including one that is powered by sheep. Another model was never mass-produced, but was run by two children moving back and forth. Maxwell has restored all these devices himself. Once, he was an electrical engineer, but since retirement, he has spent 10 hours a day, seven days a week, with the washers. , Maxwell said he was seeking a benefactor for a museum that can preserve the machines. But since then, he's had"zero takers," Maxwell said. As his collection has grown, the problem has only become more daunting. Despite his prowess with these machines, one constantly eludes him.
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