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I can't say about other browers.  Firefox (desktop or laptop) has an easy way to save pics from eBay and Facebook and whichever other platforms work similarly.  It sounds like a lot of steps but isn't when one gets a grip on the procedure.

Click on the first photo to view it larger (overlay), right-click on the image and select Open Image in New Tab, which it will.  Proceed to do that with each photo.  Then switch to each tab in turn and either right-click and Save Image As or drag the image to wherever you wish to save it, such as a folder on the desktop or wherever you can find it when finished.  Sometimes all the images are fed as the same filename so renaming each (such as 01, 02, 03, etc.) before saving the next can make for easier handling.  You'll have all the images saved offline when done for dragging them into the post and submitting it, and can then delete the images and folder if not wanting to keep them.

Can also optionally edit them if you have software for that before adding to the post.  Best size for display on AW is no more than 900 pixels on the largest dimension, I resize to 875 pixels.  Sometimes I crop-out extraneous area and tweak the contrast and sharpness.

Some market platforms use page code to block right-clicking for saving the images but Firefox has a workaround that usually works, which I won't get into the details of it.
 
Bill, thank you. All I noticed were the baffles, the area at the bottom front where the heating element was on later dryer, and the back of the dryer drum. I was completely oblivious to the drum's perforations. I'm not sure I"ve ever seen a Westy dryer this old.
 
I’ve seen a Westinghouse dryer similar to that pop up for sale here in the Southern California area with a perforated drum a few years ago. Looks like Westinghouse changed the design in 1953 or 1954 to improve air flow along with making it easier to disassemble but I can’t say for certain since I am not familiar with Westinghouse machines of this era nor worked on one before.
 
How odd about the perforated dryer drum - the 53 and 58 Westys in my collection both have the solid drum with perforations in the back.  I'm going to guess that air flow was possibly too much when combined with the hot air inlet chute in the front of the drum. 

 

Is it me or does it look like that washer has no door boot?   And my public service reminder, if anyone gets these, be sure to bolt down the washer tub before moving it.  Remember what happened to my very first L5 years ago... 
 
I wonder if that is the thermostatically controlled dryness dryer like we had for a while. The timer dial went from 1 to 9. The little wheel that drove the drum was worn down so it did not tumble with clothes in it. It needed the little lint filter box on the back to hold the filter. The sad thing about it was that these WH dryers with the direct airflow into drum had the heater box under the drum and a piece of asbestos under the heater box to protect the floor under the dryer from the heat so you have to be very careful.
 
Tom, I had forgotten about that - those very early Westinghouse dryers were indeed thermostatically controlled.  Perhaps the well-ventilated drum was needed for this... 
 
Yes, eurekastar, the early perforated drum dryers did indeed have an outer drum. It made them heavy and expensive to build.

This one particular WH dryer with the white perforated drum that I remember, Paul, had the adjustable timer/thermostat which was later abandoned for the DRY! setting on the timer dial so they did not have to use an adjustable thermostat; just one with an insanely hot termination temperature and no cooldown.
 

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