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Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - dirty potLouis Wain, Daddy Cat - Mummy Cat confronts him with a dirty pot. circa 1910s
House clearance auction in a garden, with items on tables, an auctioneer with a baton and a porter in an apron. Date: circa 1908
Rural Italian Woman and Child - Traditional costumeRural Woman and Child from Abruzzo, Southern Italy - Traditional costume with distinctive copper bowls. Date: circa 1907
Alice in Wonderland, Alice finds a keyAlice in Wonderland -- Alice finds a key on a table in the Hall of Tears. Date: early 20th century
Khoisan woman in hat, animal skin, necklace, and bracelets, and carries a bow and arrows.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794
Man with two dogs in a field, SwitzerlandMan with two St Bernard dogs in a field, photo by Hofmann, Geneva, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s
Red Cross nurse regulation uniform, WW1The regulation dress of the Red Cross nurse at the beginning of the First World War. The dress is of dark blue zephyr, the apron of thick white linen with a red cross stitched on to the bib
Nursery Rhymes -- Little Miss Muffet, she sat on a tuffet. Date: circa 1920s
Oliver Twist asks for more - Charles DickensOliver Twist asks for more - from Oliver Tiwst by Charles Dickens. Date: circa 1910s
Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Spanker!"Yachting Terms Illustrated - " A Spanker!" A housewife reacts with furious anger to the indiscretions of her younger son, who has spilt black ink all over her pressed white tablecloth
Greetings card in the shape of a dustpan and brush with a picture of a housemaid and her suitor. Date: circa 1890s
A British maidA maid, dressed in a crisp white apron, stands in front of the property where she works. c. 1910
Masonic apron. Textiles. SPAIN. Madrid. National Historical Archive of Madrid
Advert for Andrews Liver SaltsAndrews inner cleanliness comes first. Refreshes the mouth and helps clean the tongue. Antacid in action, Andrews settles the stomach and corrects digestive upsets
Miner washing at a tin bath, South WalesA South Wales miner washes at a tin bath in front of the fire, while his wife sits mending socks
Mrs Mop the CleanerMrs. Mop, the quintessential charlady, equipped with her pan and brush, mop, squeegy, headscarf and apron on... Date: 1960s
Fairy Ring / GreenawayA girl in a woodland clearing stands with her back against a great tree with her apron over her head. She has accidentally broken a fairy ring to the displeasure of a fairy
RMS Titanic, Annie Martin, stewardess in uniform, photoRMS TITANIC: Rare original photograph of Titanic stewardess Annie Martin in uniform, reposing in a White Star Line deckchair aboard Oceanic at New York, 1909
Girl and boy in historical costume on a greetings card - Wishing you well. Date: circa 1900s
Late Victorian 1890s Greetings Card Girl Girlslate, victorian, 1890s, greetings, card, girl, girls, child, children, new, year, winter, cold, weather, walking, snow, red, green, blue, umbrella, umbrellas, snowing, apron, rural, countryside
Christmas card in the shape of a Dutch girl in traditional dress. (1 of 2) circa 1890s
Bakers with bread on a Christmas card -- He knows which side his bread is buttered. Date: circa 1890s
Girl with umbrella and a basket of geese on a Christmas cardGirl with robin, umbrella and a basket of geese on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Girl with a basket of geese on a Christmas cardGirl in the snow with a basket of geese on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Girl selling holly on a Christmas and New Year cardGirl in a snowy street selling holly on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Little Red Riding Hood and wolf on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Man in cellar on a comic German greetings cardMan in a cellar on a comic German greetings card, holding a bottle and a glass of wine. (1 of 2) circa 1890s
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Barker LimousineRolls Royce Silver Ghost (1919) Barker Limousine, for Maharajah Holkar of India, current owner M Spedding of Torquay. Seen here with a woman in historical servant costume. Date: circa 1970s
The Colliers Lass by F. G Kimberley. Miss Lynn DarlingtonMiss Lynn Darlington in The Colliers Lass by Mrs F.G. Kimberley. First produced at the Theatre Royal in Wolverhampton on 27th May 1912 and the Theatre Royal in Stratford East on 3rd February 1913
Graham and Withers butchers shop, Bromley, KentArthur Graham and Albert William Withers, butchers shop, 80 College Road, Bromley, Kent -- an amazing array of meat and poultry, with shop owners and assistants standing ready to serve
Misfitz - Hansel and Gretel - The Old Witch. early 20th century
A Girl from Rattvik in traditional costume - SwedenA Girl from Rattvik, Rattvik Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden - in traditional costume. Date: 1922
Old Maid card game - Old Maid and her parrot. circa 1950s
Advertising Postcard for Afrana Sewing Machines produced by Biesolt & Locke of at the Meissen Sewing Machine Works, Meissen, Saxony, Germany
Advertisement for Felco chain block. 1938
Illustration, Wee Willie Winkie. circa early 20th century
Kay Snap - Mr Cream the Milkman. 1930s
German Peasants C. 1515German peasants of the early 16th century. Date: circa 1515
Morgan Bros grocers shop, Maida Vale, LondonMorgan Bros grocers shop, 176 Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London, with a woman standing in the doorway. circa 1916
F Rush newsagent, Paradise Street, Marylebone, LondonF Rush newsagent, tobacconist and confectioner, Paradise Street (now Moxon Street), off Marylebone High Street, London, with staff and customers posing outside. circa 1920
Advert for Garroulds uniforms for maids 1937Practical house for service uniforms, available from Garrould s, Edgeware Road, London. 1937
Country people in the Middle Ages -- a woman feeds a hen and chicks, a man sharpens his scythe before continuing to cut grass, and an older man carries a basket on his back. Date: circa 13th century
Swiss womens fashion from the 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889
Hungry Peter the pig cooks for a party, watched through the window by the naughty dogs Rags and Forager who are worried that they won t be invited. Date: 1914
Nursery Rhymes -- Old Woman and Her PigNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, The Old Woman and Her Pig. She tries to persuade the pig to go over the stile, but the pig refuses, so she asks the dog to bite the pig to make it go over
Portugal - Lisbon Girl Street Seller Date: 1930s
Odd Fellows parade, Haverfordwest, South WalesMembers of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a masonic-style friendly society, make their way in costume down Market Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Woman using a dolly tub in a back yard, South WalesA woman using a dolly tub to do the weekly wash, in a back yard in South Wales, with two children on the left. W E Jones recalled