Dry-cleaning Unit #2 and dryers
Item
Identifier
USHMCR 2.1.17.f
Creator
Valetor Deluxe Cleaners
Description
Valetor did not use the very toxic perclorethylene (Perc) as its dry cleaning solvent. This was coming into use at the time because it posed no fire risk. Instead, the Company used what is technically called Stoddard Solvent, a high flash point petroleu
Type
Slide
Format
.jpg
Subject
Prenting, Peter H.;Prenting, Theodore;Valetor Deluxe Cleaners.;Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)--History.;Dry cleaning industry—New York—Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)
Rights Holder
Marist College
Publisher
Marist College Archives and Special Collections
