Ok but how did the Edwardians WASH these dresses?

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[1] A Competent Committee of Home-makers and Physicians, ed. Home and Health; a Household Manual Containing Two Thousand Recipes and Helpful Suggestions on the Building and Care of the Home in Harmony with Sanitory Laws. Internet Archive. Mountain View, CA, Portland, OR.: Pacific Press Publishing Co., 1907. https://archive.org/details/homehealt....
[2] (This image seems to have first appeared online in a Blogspot post, so take it with a pinch of salt.) British Closed Range. Online Image. Victorian Interiors and More. Accessed August 12, 2022. http://victoriandecorating.blogspot.c.... (NOTE: There is a second image mistakenly labelled [2] beginning at 04:28 which is cited below [4].)
[3] Click Americana. How People Used Vintage Washboards, Wringers & Other Old-Fashioned Laundry Equipment Years Ago. November 11, 2020. Online image. Click Americana. https://clickamericana.com/topics/hom....
[4] Home Washing Machine & Wringer. 1869. Lithograph Print. Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.03845/.
[2 (second appearance)] Bailey Wringing Machine Co. c. 1870-1900. Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections. https://www.flickr.com/photos/muohio_....
[5] Bushnell, Joseph P. What to Do and How to Do It; a Home Manual, Treating of the Home and Its Interests, the Culinary Art, Health and Its Requirements, the Farm and Its Activities, Things Worth Remembering, Miscellaneous Information, Etc., Etc., Etc. Internet Archive. Chicago, Ill.: Home manual publishing co., 1909. https://archive.org/details/whattodoh....

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"By the Border" by Lama House
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"A Box of Happy Memories" by Ofelia Moore
"Odd Behaviour" by Arthur Benson
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