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Bathroom Collection (page 3)

Background imageBathroom Collection: Susi - with bathroom scales and Mum

Susi - with bathroom scales and Mum. 1950s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Advert by Scrubbs bath lotion 1934

Advert by Scrubbs bath lotion 1934
Scrubbs bath lotion, Keeps you young. Softens and perfumes the bath. Ammonia of pine, lavender eau-de-cologne, rose and jasmine. Date: 1934

Background imageBathroom Collection: Carpeted Bathroom

Carpeted Bathroom
Incredibly, people really did used to carpet their bathrooms with shagpile steps leading up to the bath! Date: 1970s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Bathroom Water Heater

Bathroom Water Heater
A new gas heater that provides instant hot water to bath and handbasin. A hot bath in approximately five minutes in summer or slightly longer during winter months - wow! Date: 1960s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Washing Hands with Soap

Washing Hands with Soap
A stylish woman washes her dainty hands with lovely soap in her bathroom sink. Date: 1940s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Fitted Bathroom 1903

Fitted Bathroom 1903
Example of a fitted bathroom, with tiled walls and porcelain plunge bath, perfecto lavatory etc. taken from Maple & Cos book: Healthy Homes Date: 1903

Background imageBathroom Collection: Girl Weighs Herself

Girl Weighs Herself
A girl in a towel stands on tiptoe in an attempt to weigh as little as possible on her bathroom weighing scales. Date: 1960s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Night Refuge Bathroom

Night Refuge Bathroom
A London night refuge - the mens bathroom Date: 1870

Background imageBathroom Collection: Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Armitage Green Basin

Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Armitage Green Basin
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Armitage Green Wash Basin (sink). Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Vitromant Coloured Water Closet (toilet)

Vitromant Coloured Water Closet (toilet)
Vitromant Coloured Water Closet Suite (toilet) - finished in fetching pink enamel with a polished mahogany seat. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: The Senlac Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite

The Senlac Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite in Dove Tigrato, Veneto Crocicohio or Cippolino Versilla. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Standard Sanitary Appliances suite in Claire de Lune Blue

Standard Sanitary Appliances suite in Claire de Lune Blue. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Coloured Enamel Iron Bath with Chromium plated fittings

Coloured Enamel Iron Bath with Chromium plated fittings from a catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London. Manufacturers and Merchants of Building Materials. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Staffordshire Blue Closet

Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Staffordshire Blue Closet
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Staffordshire Blue Water Closet (toilet). Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Foyer Door Handles with Doverite grips

Foyer Door Handles with Doverite grips in a variety of colours - particularly suitable for cinemas and theatres ! Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite

The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite
The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) Suite in Breche Violetta Rose Aurore Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Vitromant Coloured Shelf Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink)

Vitromant Coloured Shelf Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) - from the Vitromant Sanitaryware range - from a catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London

Background imageBathroom Collection: Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware -Dove Grey Basin

Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware -Dove Grey Basin
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Dove Grey Wash Basin (sink). Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Mottled Amber Basin

Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Mottled Amber Basin
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Mottled Amber Wash Basin (sink). Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Tinting everything to match with Dy-o-la Dyes

Tinting everything to match with Dy-o-la Dyes
Tinting Everything to Match with Dy-o-la Dyes - a housewife dyeing clothes in her bathroom sink from a Brochure: Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1926

Background imageBathroom Collection: The Limit, WW1 cartoon by Heath Robinson

The Limit, WW1 cartoon by Heath Robinson
Mrs Blennernuggit: " Well, now, I DO call that rude! And so many aeroplanes about, too!" A lady in her bath is surprised by a sudden air raid during the First World War. Date: 1918

Background imageBathroom Collection: Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up, WW2

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up in the station washroom after many hours tackling air raid fires, 19 September 1940. Date: 1940s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, London

Communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, London
Washbasins in a communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageBathroom Collection: Erasmic Soap advertisement

Erasmic Soap advertisement
Advertisement for the dainty Erasmic Soap showing a lady wrapped in a towel and b eing handed a box of the soap before her bath. Date: 1917

Background imageBathroom Collection: Bedroom of the Cavendish Hotel

Bedroom of the Cavendish Hotel
Bedroom, Dressing-room and bathroom of the Cavendish Hotel, 81-83 Jermyn Street, London Date: C. 1910

Background imageBathroom Collection: Boy drying his face on a towel

Boy drying his face on a towel
A boy looks up rather guiltily, having been caught drying his face and hands on a towel when they are not properly clean. The water in the sink is filthy. Date: 1953

Background imageBathroom Collection: Print Users Yearbook -- people in underwear

Print Users Yearbook -- people in underwear
Print Users Yearbook -- people viewed in a cutaway of a house, all in underwear. A new standard of intimacy. Who would have guessed that undies were the correct garb to don when entertaining guests

Background imageBathroom Collection: Dolmabache Palace - Constantinople

Dolmabache Palace - Constantinople
One of the wings of the Dolmabache Palace, Constantinople. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853

Background imageBathroom Collection: Wyandotte Sanitary Cleaner and Cleanser

Wyandotte Sanitary Cleaner and Cleanser - for sale by all Grocers Date: 1910

Background imageBathroom Collection: Hemingway House Cuba

Hemingway House Cuba
ERNEST MILLER HEMINGWAY Hemingways house in Cuba, now a museum: looking into the bathroom from outside. Date: 1899 - 1961

Background imageBathroom Collection: Belgian Bathing Equipment Shop

Belgian Bathing Equipment Shop, selling sponges, chamois leather cloths soaps, shampoo and sundry other bathing products for successful cleaning and grooming



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