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Backyard IdyllA group portrait oil painting of a young man, sat on a wooden chair in a fenced garden, playing the flute, next to a girl wearing a green dress, sat casually on the grass, below a washing line
R. S. Hudson Limited Rinso AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Rinso, a convenient product for washing clothes, the idea is that all you need do is rinse the clothes in cold water
Wash Houses, ChartresAn etching of some wash houses beside a river in Chartres, north-central France, a woman is busy washing under a porch of a nearby building. Date: circa 1920
Vinolia Company Sprinko AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Vinolia Company Limited, promoting Sprinko, an entiseptic, hygienic deodorant and hand cleanser, comes in a tin with a sprinkle top
Grafton's Chiffonelle AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Grafton's Chiffonelle, a draper specialist in women's lingerie, using perfect washing fabrics. Date: circa 1920
Lever Brothers Vim AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Vim, a cleaner for metal and even woodwork, such as utensils, taps, floorboards, baths etc
Behind The LinesThis oil painting portrays a group of men, washing themselves at a square, elevated pool of water, men in uniform, on horseback occupy the background. Date: circa 1918
Lever Brothers Advertisement, LuxAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Lux, a product for washing dainty fabrics, a box of which can be seen in the hand of the central woman in the picture
Rinso AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Rinso, a convenient product for washing clothes, the idea is that all you need do is rinse the clothes in cold water
Lux AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Lux, a product used for washing dainty fabrics. The main oval framed picture shows a woman being told that her lace fabrics
MondayA watercolour painting showing a lady with a white apron, carrying a washing basket along a countryside road, while talking with her young daughter. Date: circa 1918
Lever Brothers Lux AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Lux, a product used for washing dainty fabrics. Pictures include a woman happily washing her clothes
Georgian cartoon, mother and son - Caesar my son, go to Mr Quirkem, your Father's died intestate, and left you his executor. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1820s
Advert, Pears Soap, dated 1789, mother washing child in tub, used as a magazine insert 100 years later Date: 1789
Dutch girl and boy carrying a washing basket
Paper making from rags Date: 1874
Washing DayThis etching shows a large building, undergoing a large scale washing day, with people working under the canopy roof and clothes hung outside. Date: circa 1925
Washerwomen, Moret-sur-LoingOil painting showing some nearby women washing laundry in a river, being spanned by a bridge in the background. Date: circa 1931
ZillahPainting of a seated woman wearing a black shawl, carrying a baskey of washing. Date: circa 1928
Cartoons showing the activities of a diligent wartime housewife, operating without the assistance of a maid. Date: 1943
Advert, Watson's Matchless Cleanser for every household and laundry use. Date: 1927
Scottish women washing clothes in the open air Date: circa 1850
Cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister AsquithPolitical cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister Asquith, I can't get all this washed in time - cat washerwoman attempting to cope with Parliamentary Bills in the form of laundry
W. Heath-Robinson: Coal washing shed, drawn for the 1922 Heath Robinson Calendar commissioned by Atherton Collieries. Date: 1921
ARP Cleansing and decontamination facilityAir Raid Precautions (ARP) - Gas Cleansing and decontamination facility. Date: 1937
Hungarian public information card - grow oil seed for soapHungarian patriotic public information postcard - There will be no shortage of soap if we produce oilseeds: rapeseed, castor oil, sunflower oil. Date: circa late 1950s
Girl wringing out washing - Silhouette depicting a girl wringing out washing. From The Book of Games published by Ward Lock. Date: 1920
Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Washing 1907After the ostrich feathers complete there journey from Cape Town, South Africa, bales of cruelly plucked feathers arrive by boat to London, the Worlds feather market
Various stages in order of making the palm oil and vegetable fats into a finely-scented eramic soap in Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Soap Works at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1907
Crosfield's soap works, Warrington 1886Various scenes of the packing and distribution of Crosfield's Soap, Bank, Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1886
A housewife with a mouthful of clothes pegs strikes a pose as she hangs out the washing! Date: 1940s (re-enactment)
OLD JEWISH BURIAL SITESite of an old Jewish burial ground on Pearl Street, New York Date: 1890
Puerto Rico: a domestic courtyard with washing hanging out to dry. Date: 1908
An elegant wash-stand from the Italian Renaissance, with its washbowl, ewer with tap to provide water, towel to dry your hands, and a candle to see what you are doing Date: circa 16th century
Mistress Bunny. It's washing day/ for Mistress Bun? by Lorna Steele
Moudros, Lemnos, Greece - Laundry in the open air - washing clothes by rubbing the garments against large stones and then drying over walls and on fences in the hot sun. Date: 1922
Comic postcard, Woman relaxing on the beach, pleased not to be back at home doing the household chores. Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Women and washing line Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917
Comic postcard, Neighbours chatting in garden Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman with wrong kind of salts Date: 20th century
Postcard design - Washing Day. A young child washing her doll and her pet Scottie dog in a red wooden tub. Date: circa 1937
Comic postcard, Woman and washing line Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, then home again, from sea to tub Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, in the sea, then home again, doing the washing Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, then home again - Make the most of it (in English and French) Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Washing line of clothes in a garden Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man washing in a bowl Date: 20th century