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Dental moulding room, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd, Kentish Town, NW London. 1921
Advert for Southalls sanitary towels 1898Sanitary Towels for Ladies from home or on tour, made entirely of white absorbent wool. 1898
Advert for Floriline liquid for teeth and breath 1897Is the best Liquid Dentifrice in the World. Prevents the decay of the teeth. Renders the teeth pearly white. Is perfectly harmless and delicious to the taste. Date: 1897
Roman era. Turkey. Ephesus Latrines (public toilets). 1st century AD
Giuseppe Crespi (1665 1747). Searching for Fleas. 1715 / 20Giuseppe Crespi (1665 1747), nicknamed Lo Spagnuolo. Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. Searching for Fleas. 1715/20. Oil on canvas. Museum of Louvre. Paris
Roman Art. Spain. Andalusia. Italica. Thermae. 2nd century ASpain. Italica. Roman city founded c. 206 BC. Thermae, Large Baths. Near Santiponce. Ruins. Andalusia
Greek Art. Kronion thermae. OlympiaGreek Art. Kronion thermae. Ruins dating from the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century A.D. Sanctuary of Olympia. Greece
Greek Art. Leonidaion. Baths. Olympia. GreeceGreek Art. The Leonidaion. Lodging place for athletes taking part in the Olympic Games at Olympia. It was constructed around 330 BCE and was funded and designed by Leonidas of Naxos. Baths. Olympia
Greek Art. Sanctuary of Olympia. Ruins of the Greek baths. Ca. 480 B.C.5th century B.C. Greece
Albania. Butrint. House with Roman baths. 2nd century A. CAlbania. Butrint. House with Roman baths. 2nd century A.C
Roman city of Ampurias. Roman baths. Girona. Catalonia. Spain
The International Health Exhibition, LondonProgramme cover design, The International Health Exhibition, London, 1884, with the figure of Hygieia (Hygeia, Hygiea), classical personification of health, cleanliness and hygiene. 1884
Washing Hands with SoapA stylish woman washes her dainty hands with lovely soap in her bathroom sink. Date: 1940s
Mennens Toilet PowderMrs Patrick Campbell and Madame Albani are only two of the celebrities of the stage who recommend Mennens borated talcum powder for health and freshness. Date: 1904
Toilet / Sanitary TowelsAn elegant advertisement for intimate items for ladies. Date: 1917
MADRID BARBER 5 / 5 1987Part of the tiled fascia of a Madrid barber shop: the barber shaves a client with a cut- throat razor. Date: 1987
MADRID BARBER 1 / 5 1987The tiled fascia of a Madrid barber shop - ladies also catered for, and home visits can also be arranged. Date: 1987
Colgate Dental Cream / AdvAn advertisement for Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream - for strength and happiness...good to taste and good for the teeth. Date: 1919
Advertisement for Wrights coal tar shampoo powder. Date: early 20th century
Advertisement for Cooks Pure Toilet Soap. Date: early 20th century
Estelle Lingerie Glamour Wear - Backless Bra, Easy Tights. 1971
Bath House, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California, USAMunicipal Bath House, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. Date: circa 1910
Theatre nurse at Hayle Hospital, CornwallTheatre nurse in an operating theatre at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall. Date: 1980
Two theatre nurses at Hayle Hospital, CornwallTwo theatre nurses in an operating theatre at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall. Date: 1980
International Hygiene Exhibition, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBuildings of the International Hygiene Exhibition of 1910 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: 1910
VALUEOrive toothpaste ad
Advertisement for Decoltene liquid hair remover, which stresses that the vogue for decollete and transparent sleeve makes the smooth underarm a matter of importance to the woman who prides herself
Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, HollandA Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland
WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food -- Keep Food CoveredFlies Foul Food - Diarrhoea and Dysentery Follow. Keep Food Covered! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Anti-dysentery
WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul FoodFlies Foul Food. Your health depends on wholesome food - keep it covered from flies! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper
British soldiers washing at a rest campWashing off the mud of Flanders - our Tommies tubbing in a rest camp. British soldiers coming out of the front line, immediately take advantage of a line of tin baths arranged for them at a rest
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up, WW2Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up in the station washroom after many hours tackling air raid fires, 19 September 1940. Date: 1940s
Award-winning scouts, Queensland, AustraliaThree award-winning scouts in Queensland, Australia -- they won a hygiene award for the best-kept campsite, sponsored by a firm of Coca Cola bottlers
Advert for Wrights Coal Tar soap 1915Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap, the ideal Christmas present to send to a soldier at the front, along with a stick of Coal tar shaving soap
Sanitary Department on parade, WW1The newly formed Sanitary Department on parade at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914
Advert for Sanitas - family antiseptic for wounds 1937Just a small wound but.... I never run the risk of blood poisoning. As soon as any member of my family gets a scratch or cut, let alone a more serious wound, I instantly apply Sanitas
A food hygiene courseTwo chefs prepare food infront of a predominantly female audience who take notes and listen keenly to the two experts. The blackboard behind the cooks has details of todays dishes which include beef
Adolphe TrebuchetADOLPHE TREBUCHET French medical active in public hygiene, lighting etc. Date: 1801 - ?
Genoa, Italy - International ExhibitionThe International Exhibition of Marine and Maritime Hygiene - Italian Colonial Show (Esposizione Internazionale d Igiene Marinara e Mostra Coloniale) was held in Genoa in 1914
Amoreta SoapAmoreta soap made from Parisian sweet beef suet, not six month old rancid Australian mutton tallow. 1899 1899
Hygiene de guerre. Mother serving food at the dinner table. Rules of a healthy diet written below. Date 1918. Hygiene de guerre. Mother serving food at the dinner table
Stamp out syphilis Every baby is entitled to be born healthy : Blood test & examination should be made before marriage by your doctor or Bureau of Social Hygiene Clinic, 51 Stuyvesant Place
Sesam soap advertPoster for the Sesam soap, Danish 1885, Date: 1885
Testing Milk
Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too! Showing people in different countries attending to personal hygiene. Issued by the (British) Health and Cleanliness Council. 1939
Poster, The Castle of Cleanliness in the Land of Good Health, defended by the soap and water brigade. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century
Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s
Toilet / Cleaning NostrilsA German lady cleans her nostrils with the aid of a water spray. Date: 1905