Aprons Collection (page 2)

Pit Bank Women / 1904
Pit bank women, Wednesbury. Date: 1904

Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Shoe Cleaning
The Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. Boys in aprons clean shoes and boots. Date: circa 1907

Glove cutters at work, Gloversville, New York State, USA
Glove cutters at work in Gloversville, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1913

Bedmaking race, Quex House garden
Three nurses are taking part in a bedmaking race, watched by Hannah Powell-Cotton (VAD Commandant) and a male civilian. The beds are positioned against the line of a tennis court marked out

Royal Albert Orphanage, Bagshot, Surrey - baking
Boys in aprons baking bread at Royal Albert Orphanage, Bagshot, Surrey

The Nest, Clapton - Ironing
The Salvation Army home at Clapton, East London. Girls in aprons iron clothing under the supervision of a Salivation Army officer

St Marys Roman Catholic Training Home, Birmingham
Girls in aprons, accompanied by several nuns, outside St Marys Roman Catholic Training Home, Birmingham. Date: circa 1910

Three women standing by a harbour, two wearing aprons, the third wearing a leather coat. Date: circa 1930s

Working and knitting apron, WW1
A knitting apron, available from Elizabeth Ltd of South Molton Street, drawing inspiration from our Allies, Russian and Italy

Dance festival of the Camacan in Bahia, Brazil.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Boy scouts cooking at camp, British Honduras
Boy scouts cooking at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Boy scouts at Loyola Camp, British Honduras
Boy scouts in the Refectory with breakfast set out, Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Suffragette Publicity Maypole Dairy. A branch of the Maypole Dairy with four young men in white shirts and aprons outside. A sign in the window reads, Votes for Women

Boys Repair Boots at the NCH Childrens Home, Harpenden, Her
Boys in aprons repairing boots in a workshop at the National Childrens Home in Harpenden. Date: Date unknown

Russian Communal Kitchen
Seven women busying themselves around a stone work top adorned with an array of large tins and pots in a 1920s Russian communal kitchen. Date: 1920 s

Thessaloniki - Group of Bulgarians from Vardar, Macedonia. Date: circa 1905

Thessaloniki, Greece - Bulgarian Group in traditional costume. Date: circa 1905

Kissing in the Kitchen - Finding a nice tart
" I found a nice Tart in the Kitchen today" ! A young man leans across the kitchen table to kiss his girl. Both are sensibly wearing aprons to prevent any unnecessary mess

Portugal - Lisbon - Fish Selers
Lady Fish merchants (one displaying a rather small example!) from Lisbon Portugal, all in traditional costume of patterned aprons and wide-brimmed hats with decorative tops. Date: circa 1908

Elderly maid digging in the garden c. 1910

Smiling woman preparing a wholesome feast
A woman wearing a chequered apron and broad smile, leans over the stove and peels potatoes for the roast dinner she is preparing. 1937

Romanian women from Campulung
A group of Romanian women from Campulung (or Cimpulung) - a city in the Arges County, Wallachia, Romania Date: circa 1905

Cooks presenting three delicacies
A wonderful postcard showing three French cooks presenting three delicious delicacies - a jelly, a terrine and a basket countaining who knows what delicious morsels for ones dining delectation

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)
Making toilet ware at Burslem, Staffs (making the jugs for jug and basin sets). Date: circa 1910s

National Childrens Home & Orphanage Lancashire Branch - Clo
The Lancashire branch of the home and orphanage run by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Here, boys in aprons and surrounded by the tools of the trade are learning the craft of clog-making

Farningham Little Boys Home, Shoemakers Shop
Boys in leather aprons and equipped with variety of tools, learn how to make shoes at the Home for Little Boys at Farningham in Kent

Granpops Lodge of Instruction
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang-utan character, Granpop together with a monkey and a pig attending a Freemasons meeting at a makeshift Lodge! 1934

Women gut Herring - Lowestoft, Suffolk
Women gut Herring at Lowestoft, Suffolk Date: circa 1910s

Racial Types Germany
Women of Cologne of various classes: maidservant, matron & a middle class woman. All wear long white aprons & ruffs. Date: 1644

Suffragette inmates, Holloway Prison
A group of suffragettes, wearing prison uniform of quaint Dutch style caps and aprons at Holloway Prison, sort through a basket of old shoes, trying to find a pair to fit

Kitchens, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Staff and inmate helpers in the kitchens at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. Kitchen fittings include a large cooking range and two coppers

World War One nurses by George Ranstead
A simple and stylised illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps

Family group in garden, South Wales
A family group of adults and children, posing in the garden of their house. The two young women in white aprons appear to be servants

Gardening, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates gardening at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Emergency pump, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates work the emergency water pump at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North Yorkshire
Inmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945

Ironing Room at Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside
Ironing room at Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up, a Village Home for Orphan, Neglected and Destitute Girls at Barkingside

Salvation Army knitting factory
Girls at work in a Salvation Army knitting factory. They are all wearing regulation long white aprons

Five little girls in East European folk costume
Five little girls and a baby wearing traditional East European folk costume, probably from Moravia or Slovakia

Bosnian Women in traditional costume
Three Bosnian women in traditional national costume

Cookery education, 1955
Two small girls in aprons at Harwich Road Primary, Colchester, sit at a table outdoors and roll pastry with rolling pins

Women from the Kalotaszeg Region
Kalotaszeg region in Romania, part of Transylvania - formerly ruled by Hungary. The rediscovery of Hungarian folklore traditions became popular in the 1880s

Making Pastry
Pastry is rolled out on the sideboard, then once cooked, the maid is shown removing the pie from the oven, and then once again with plates piled up high, ready for serving

Skinning a Rabbit for Dinner
A housewife, determined to take on the domestic duties that their servant currently carries out, gets to grips with skinning a rabbit for dinner

Sunday at the Foundling Hospital
This is a scene on sunday at the Foundling Hospital where orphans are sitting down to a meal on long tables and being served by young women in aprons and caps

Ritchie and Mcalls Preserved Meat Establishment, Houndsditc
Scene showing Ritchie & M Calls preserved meat establishment in Houndsditch, London. Various workers wearing caps and aprons are tending vats while meat cuts and carcasses fill the tables and worktops

Farm Girls Harvesting
Farm girls harvesting beans

Children in East End Street
Three little girls from Londons East End wear aprons or pinafores over their plain frocks. One girl wears a hat another wears black wool stockings & stout boots

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