Clean Collection (page 5)

Bombing of Bergues - damage to Place Gambetta, WW1
People clearing a corner of the Place Gambetta, in the French city of Bergues, after damage caused during WW1 bombing of the city. 1914-1915

Three boys washing on a New Year card -- The Tub, The Scrub, The Rub. Date: circa 1890s

Brochure illustration, Oldsmobile car -- safety interiors, beautifully furnished, luxuriously comfortable. Date: 1930s

Susi - with toddler in bath
Susi - with a toddler in the bath. 1950s

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

Happy Families - Mrs Flue. circa 1940s

French Happy Families - Chimney Sweep
French Happy Families - La Famille Ramona, Grandmother, Chimney Sweep. early 20th century

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

Mud Dredge, designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Manuscript E, she
Mud Dredge. Study by leonardo da Vinci to clean the beds of lagoon canals and locks. Manuscript E, sheet 75v. 1513-1515. Model by Louis Tursini, 1952-1953

Lamplighter cleaning an old lamppost. Colored engraving by Bertrand, 1885. Paris. France

Cartoon, Disraeli, Northcote and the Deficit
Cartoon, Benjamin Disraeli, Tory Prime Minister, and Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, worrying over the Deficit

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

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Hose the Firemans Wife. late 19th century

Boots and shoes on a Christmas card
A large number of boots and shoes on a greetings card -- May Christmas joys not wear you out. Date: circa 1890s

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

Window Cleaning Girls
A team of " Georginas", demonstrate the proper way to clean window panes from the inside of an office block while the male window cleaners are away in the army. Date: early 1940s

Wool-Comber
A wool comber teasing out a bundle of clean wool on a comb which can then be spun Date: 1827

Melly Drinking Fountain
Charles P. Melly stands beside his first drinking fountain in Liverpool, supervising the work of a bricklayer. Date: 1861

Clean Living Romans
Romans attending to their ablutions

Elisha Kent Kane / Mexican
ELISHA KENT KANE American traveller during his time as an aide in the Mexican War Date: 1820 - 1857

Advertisement for Salutaris bottled table water, pure, distilled and aerated -- no foreign bodies permitted. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Acme gas stoves, by Arden Hill & Co, Birmingham. A maid tells Mr Soot that his services aren t needed any more. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Wrights coal tar shampoo powder. Date: early 20th century

Poster advertising Chivers Carpet Soap - sixpence per ball, prized in royal households. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Cooks Pure Toilet Soap. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Powder Monkey cleaning powder - Guess what is under the Frying Pan. Date: circa 1900

Advertisement for Vim cleaning powder - Come and help mother! Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Sapolio Soap - Spotless Town. Date: circa 1930s

Advertisement for Lux Soap - Why don t they use Lux? Date: early 20th century

Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Shoe Cleaning
The Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. Boys in aprons clean shoes and boots. Date: circa 1907

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

Bradfords Victress-Vowell washing machine
A maid uses Bradfords " Victress-Vowell" washing machine. Date: 1923

A selection of household brushes- from top to bottom: Bass Broom Heads; closet or lavatory brushes; Sweeps brushes; and Hearth brushes. Date: c. 1910

Cartoon, First feelings, WW1
Cartoon, First feelings. A French soldier says that the first time he saw a German soldier he couldn t fire at him because he seemed too old to be shot. Date: 1916

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

Illustration, two monkeys in a zoo, the larger one cleaning the smaller ones fur. Date: 1902

Barman and waiter working in a bar. A sign invites customers to Join Our Christmas Club. Date: circa 1930s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Black Billy, in the Letter Book Series. Showing Black Billy feeling rather pleased that he is the only black puppy in a litter of four

Pigeons - Clean Legged Flying Tumblers
A portrait of three sub-variants of the Clean Legged Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The variants shown are a Yellow-Mottled, Red-Mottled, a Black-Mottled, or a Rosewinced

Dornier DI -very clean and fast this fighter appeared too late for WW1

Family of four with their car, Rhode Island, USA
Family of four with their car, the Dally family of Rhode Island, USA. Date: 1921

Women selling flowers in Regent Street, London - once a familiar sight, this picture shows clean streets and a haycart in what is nowadays a very different scene. Date: 1902

Advert for Min Cream, polish for furniture 1936
Its a matter of moments with Min. Use it on your piano or dining table and see what a beautiful, lustrous sheen it gives to polished wood. Date: 1936

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Orive toothpaste ad

European Bison - adult female - cleaning its nostrils (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

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

Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland
A Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland

Dutch cub scout polishing shoes, Netherlands, no doubt in order to earn a proficiency badge

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