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Comic postcard, Underground Movement Date: 20th century
The Vacuum - A Masterpiece by H. M. BatemanPage 1 of 4. Brilliant sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting a man asking his maid to have a go at a vacuum cleaner, only to find he sucks up everything in his path. Date: 1920
Omo Soap advertising insert -- Old Mother Owl. circa 1900
Isaac cleaning the wells made by Abraham to water his flocks - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 26.18. 1787
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Man gathering turnips. Woman cleaning turnips in a river. Miniature. Fol. 52 r
Getting ready for school - The Promotion of Health PosterIdyllic domestic scene inside a family kitchen. Older children are getting ready for school and while one daughter of the house sits and has her hair brushed by mother
Fischers / Peach-faced Lovebirds - Hybrid. Ekaterinburg Zoo, Russia. Latin Agapornis fischeri & Agapornis rosiecollis
Sunlight Soap advertisement, 1903Advertisement for Sunlight soap, manufactured by Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight. This particular advert emphasises the appliance of science to ensure its cleansing capabilities - a picture of an
Sunlight Soap advertisementAdvertisement for Sunlight Soap manufactured by Lever Brothers at their famous Port Sunlight factory, featuring a small boy in a wooden tub bath holding up his bar triumphantly
Woman Window Cleaner WW1. Man stands looking at a lady cleaning windows but, as she has trousers on, he complains, nothing doing. Date: circa 1916
Advert for Kolynos toothpaste 1942Spotlight on service. Never before have the women of england playedso prominent a part in serving their country. The W.A.A.F
Advert for Goblin vacuum cleaner 1948Goblin electric vacuum cleaner, for carpets, and polished floors. 1948
Djibouti, East Africa - A Young girl cleans her teethDjibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young girl cleans (the exact translation is " rubs" ) her teeth. Date: 1905
Venezuela - Broom, brush and mop salesmanVenezuela - Mobile Broom, brush and mop salesman, his wares stacked neatly in panniers carried on the flanks of his noble mule steed. Date: circa 1950s
Chairman of the UK Bentley ClubArthur Cocks, the Chairman of the UK Bentley Club with his pride and joy, a spotless 1926 vintage Speed 6 Bentley
Fantasy CleanerEvery mans fantasy cleaning lady: petite blonde guaranteed to get into every nook & cranny wears tight red shorts, white court shoes, red headscarf & a wrap over blouse
Advert / Pochin PanshinePochins Panshine
Stationery, Hadfields Ironmongers, Congleton, CheshireO-Cedar Mop and Polish advertisement on Hadfields Ironmongers printed stationery, used here as a receipt with handwritten details. circa 1920
French Washerwomen - Saint-Pierre-en-Port, FranceFrench Washerwomen doing their laundry in the rock pools at Saint-Pierre-en-Port, in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region of France. Date: circa 1908
Soldier Looks Down the Barrel of RevolverSoldier S.W. Saunders cleans out his revolver, with his ceremonial sword propped between his legs and army kit visible in the background. Date: 1940
Young woman cleaning in doorway, Valencia, Spain
Cartoon, A W Pinero and Sir Squire BancroftCartoon, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director, and Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager
Adrian Brunel, film director and screenwriterAdrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, who began his career during the silent movie era. Seen here on the set of The First of The Few
Man and boat, La Digue, SeychellesMan cleaning the bottom of his beached boat in the harbour of La Digue, Seychelles. circa 1967
Women War Work WW1 RailwaysWomens work in wartime involves the cleaning of railway carriages, reflecting the shortage of male workers in WW1. Date: circa 1917
HMS Hazard and submarine cleaningHMS Hazard, British Dryad-class torpedo gunboat and the worlds first submarine depot ship. Seen here are crew members cleaning submarines 1 and 4 of the flotilla. Date: circa 1905
Elizabethan servants polishing saucepans
Vinolia Soap advertising insert -- It Was Vinolia. circa 1900
Advertisement, Sapolio Washing-Up SoapAdvertisement for Sapolio Washing-Up Soap, for cleaning all the utensils. circa 1935
Advert for Floriline liquid for teeth and breath 1897Is the best Liquid Dentifrice in the World. Prevents the decay of the teeth. Renders the teeth pearly white. Is perfectly harmless and delicious to the taste. Date: 1897
Alfs Button, a play by W A Darlington, a version of the Aladdin story. First produced Portsmouth, 25 August 1924, then Golders Green, London, 22 September 1924, then the Princes Theatre
Advert for Hudsons Soap 1885Hudsons Soap insures the luxury of pure clean clothes. Woman scrubbing some clothes in some soapy water. 1885
Madge Mavis in role of Fay Collen, Spring Cleaning, LondonMiss 1925 - Actress Madge Marvis in the role of Fay Collen in the comedy play Spring Cleaning, by Frederick Lonsdale, in production at St Martins Theatre, London
Curing Herrings, Ardglass - a close in view showing workers on the pier cleaning fish. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Ardglass). Date: circa early 1900s
The Harvest of the Sea, Ardglass - a view on the harbour pier of lots of workers sorting and cleaning fish. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Ardglass). Date: circa early 1900s
Advert by Scrubbs bath lotion 1934Scrubbs bath lotion, Keeps you young. Softens and perfumes the bath. Ammonia of pine, lavender eau-de-cologne, rose and jasmine. Date: 1934
Concorde under construction, BristolConcorde under construction at Filton, Bristol -- Mrs Lily Whitlake at work cleaning wire ends in the cockpit. Date: late 1960s
Rural China - Washing clothes and bodies in a streamRural China - Washing clothes (doing the laundry) and bodies in a nearby stream. Date: circa 1910s
Advertisement for British Tailoring and Repairing, WW1Advertisement for British Tailoring and Repairing, advising on the economies of repairing or renovating old clothes during wartime. Date: 1917
Happy Families - box design. circa 1940s
French Happy Families - Chimney SweepFrench Happy Families - La Famille Ramona, Grandmother, Chimney Sweep. early 20th century
Leonardo model. Sea Dredger. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 842, 1486-90. Study for a dredging and cleaning boat. The digging tool, called bucket
Lamplighter cleaning an old lamppost. Colored engraving by Bertrand, 1885. Paris. France
Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Silence the Ushers Wife. late 19th century
Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Hose the Firemans Wife. late 19th century