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There was an alternative to the drudgery of laundry. Many women would send some if not all of their dirty clothes and linens out to laundresses who worked from home or to commercial laundries. Women could take in laundry which was an honorable but difficult job. It could pay very well in Colorado, especially in the early days. Augusta Tabor was able to charge $.50 for each shirt she handwashed, equal to about $10 in today's currency.
The C.O.D. Laundry was located in Durango at 1177 Main Avenue. Standing in front in the photograph above (catalog number 98.39.2) are (left to right): George Isgar, the owner at the time, Mrs. Brown, George McClain, Martha Clark, Willie Goeglein, two unknown ladies, and Jack Monteith, the carriage driver. This photograph was taken around 1912.
