Chores Collection

DOLLY TUB
A laundry worker using a dolly stock and tub to clean clothes, prior to the invention of the washing machine

Poster advertising Sunlight Soap -- for rest and leisure. Date: early 20th century

Amundsen Winter Quarters
Amundsen and others in their winter quarters at the South Pole

Advertisement for the Western Electric vacuum cleaner with a women patiently cleaning the carpet around her snoozing husband. Lets hope that cigarette falls into his lap and wakes him up. Date: c.1924

Angelina Holds Baby 1870
Little girl holds her baby brother in her arms for the first timey

Ladies in a kitchen
Two woman with sleek 1920s hair discuss the state of their hands in front of a kitchen sink filled with brightly decorated art deco pottery

Washing Board
A photograph demonstrating the use of a scrubbing board in a tub during washday in the early 20th century

Farm Boy & Plough Horse
A farm boy leads two plough horses across a field

Girls Wash Dolls Clothes
Two girls peg out their dolls laundry on a washing line in the garden. Date: circa 1890

Washing Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl hangs out the washing on a windy day, while a little boy holds a full basket of clothes for her

Native American Sioux village near Fort Laramie, USA
A Native American Sioux village near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, USA -- men, women and children go about their daily chores

Dolls clothes on a washing line

Advert for Ewarts Califront hot water 1928
" Just turn the tap" Ewarts Califront hot water instantly night or day. Hot water supply to bath, lavatory, basin ect. 1928

Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor

Children Wash Clothes
Two little girls help their mother with the laundry on washday

Girl Minds Baby 1888
A little girl minds the baby and shells peas at the same time

Girl Peels Potatoes 1878
A little girl sits in the kitchen peeling potatoes, while the cat watches her

Wash Day Victorian period

Advert for Hoover, World's Best Vacuum Cleaner Date: 1947

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

Advert, Hoover vacuum cleaner
Advert, ... and please bring Mummy a new Hoover - children hang up their Christmas stockings Date: 1949

Cover design, Hoover News, 30th Anniversary Edition, August 1948, showing the latest vacuum cleaner Date: 1948

Advert, Hoover Electric Washing Machine
Advert for Hoover Electric Washing Machine Date: 1949

Advert, Easier Spring Cleaning, Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Date: 1948

Advertising stamp, Mary Ann electric vacuum cleaner Date: 1934

Advert, The New Hoover Vacuum Cleaner - Try Them All! Date: 1929

Australian Gas Light Company Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for The Australian Gas Light Company, the image shows a woman doing household chores in an all-gas home

Advert for Min Cream Polish. Supply of the product was restricted during the war. Date: 1943

Cartoons showing the activities of a diligent wartime housewife, operating without the assistance of a maid. Date: 1943

A young boy brushes his shoes. Date: 1910

Comic postcard, Woman cleaning window Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman relaxing on the beach, pleased not to be back at home doing the household chores. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917

Postcard design - Washing Day. A young child washing her doll and her pet Scottie dog in a red wooden tub. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Little girl scrubbing the front step Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, in the sea, then home again, doing the washing Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, then home again - Make the most of it (in English and French) Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman in deckchair at the seaside, dreaming of all the housework she isn t having to do Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar with married couple Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl doing the housework Date: circa 1918

A smiling young woman in a headscarf and apron washing up or preparing food in a kitchen or scullery. Tea towels hang from the airer above, assorted ladles and pans are close to hand

Advert, Old Dutch Cleaner -- woman cleaning in the kitchen. 1922

Advert, Bon Ami cleaning and polishing cake and powder. 1922

Advert, Westinghouse electric iron -- mother and daughter ironing. 1922

Advert, Johnsons Polishing Wax Advert, Johnsons Polishing Wax
Advert, Johnsons Polishing Wax. 1926

Advert for Zebra Fire Grate Polish. 1902

Two Scotswomen washing clothes by a river, with tartan background. Date: circa 1910s

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