Apron Collection (page 2)

Old Shetlanders, Havera Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: 1918

Mrs Sarah Gamp, character in Martin Chuzzlewit
Mrs Sarah Gamp, character in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-1844) by Charles Dickens Date: 19th century

Interior Decorator with his brushes, ladder and pipe
Interior Decorator (Terry) with his brushes, ladder, pipe and blowtorch! Date: circa 1950s

Susi - with girl, mixing bowl and kitten. 1950s

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

Carantec, Brittany, France, Crevette fishergirls
Carante cin the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France - Crevette fishergirls. Date: circa 1910s

A Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit?) complete with traditional costume
A Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit?) complete with traditional Welsh costume. Date: 1904

Traditional Swiss Costume - A woman from Frick, Aargau
Traditional Swiss Costume - A woman from Frick, a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau. Date: circa 1909

Opening Oysters 1930S
A man prises open oysters at Scotts Oyster Bar in the West End of London. Date: 1930s

Decorating Pottery - Barons Art - Barnstaple
Decorating by hand at Barons Art Pottery at Barnstaple, Devon. Here William Baron (grandson of the pottery founder William Leonard Baron) can be seen painting the pottery

Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Herts
Girls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Cuckoo Clock Maker
Two little boys help an old clockmaker, perhaps their grandfather, to make a cuckoo clock in the Black Forest, Germany

Jesus & Peters Feet 19C
Jesus washes Peters feet at Passover

Cookery Magazine 1917
A wartime issue of this popular cookery magazine - Splendid Flour Substitute recipes, Making the meat go round, the sugar shortage, How to save bread

Saddler at Work C. 1800
A saddler, in apron, works at a bench. Various tools can be seen in his workshop including a round paring knife

Drying Clothes / Allingham
A woman in a pink bonnet check her washing line to see if her washing is dry

Downstairs servants of a country house
Group photo, downstairs servants of a country house. circa 1900

A saddler making a saddle in his leather workshop
A saddler in leather apron making a saddle in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Group photo, Carlton Hotel kitchen staff, London, posing on the hotel roof in November 1908. Date: 1908

W Heath Robinson - Peeling Potatoes by Gramophone

FRESH PEAS FOR SALE
Fresh gathered peas, young Hastings: a woman gathers her apron up to hold the peas poured out by a farmer on the back of a cart Date: 1795

Servants at Reipole House, Loch Sunart, Argyll, Scotland
Group of six servants at Reipole House, Loch Sunart, Argyll, Scotland. circa 1895

French Happy Families - Bistro
French Happy Families - La Famille Lavinasse, Father, Bistro. early 20th century

Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread for tasty and delightful dishes. Showing a woman in her kitchen, enjoying some of the results of her baking. Date: circa 1940s

Group of working men with a dog, France
Group of working men sitting on barrels, with a dog, France. Date: circa 1920s

Three women with a dog at an open window
Three women with a Jack Russell terrier at an open window. Date: circa 1900s

Upholsterers at work, C V Smith factory, London
Upholsterers at work at Mr C V Smiths factory in Osnaburgh Street, Camden, London. Teams of men are assembling and stuffing long leather couches

Cartoon, Waitress, WW1
Cartoon, Waitress, showing a pretty young woman in a white apron serving a beer to a French soldier in uniform. Date: 1915

Supper-Time by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl and her black kitten. Date: 1947

Saro S36 Lerwick on Columbine apron late 1939. Date: 1939

A woman of the Auvergne collecting walnuts
A woman of the Auvergne region of France loading a wickerwork pannier backpack with the walnuts she has been collecting in her straw basket Date: 1910

Two women chatting in a kitchen, one thin and one fat. One says: I just seen young George the worse for drink again. The other replies: I ain t surprised. You may depend e in aled it from is father

Pembrokeshire fisherman and family
A Pembrokeshire fisherman and his family outside their cottage. The woman on the left is washing clothes in a wooden bucket

Helping Daddy by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in an apron and a Victorian style sun bonnet helps her father rake hay on a farm

Poster advertising Edwards soups -- adds stock to the pot! A plump cook carries a steaming pot to the table

Woman / Mode Illustre / 1923
Barrel-line dress with fold over scarf collar & apron front in an orange & white rose print fabric with a tie belt worn low on the hips. She holds a hat with a broad brim

Advert Gas Stove Acme
Acme Gas Stoves - " No thank you, Mr Soot!"

Making a Pie 1912
A young woman trims the excess pastry from a pie, prior to baking it

DRESSMAKERs BILL C1816
Maids dress: melon sleeves, deep v corsage, chemisette & ruff, apron & turban. Lady: white pelisse with scallop edging & ribbon trim, dress with ruff & decorative hem

Cooking from a Book - 2
Add half a cup-full of chopped onions

Girl in Kitchen Garden
Girl working in a rural kitchen garden collecting cabbages

Jolly farmers wife with hen and eggs
A jolly grey-haired farmers wife holds a red hen and a basketful of eggs. She wears a large straw hat and a floral-patterned apron. It is summer. Staffordshire, England Date: 1990

Cartoon - sex before marriage?
"You won't marry a man who snores in bed? But darling, how are you going to find out?" An interesting comment on the question of sex before marriage. Date: circa 1940

Comic postcard, Servant and angry mistress Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Chauffeur and seaside landlady Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women talking over fence
Comic postcard, Two women talking over the garden fence. Well, the only pleasure I have in life now is taking my boots off! Date: 20th century

Trotty Veck, The Chimes
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Trotty Veck, The Chimes. 1912

Shopgirls playing the game of a little bird told me
A mistress of a clothes shop and her staff playing a game of a little bird told me. The women wear bonnets, aprons, and black dresses

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