When Lou and Emory Upton started building electric motor-driven wringer washing machines 100 years ago, the world was a different place. Electrical appliances were considered to be luxury items. Most people hung their wet laundry outdoors to air dry and refrigerators were called “ice chests.” Automatic dishwashers were unheard of.
Here’s a brief look at some events that were occurring elsewhere in the world in 1911:
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the following words debuted in 1911: