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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

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up in the station washroom after many hours tackling air raid fires, 19 September 1940. Date: 1940s

Award-winning scouts, Queensland, Australia
Three award-winning scouts in Queensland, Australia -- they won a hygiene award for the best-kept campsite, sponsored by a firm of Coca Cola bottlers

Kitchens of Baden Powell House, London
View of the modern kitchens at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: 10 July 1961

Communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, London
Washbasins in a communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

French soldiers washing at a pond, WW1
French soldiers siezing the opportunity of indulging in an al fresco wash in a village in Flanders in 1915. Date: 1915

Advert for Wrights Coal Tar soap 1915
Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap, the ideal Christmas present to send to a soldier at the front, along with a stick of Coal tar shaving soap

Cleaning and sorting coffee, India
Workers cleaning and sorting coffee, India. Date: circa 1890s

Bonzos bath night by George Studdy
Bonzos bath night -- as bath night approaches he gets more and more nervous and jumps at every little sound. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Bath Night by Muriel Dawson -- a little child with dark curly hair sitting in a bathtub. Date: 1944

Advertisement for Robbialac paint, from Jenson & Nicholson of Stratford, East London. It costs less than wallpaper, slightly more than distemper, but its durability makes it far cheaper than either

British troops resting and cleaning weapons, WW1
British troops resting and cleaning their weapons on their way back from the line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers washing in swamp, Somme, WW1
British soldiers washing and cleaning up in a swamp on the Somme, Western Front, during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Corner of a large tiled kitchen, showing a gas cooker (right) and a large stove with doors for the coal (in a scuttle at the side), and a flue. There are pots and pans on a tall stand (left)

Boy drying his face on a towel
A boy looks up rather guiltily, having been caught drying his face and hands on a towel when they are not properly clean. The water in the sink is filthy. Date: 1953

Men and boys in a workshop, most of them looking towards the camera

Polishing Shoes
Photograph demonstrating how to polish shoes to ensure a perfect shine in 1911. Date: 1911

Japanese dockside scene - with young bathers
Japanese dockside scene - with moored boats and three young male bathers performing their ablutions. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Three Japanese women washing patterned fabric strips Date: circa 1905

The Great Monohan - Record-breaking Roller Skater
G.S. Monohan ( The Great Monohan ) showing off his skills on his roller skates - here jumping cleanly over three chairs. Date: circa 1909

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