Cleanliness Collection (page 2)

The International Health Exhibition, London
Programme cover design, The International Health Exhibition, London, 1884, with the figure of Hygieia (Hygeia, Hygiea), classical personification of health, cleanliness and hygiene. 1884

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

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

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Orive toothpaste ad

Pears Soap Advertisement, WW1 - munitions worker
Advertisement for the famous Pears soap, the first in their Womanhood in War-Time series. No. 1 is My Lady of Munitions and features a munitions worker or munitionette in uniform at a wash bowl. 1917

At the Brewery Baths by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" You chuck another sardine at me, my lad, and you ll hear from my solicitors." High jinks in a brewery on the Western Front utilised as a baths for British soldiers

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

British soldiers washing at a rest camp
Washing off the mud of Flanders - our Tommies tubbing in a rest camp. British soldiers coming out of the front line, immediately take advantage of a line of tin baths arranged for them at a rest

Erasmic Soap advertisement
Advertisement for the dainty Erasmic Soap showing a lady wrapped in a towel and b eing handed a box of the soap before her bath. Date: 1917

Pears Soap advertisement featuring WW1 nurse
An advertisement for Pears soap during the First World War, part of a series called Womanhood in War Time and featuring a Red Cross nurse The copy claims that Pears is preferred by the brave women

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

A Wash & Shave, Canadians on the Western Front, WW1
Canadian soldiers having a wash and shave somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

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

Where the RAF fighters score by G. H. Davis
Aerodynamic cleanliness: where the RAF fighters score during the Second World War. In very high speed aircraft small projections and even rough surface paint may seriously reduce speed

Advertisement for Enos Fruit Salt, with an idyllic harvest scene at the centre. Promoted as a way of keeping healthy in hot weather. Date: 1914

Wyandotte Sanitary Cleaner and Cleanser - for sale by all Grocers Date: 1910

Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the inspection under the direction of teacher who records results. This has been done every day this year. School, 49, Comanche County

Brockton, Mass. Dec. 1940, second-hand plumbing store. Date 1940 Dec

C stands for Cleanliness
Advertising for Naptholite soap. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Advert for Cyclax cleansing lotion 1931
This overnight cleansing will make a difference in the morning. Morning mirrors never flatter - yet surely your skin is lighter in tone.... softer and smoother in texture

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

Enjoying a soak in the bath, 1930
A lady reclines in a very comfortable-looking hot bath, enjoying the soothing effect on the nervous system of Zotis Foam Bath. Date: 1930

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap
Wrights coal tar soap " A picture of health" Everyone admires the lovely natural glow of heath, and no art can imitate it. Yet it is no mere matter of chance

Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth Brush Advertisement
A large realisitc representation of the Toothbrush with yellow packaging, another image shows a woman in bath gown and pyjamas using the toothbrush

Poster, Theres Health in the Bath Tub, showing a happy baby splashing about in the bath. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too! Showing people in different countries attending to personal hygiene. Issued by the (British) Health and Cleanliness Council. 1939

Poster, The Castle of Cleanliness in the Land of Good Health, defended by the soap and water brigade. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Sanitas - destroys all disease germs
An advertisement for Sanitas brand disinfectant fluid, as recommended by medical journal The Lancet. Hygiea, Greek goddess of health

Bath Time by Muriel Dawson
A toddler enjoys bath time in an old-fashioned tin tub and a toy duck

Water Babies by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in in a bath tub makes sure that her dolly is clean too

Soldiers washing 1917
Soldiers washing in a shell hole in Blangy on the British Front in France during World War I on 5th June 1917

Washing in a shell hole 1917
A British soldier washing in a shell hole in France on the British front during World War I on 21st April 1917

Wash House at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
The wash house at the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The homes, laid out as a village of cottage homes, were opened in 1878 by William Quarrier

Laundry at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
The laundry at the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Items came to the laundry for finishing after first being washed in the wash house

Manicure and Pedicure - India
Indian man offering a manicure and a pedicure at Puducherry

Izmir, Turkey - The Turkish Baths
A fine view of the ornate domes of the Turkish Baths at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Pilgrims to Mecca in Ihram Clothing, mid-19th century
Engraving showing the typical garb worn by pilgrims to Mecca in the mid-19th century. Ihram is the intention to perform Hajj or Umrah and show devotion to Allah

The Metropolitan Sanitary Association Dinner, at Soyers Sy
The first public festival held by the Metropolitan Sanitary Association in 1851. With thousands of deaths from diseases such as cholera

Tuberculosis Stamp - 4
French postage stamp promoting washing and cleanliness to fight tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Stamp - 3
French postage stamp promoting bathing and cleanliness to fight tuberculosis

Bathing and washing in Ancient Rome -- a family using strigiles in a bath house. The strigil was a small, curved, metal tool used in ancient Greece and Rome to scrape dirt

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