Chores Collection

Helping Mother hang up the washing
Two children Helping Mother hang up the washing. 19th century

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wash Day Victorian period

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

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

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

Joys of Married Life - Pregnant

Advert, Watsons Matchless Cleanser
Advertising showcard, Watsons Matchless Cleanser. circa 1890

Shopping
Two children pause during a shopping trip to survey their list and the contents of their basket. Has something been forgotten? Date: c. 1930

Moody Young Teen Date: 1944

Twin Girls Do Washing Date: 1948

Family Does Laundry Date: 1948

Doing the Dishes Date: 1947

Boy Brushing Teeth Date: 1938

A stitch in time saves nine 1866
A middle class mother sews her daugthers clothing with the little watching her. Date: 1866

Cleaner mops the entrance of the Naval Museum, Venice
A cleaner mops the entrance of the Naval Museum, Venice, Italy. Anchor from the battleship SMS Tegetthoff Date: 2013

Woman shakes the dirt off a pair of trainers, Venice
Venice - Rio Greci looking towards the Ponte de la Pieta. San Giorgio Maggiore in distance. A woman on her balcony shakes the dirt off a pair of trainers Date: 2013

Wash day River Cavado, Portugal
A woman pegs out her washing in her tide flooded garden on the banks of the River Cavado, Portugal. first published The Sunday Times 1989 Date: 1989

Cinderella left at home to do household chores. Date: circa 1925

Woman using a heart-shaped iron on a Valentine card. Date: early 20th century

A maid-of-all-work sweeps a step, c. 1900
A rather resentful looking maid-of-all-work sweeps a step, c. 1900 Date: c. 1900

Kissing a young maid
A man leans in to kiss the neck of a young maid; she seems quite happy to be distracted from her ironing. Date: 1885

Good Housekeeping front cover, January 1933
Front cover of Good Housekeeping magazine featuring a little girl carefully doing the washing up

Mangling Machine
Engraving of a woman using a mangle to squeeze excess water out of washed clothes

Victorian Scrap - Washing Clothes in the Navy. late 19th century

Starr Woods Annual The Snark - ironing
Front cover of Starr Woods Annual, The Snark, Summer 1928, featuring an illustration of a flapper girl with hair severely cropped and very short skirts

A stout, jolly housewifes enjoys a mid-morning cup of tea and a chat with her cat before getting on with her daily chores

Advertisement, Sapolio Washing-Up Soap
Advertisement for Sapolio Washing-Up Soap, for cleaning all the utensils. circa 1935

Rural China - Washing clothes and bodies in a stream
Rural China - Washing clothes (doing the laundry) and bodies in a nearby stream. Date: circa 1910s

Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard, 1663, by Pieter
Pieter de Hooch (1629-c.1683). Dutch painter. Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard, 1663. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Silhouette - Wash Day Tub
Silhouette - Woman working at the wash day tub. circa 1830

Little Folk Misfitz - Curly Locks. circa 1910

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Water the Turncocks Wife. late 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Tommy Atkins the Soldiers Wife. late 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Silence the Ushers Wife. late 19th century

The Newsman, delivery a news sheet to a house. 19th century

Girl Sweeper 1909
A little girl with a broom on a country lane: " Please give me a copper, Sir." Date: 1909

Girl & Boy Carry Baby
A girl and boy of the street carry a baby between them Date: 1880

Girl Carries Bowl 1884
A small German girl, with her hair in a plait, carefully carries a bowl. Date: 1884

Fairy tidying up
A conscientious, house proud fairy sweeping up. Date: 1919

Home for Motherless Children, Chiswick
Boys engaged in domestic chores at the Home for Motherless Children, Chiswick Date: circa 1910

Three girls doing the laundry on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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