Cleaned Collection

Big Ben under Scaffold
Big Ben covered with scaffolding as the masonry is repaired and cleaned

Dromedary camels being cleaned in the River Nile
Dromedary camels being cleaned by their handlers/drivers in the waters of the River Nile, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Indian Elephant been rubbed down with a birch broom and water, to prevent skin from cracking. Date: 1896

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COTTON CLEANED / INDONESIA
Cleaning cotton in the village of Sembalum, half-way up the volcanic mountain of Rinjani, on the island of Lombok, Indonesia. Date: 1932

Crystal Palace Tower
One of Brunels two water towers at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (1854), being cleaned. Sadly demolished in 1940 - 41 to avoid being landmarks for enemy bombers

The Torpedo Washer / 1888
THE TORPEDO WASHER - clothes cleaned by compressed air, in half the time of any other washer

Olive Oil containers being cleaned for new use. Date: 1896

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

Van Buren Street Loop - Elevated Railway, Chicago, USA
The Van Buren Street Loop - on the " L" (Elevated Railway), Chicago, Illinois, USA Date: 1900

Fulling Stocks at Gotts Woollen Factory, Leeds, Yorkshire
Fulling Stocks at Gotts Woollen Factory, Leeds, where newly woven material is being cleaned and thickened. Date: 1844

Brushing Hippos Teeth

The Floating Swimming Bath, Charing Cross, London, 1875
Engraving showing the floating swimming bath in the River Thames at Charing Cross, London, 1875. The swimming bath drew its water from the Thames, then cleaned and heated it

Fragments in the scientific bathroom, washing away the salts
Fragments from the walls of Babylon being washed. A scientific bathroom where antiquities were first cleaned of corroding salts. They were then transferred to the bakery for specialist drying

Portrait of Sir Joseph Lister
Born in Essex in 1827, he received his degree from University College, London. In 1860 he became a Surgeon at Glasows Royal Infirmary, where he researched the cause of infections

Sailor Going on Leave
A sailor of the Royal Navy, about to go on shore leave, pauses to have his shoes cleaned, the better to please the girls

Parliament Buildings
The Houses of Parliament, London, England, showing Westminster Abbey covered in scaffolding whilst it was being cleaned

Advert for Zebo 1929
A woman stands back to admire her fireplace which she has just cleaned with ZEBO

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