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David Irving Oreck (September 17, 1923 – February 15, 2023) was an American entrepreneur, business salesman, and speaker. He founded Oreck Corporation, manufacturers of vacuum cleaners and air purifiers , and was known for his appearances in its television commercials.
Clothes steamer. A clothes steamer, also called a garment steamer or simply a steamer, is a device used for quickly removing wrinkles from garments and fabrics with the use of high temperature steam. [1] They can for example be used to straighten wrinkles on shirts by releasing tension in the fabric so that it straightens itself. Steamers can ...
Initially, colours were fixed through the action of sunlight, air, and dew, which evolved into ageing rooms and, more recently, rapid-aging systems (in the form of steam-cabinets). [ 6 ] Stoving was the early name used to describe the process of ageing in wooden or brick chambers heated by a furnace beneath.
Jazz singer Ann Hathaway (1925-1997), wearing a coat with shoulder pads, walking on Washington Square, New York, 1947. Shoulder pads are a type of fabric-covered padding used in men's and women's clothing to give the wearer the illusion of having broader and less sloping shoulders. In the beginning, shoulder pads were shaped as a semicircle or ...
An S.O.S Soap Pad. The soap is the blue substance seen in the pad. S.O.S Soap Pad is a trade name for an abrasive cleaning pad, used for household cleaning, and made from steel wool saturated with soap. In 1917, Irwin Cox of San Francisco, California, an aluminum pot salesman, invented a pre-soaped pad with which to clean pots.
Oreck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bruce J. Oreck (born 1953), American politician; David Oreck (1923–2023), American entrepreneur, business salesman, and lecturer, father of Bruce; Don Oreck (1930—2006), American actor; Sharon Oreck (born 1955), American film, music video and commercial producer
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Bruce James Oreck (born January 3, 1953) [1] is a former American politician. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Finland from September 2009 to July 2015. [2] Personal life