Brush Collection (page 11)

Stable hands, Marine Hotel Stables, Walton-on-the-Naze
A group of six grooms with a pony and a small child pictured in the stables of The Marine Hotel in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, where guests horses were looked after during their stay. circa 1890

Emancipated Woman - Husband doing chores
The Handy-man at home An Emancipated Woman reads happily by the fire whilst her sailor husband does his fair share of the household chores by scrubbling the floor. Date: 1915

Minho, Portugal - Corn threshing
Threshing corn at Minho, Portugal - the stems and husks of corn are beaten with flails to separate the grains from the cob. Date: circa 1910s

Met Police stranger danger education for children
PC Doug Curwen of the Metropolitan Police supervising stranger danger education for children. A strange man brandishes a sweeping brush at two children, who don t seem to be at all frightened of him

Policeman stops a man with cart
" I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Some potentially illegal night manoeuvres are thwarted by

Advert for Mappin & Webb hair brush sets
Advert for a fine Morocco leather vanity travelling case, completely fitted with a set of superfine enamel and silver-gilt toilet requisities, beautifuly engraved and cut glass toilet bottles

Chimney Sweep Carving
A quaint stone carving over a doorway at Benstead Hall, Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex, England. It depicts a chimney sweeps brush and canes, bag of soot and a chimney pot

The Brush Maker
Brushmaking - drawing bristles into stock with wire, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1930s

Crossword Craze - Distracted housemaid
The Crossword Craze What Lizzie was late with the lunch! A housemaid gets totally distracted trying to finish her crossword and completely forgets to do her cleaning or prepare the midday meal

Child plays with straw, mother comes running
The child loses interest in chasing Jack Sparrow, and sits down to play with some straw instead. Her mother comes running, to take her back home. Date: 1937

Mrs Mop Sweeps Up
Good old Mrs Mop, always handy with a dustpan and brush! Date: 1960s

Hair Brush Sets - 2
Dressing table sets, comprising hair-brush, clothes brush and mirror in a choice of tasteful colours, in fine enamel and sterling silver, from Mappin & Webb. Date: 1930

Hair Brush Sets
Dressing table sets, comprising hair-brush and mirror in a choice of tasteful colours, in fine enamel and sterling silver, from Mappin & Webb. Date: 1930

Scrubbing Kitchen Floor
A housewife kneels down as she scrubs the kitchen floor with a scrubbing brush and an enamel bucket of water. Date: 1940s

Varnishing Nails
Nail varnish should be applied very carefully, with a small brush, first horizontally from left to right, then vertically from the fingertips downwards. Do not smear the varnish! Date: 1930s

Cleaning Kitchen Floor
An ingenious housewife saves her back by cleaning her kitchen floor with a cloth and a sweeping brush. Date: 1940s

Brush Making
Young brushmakers knotting bristles after dipping them in pitch, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

Dog & Brush
A dog gets the brush off! Date: 1930s

Staining Floorboards
Using a brush to stain floorboards with permanganate of potash (potassium permanganate). Date: 1930s

Cover design, Kate Greenaways Painting Book, with outlines from her various works for boys and girls to paint. circa 1880s

Unknown Racing Stables, England
The staff of an unknown Racing Stables, England Date: circa 1910s

Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth Brush Advertisement
A large realisitc representation of the Toothbrush with yellow packaging, another image shows a woman in bath gown and pyjamas using the toothbrush

Chimney pots with sweeps brush poking out
Two chimney pots with a sweeps brush poking out of one of them -- the last place to choose when looking for somewhere safe to build a nest! Date: 1937

Young woman with sweeping brush

Toddler giving dog a bath in the garden

Hair brushing with Edwards Harlene for hair, 1895
A lady brushes her luxuriant locks, admiring her reflection in her dressing table mirror.Edwards Harlene for hair Date: 1895

British and French sailors interned in Holland, WW1
British and French sailors interned in Holland during the First World War. One of them is being given a close shave. Date: 21 November 1914

Fight between a landlady and soldier
Meg Dods and Captain McTurk ; the Captain protects himself from the onslaught of the furious landlady, Meg. Date: 1843

Two young ladies with feather boas. Illustrator Anon. From a contemporary colour editorial. 1926

Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s

Who wears the Trousers?
With you... Who wears the Trousers? Date: 1902

The old woman who brushed the cobwebs off the sky. late 19th century

Sweep! Sweep
Old Street Cries -- Sweep! Sweep!! 20th century

Three children with a snowman
Three children admiring a snowman they have just built. early 20th century

Hair Brush Sets on sale at Mappin & Webb

Female Artist Painting
A fashionable female artist wearing a floppy hat, painting outdoors on a chair. Date: early 1930s

Children brushing their teeth
Three children brushing their teeth. 1916

Japanese Lady / Make Up
A Japanese lady at her toilet, using a fine brush to apply her make up; a black cat is seated beside her Date: circa 1860

Japanese Writer
A young scholar practises writing using traditional brush and inks. Date: late 19th century

Gipsy woman with washing-up brush
A close-up of a gipsy woman sitting in the open air with a washing up brush in her hand

Metropolitan Police forensic investigators
Two Metropolitan Police forensic investigators gathering evidence at a crime scene

Little Artist by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration showing a small child getting creative with paints and paper

Little Coppernob by Muriel Dawson
A sweet little girl with glowing red hair gets creative with some paints and paper

Tending pigs, Inebriates Reformatory, Ackworth, West Yorkshi
Inmates tending pigs at the North Midlands Inebriates Reformatory at Ackworth near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. The institution was one of several operated by National Institutions for Inebriates

Little Crossing Sweeper by Muriel Dawson
A small child in a blue coat and hat assiduously sweeps up autumn leaves with the help of an old-fashioned broom and a wheelbarrow

Brushmakers Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Brushmakers shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Statue below the Juche Tower, Pyongyang, North Korea
A statue depicting three members of the proletariat, one with a hammer, one with a sickle and one with a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a " working intellectual" )

Horse-drawn road sweeping machine
A marvellous photograph of a horse-drawn road sweeper, made by J. T Whittomb of Tavistock

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