Cleaning Collection (page 11)

Cub scouts washing police car, Surrey
Cub Scouts washing and cleaning a Police Triumph Herald car in Surrey during Scout Job Week. 1974

Spring-Cleaning in the Library
A maid gets distracted by books and newspapers in a library. Date: 1923

Carolyn Laundry wagons New York
Carolyn Laundry, 111 East 128th Street, New York. Line of horse drawn Laundry Wagons. Date: 1929

Aix-les-Bains, France - Thermal shower room at the spa Date: circa 1910s

Laundry
Women in a laundry, Landskrona, Sweden 1910. Date: 1910

Armenian Bathhouse - Sulphur Baths. The attendant is wearing a camel hair mitten, which is using to rub the bather all over which cleanses and exfoliates! Date: circa 1910s

Crossword Craze - Distracted housemaid
The Crossword Craze What Lizzie was late with the lunch! A housemaid gets totally distracted trying to finish her crossword and completely forgets to do her cleaning or prepare the midday meal

Giving Dolly a bath
Two little girls washing their dolly in a bowl Date: 1882

Mrs Mop Sweeps Up
Good old Mrs Mop, always handy with a dustpan and brush! Date: 1960s

Street Cleaner
A road sweeper cleaning a London street. Date: early 1980s

Scrubbing Kitchen Floor
A housewife kneels down as she scrubs the kitchen floor with a scrubbing brush and an enamel bucket of water. Date: 1940s

Dry Cleaning
A young woman leaves a garment with a helpful shop assistant with a bouffant hairdo, behind the counter of a dry cleaning shop. Date: 1960s

Cleaning Kitchen Floor
An ingenious housewife saves her back by cleaning her kitchen floor with a cloth and a sweeping brush. Date: 1940s

Trendy Vacuum Cleaner
A Phillips vacuum cleaner in a trendy cream and brown design. Date: 1974

Cleaning a Garden Pond
Clearing debris from the surface of a garden pond with a rake. Date: 1960s

Cleaning a Hoof
A farrier cleaning a horses hoof before fitting a new horseshoe. Date: 1960s

Russia - Starotscherkassk - Resurrection Cathedral
Russia, Starotscherkassk. An old woman cleaning up the grounds of the Resurrection Cathedral. 2010

Chimney pots with sweeps brush poking out
Two chimney pots with a sweeps brush poking out of one of them -- the last place to choose when looking for somewhere safe to build a nest! Date: 1937

Sago Industry of Sarawak
The Sago Industry of Sarawak (one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo). Cleaning Sago flour. Date: circa 1930s

Ware rite surfaces advertisement
Advertisement for Ware-rite kitchen surfaces, guaranteeing brighter homes and lighter work. c.1950

Coronation. The dustman makes progress
Outside the Queens entrance to the abbey, the west door, the dustman makes his way towards the main door. 1953

Irish Scouts washing up on camp
Two Scouts of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland washing up in camp. The wash stand cum dresser has been built by them out of the natural materials available on the campsite. 1966

Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s

Coronation. The dustman arrives
The dustman arrives to give it " the once over". Note that the temporary route liners are standing at the " present." 1953

The old woman who brushed the cobwebs off the sky. late 19th century

Humorous Card - Fleas & the Bedpan
Silly (yet rather funny) carton postcard, bearing the following caption: SOCIETY GOSSIP - this week the Duchess of Billingsgate in hunting

Macedonian shoe shine boys Date: circa 1913

University Cleaners - Norman, Ohio
The University Cleaners - Norman, Ohio Date: circa 1940

Children brushing their teeth
Three children brushing their teeth. 1916

Toilet / Cleaning Nostrils
A German lady cleans her nostrils with the aid of a water spray. Date: 1905

Advert for Bon Ami powder
Bon Ami - gives nickel the glow of polished silver, a damp cloth, a bit of a rub, a moments wait while the magic-white cloud foams..... then whisk

Vacuum Factory
American Vacuum Cleaning Co. Newark, New Jersey, America. Vacuum cleaner factory with workers and supervisors visible

Onboard the prison ship The Warrior
Prisoners wash at low basins while observed by officers, onboard the convict hulk ship, The Warrior. The practice of confining offenders on board such ships was first adopted in England in 1776; it

Soldiers cleaning up at a muddy training camp
A group of soldiers belonging to the Brecknockshire Battalion South Wales Borderers, cleaning up at a rather muddy training camp

Part of a room to let, East End of London
Interior of a house in the East End of London where the demand for cheap accommodation was such that even a part of a room might be sub-let as indicated by the notice on the window

Soldiers cleaning their weapons
A group of soldiers during the First World War cleaning their weapons

An advertisement for Clarks slimming bath salts
An advertisement featuring Clarks bath salts, which are advertised as thinning. The picture shows a young woman, having emerged from her bath, draped in a towel and wearing slippers

Hanging out the washing
A young housewife takes advantage of a breezy day and hangs out her washing on the line

Indian Bearer - cleaning his Masters shoes and rifle
Indian Bearer - cleaning his Masters shoes and guns prior to heading out on a hunt

Shoeshining - India
A shoe shiner demands the payment of two rupees for the fine job he has done to buff up a fine shine in his clients pait of smart black shoes at his streetside stall

Cleaning the car / W H Robinson
Cleaning the car, Heath Robinson style. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Little boy brushing his teeth
A little boy brushes his teeth -- he can only just reach over the washbasin. (2 of 2)

Cleaning Boots
A man cleaning his boots in his bedroom

Indian servant cleaning his Masters equipment
Indian servant sitting cross-legged, cleaning his Masters equipment, including his boots and shoes and hunting rifles with brushes and polish

Road sweeper at work
A road sweeper sweeping dirt from the gutter, dwarfed by a huge curving brick wall. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London

Hosing down a street
A workman photographed from above, standing on a pavement hosing down a street

A Shoeshine boy - New Years Card
Shoeshine boy from Algeria, holding a bunch of flowers, wishing the cards recipient a Happy 1906 !

Three maids cleaning pots
Three maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside

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