Chores Collection (page 2)

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

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

Advert for Frantz Premier Electric Cleaner
A house-proud lady vacuums her home with the Frantz Premier Electric Cleaner. Date: 1917

Woman scrubs paving stones in front of her house
A woman scrubs the paving stones in front of her house, watched by her little Scottie dog! Date: circa 1977

Cartoon, Replacing the maid, WW1
Cartoon, Replacing the maid. A middle class couple are forced to do the household chores themselves during a period of wartime austerity

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

German poster design, woman hanging out washing
German poster design, a Dutch woman hanging out washing. Date: circa 1910s

Soldiers on the Western Front, WW1, hanging out their washing to dry on some ironwork. Date: 1914-1918

Turkmen girl - in traditional dress - boils water for tea on an outdoor stove - a bread-stove build of clay is behind. Karahoudan village - foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan

Advert for Mansion polish 1937
The bright way to lovely floors. Floor retain there loveliness far longer when polished with Masion Polish. A single application will keep a floor looking bright and fresh for days. 1937

Sock darning by men, WW1
A middle-aged man employed in darning a sock and rocking a baby - a reversal of roles during the First World War. Date: 1917

Silhouette. King Thrushbeard. The minstrel takes the princess to his hovel where she must carry out menial household chores. German. Date: circa 1909

Women washing clothes in a lake, Italy. Date: late 19th century

British soldier washing clothes, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier washing clothes near the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Sketch of woman scrubbing floor
Sketch of a woman scrubbing the floor. Date: 1922

Swanmaid dishwasher advertisement, 1964
Advertisement for the Swanmaid dishwashing machine from 1964, a completely automatic fuss-free front loading scientific washing and drying machine for crockery and cutlery

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