Apron Collection (page 3)

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

Woman of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears a tall hat trimmed with lace and decorated with ribbons, a white fichu tucked into a lowcut bodice and skirt in the same fabric

Gonaqua, extinct Khoikhoi people of South Africa
Gonaqua, extinct Khoikhoi people, who lived on the south coast between Algoa Bay and Mbhashe River. In fur capes, hats, beaded aprons and necklaces

Two young women in traditional dress, Republic of Estonia
Two young women in traditional dress, with a great deal of silver jewellery round their necks, Republic of Estonia. Date: 1922

Hungarian woman
Costume, Hungarian woman. 19th century

Cartoon, Business as Usual, by Rodo Pissarro, WW1
Cartoon, Business as Usual during the alterations of the Map of Europe, watercolour by Rodo Pissarro, First World War. Showing a London greengrocer standing defiantly outside his shop. circa 1915

Zuyder Zee, a revue, Cardiff and Swansea, Wales
Zuyder Zee, a revue by R E Jones Ltd, in Cardiff and Swansea, Wales -- None but the Brave Deserve the fair. early 20th century

Rabbits Wash-Day - Birthday Greetings Postcard Date: 1944

Irish old lady, Co Clare, Ireland
A little Irish lady wearing a flowered apron stands in her garden in front of a derelict lorry and a flowering hydrangea. County Clare, Ireland Date: 1990

Dipping plaice in batter - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe
The owner/proprietor dipping plaice (or another type of flat fish) into a ceramic pot of batter in a Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe, Lancashire, before placing into the hot fat fryer behind

Grandpa Unwin - Provincial Grand Primo - Masonry
Grandpa Unwin in his uniform as the Provincial Grand Primo (P.G.P.) and member of the Roll of Honour (ROH) Assembly- Sheffield and District Masonic Lodge - his apron was presented by the Angling Club

Butchers Boy. Date: circa 1920s

Miss Blanche Stocker - British Stage Actress. Date: 1910

de Havilland DH. 106 Comet 1 7610M - G-ALYT
de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 7610M / G-ALYT (msn 6006). ex BOAC, on the apron at RAF Halton airfield, for use by apprentices as an instructional airframe. Date: 1957

Sweet Lavender! Cries of London

Songs, Penny a Sheet! Cries of London

Fresh and Sweet! Flower seller, Cries of London

Buy a Doll, Miss? Cries of London Date: 19th century

Cartoon, The Picture of Modesty, a Jack Tar sailor and a black woman Date: early 19th century

Upstairs Downstairs, maid doing laundry, lady singing
Upstairs Downstairs, maid doing the laundry with tub and washboard (L) and lady singing (R) Date: circa 1910

Upstairs Downstairs, cook in kitchen, lady at the opera
Upstairs Downstairs, cook in the kitchen rolling out pastry (L) and lady at the opera (R) Date: circa 1910

The Bunnies Go Shopping Date: 1924

Advert, Spring Cleaning, Hoover Vacuum Cleaner
Advert, Spring Cleaning, Hoover vacuum cleaner Date: 1948

The Queen of Hearts baked some tarts, illustration by Chris G. Temple Date: circa 1920

Cover design, Do it yourself, November 1966 - a new kitchen for Xmas Date: 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, April 1966 - Spring decorating number Date: 1966

Corner of the Stamping Room, Pether's Sign Makers, London
A corner of the Stamping Room, Pether's Sign Makers, London Date: 1903

The Old Woman, Cats Meat Street Seller Date: early 19th century

The Mice Family's Christmas Pudding Date: 1908

Le Dejeuner
An oil painting of a decoratively furnished room, where a maid wearing a white apron is in the process of laying the table for lunch. Date: circa 1921

Monday
A 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

Georgian cartoon, The First Scrape - woman smashing a violin over a young man's head, because he was making a terrible noise with it. Date: circa 1820s

Girl being served supper Date: 1925

Shop window damaged by football
Did you do that? Don't use a shop window as a goal! Date: 1946

Dutch Tulip Girl

Dutch girl and boy carrying a washing basket

Cartoon, Mrs Pig cooking

Mrs Snob the Shoemaker's Wife

Mrs Mills the Miller's Wife

Mrs Measure the Milkman's Wife

Mrs Gammon the Grocer's Wife

Mrs Bun the Baker's Wife

Mrs Fin the Fishmonger's Wife

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