Tidy Collection

Driffield Union workhouse, East Yorkshire
The entrance to the union workhouse (or Poor Law Institution) on Bridlington Road, Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Two inmates can be seen on the left, sitting on a bench

Ransomes Lawnmowers Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for an Ideal Homes Exhibition stand for Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd. promoting Ransomes Lawnmowers. The image shows a decorative green model on a tidy lawn

Union Workhouse, Aylsham, Norfolk
The entrance driveway to Aylsham Union workhouse, Norfolk. The workhouse, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1848-9 at Aylsham. It later became St Michaels Hospital

Whirlwind Suction Sweeper Advertisement
An advertisement for Stapley, Harrison and Watson Ltd. promoting the all British Whirlwind Suction Sweeper, the young lady in the illustration can be seen using the product

House In The New Forest, Garden Front
An architectural photo lithograph of the garden front of a house in the New Forest, reproduced from a design by the architect, T

Nethertown Street Dunfermline
The top photograph shows a south east entrance to a lane in Nethertown Street, Dunfermline, Scotland, the bottom photograph shows the same view

Reflets
A painting of some tidy, large town buildings, boldly reflected in the calm river. Date: circa 1922

Country House
A painting of a fine country garden consisting of tidy lawns divided by low flower beds, a gardener is standing in towards the back, and a barrel on a cart sits on the right. Date: circa 1921

In A Murcian Garden
A vivid watercolour painting of a Murcian garden, including various citrus fruit trees, with confiers and a palm tree upon a tidy lawn. Date: circa 1920

Shizuo Mori
A portrait painting of a young boy wearing a baggy white shirt, with a tidy appearance. Date: circa 1917

Garden Bank
A painting of a steep, grass bank belonging to a large, tidy building. A woman can be seen leaning on the wall at the top. Date: circa 1915

Interior. Residence at Neutral Bay, Sydney
A photograph of a tidy residence at Neutral Bay, Sydney. The room is part of a house erected for A. J. Hart Esq. Mould & Mack Walker, Architects. Date: circa 1922

Country Farm
Watercolour landscape painting of a very colourful, neat and tidy farm. Date: circa 1931

British soldier tending grave of fallen colleague, WW1
A British soldier tending the grave of a fallen colleague on the Western Front during World War One. A row of plants can be seen. Date: circa 1916

British soldier tidying grave of fallen colleague, WW1
A British soldier tidying the grave of a fallen colleague on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Proposed rational dress for servants, 1912
Suggested rational dress (trousers) suitable for servants. Date: 1912

Poster, Please Keep Britain Tidy, design by Reginald Mount. circa 1950

Children with sweets on a Balham street, SW London
Five children in their Sunday best explore a bag of sweets in the doorway of a shop on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Orange-peel waste basket on a London street
After numerous accidents in London streets through people slipping on pieces of orange peel thrown onto the pavement, the City authorities instituted a system of wire baskets into which eaters of

Old Maid card game - The Park Keeper. circa 1950s

Student at Trinity College, Cambridge University
Student tidying up his bed in his room at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Date: 1967

Post Office Sorting 1904
The General Post Office, St Martin s-Le-Grand, London: Foreign Mail Sorting Room. (1 of 2) Date: 1904

Girls Dorm / Land Army
Girls in the Land Army tidy up their dormitory Date: early 1940s

Living Room by Miller
A tidy living room designed by John Duncan Miller for Curtis Moffat - a fine example of modernist furniture at their most practical. Date: 1933

WW2 greetings card, OHMS, showing a soldier picking up litter from a lawn -- his contribution to the war effort! Date: circa 1942

Inside of a post office-wagon (1854). Illustration published in the magazine La Ilustraci󮧮 Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

A Tidy Job, by Bairnsfather
A Tidy Job "s pose we ll ave to stop behind and tidy all this up when its over, Bert" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather featuring his popular characters, Old Bill and Bert Date: 1917

Japanese boy scouts on outdoor activity
Japanese boy scouts on an outdoor activity, tidying up a grassy area

German army medic or quartermaster, WW1
German army medic or quartermaster sitting at a table with items set out on shelves, and cutout images of Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince. Date: circa 1914

Award-winning scouts, Queensland, Australia
Three award-winning scouts in Queensland, Australia -- they won a hygiene award for the best-kept campsite, sponsored by a firm of Coca Cola bottlers

WW2 poster, Tidy Stores -- theres a place for everything -- put everything in its place! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Britain poster, A Show Garden of England, viewed from the porch of a country house, for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

Cottages at Bridgend, Warwickshire. 1960s

Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India
Government Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund (Udhagamandalam, Ooty), Tamil Nadu state, India. Date: circa 1890s

Clearing up a battlefield after an advance, WW1
Clearing up a battlefield after an advance during World War One. Rifles are stacked into neat pyramid shapes. Date: circa 1916

Russell Sage
RUSSELL SAGE American financier, a shrewd operator who died worth $70m, a tidy sum even now, still more so in those days. Date: 1816 - 1906

TIDY DOG
An exemplary dog picking up litter and depositing it into a special litter bin in central London. Date: early 1930s

Little girl amazed at condition of her Grandfathers book
" Grandpa, didn t you tell me Aesops Fables were written thousands of yers ago?" " Yes, my dear." " My Word! But you have kept the book clean!" Date: 1901

Chemists / Beaconsfield
The Little Garland Pharmacy a tidy chemist and its fine bow-fronted premises in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: 1950s

A tidy job; but -. Illustration shows New York City mayor Seth Low, as a lion tamer holding a whip, standing next to the Tammany Tiger which is bound in ribbons labeled Civic Honesty, Fusion

Captain Scotts cabin, RSS Discovery
Captain Scotts cabin on RSS Discovery, showing a bunk bed and drawers underneath. The ships first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition

Garden at an Allied army camp, Etaples, France, WW1
A well-kept garden at an Allied army camp, Etaples, northern France, during the First World War. Date: August 1918

Italian Red Cross ambulances, WW1
Italian Red Cross ambulances (model Fiat 15 Ter), standing in a row ready for action during the First World War. Date: 1915

Kit Bag contents - US Navy
The correct way that a member of the US Navy should pack his kit bag. A card from the US Training Center - Great Lakes, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1930s

People working in a vegetable garden
People working in a neatly laid out vegetable garden in 18th century France. Date: circa 1760

Ward at Carshalton Childrens Infirmary, Surrey
Interior view of ward D8 at Carshalton Childrens Infirmary, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and became a general hospital for up to 1000 children

Sales assistants outside a dress shop
A group of well-presented young women - presumably sales assistants - stand in front of the windows of a dressmakers and outfitters shop

Dormitory, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
View of a dormitory at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

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