Domestic Collection (page 19)

Thatched cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset
A pretty thatched cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset. Date: circa 1950s

Cover design, Womans Life, price three pence, free balloon with every copy. circa 1927

Elderly blind couple having a sing-song at the piano. Date: circa 1980s

Family of four outside their bungalow-style cabin, USA
Family of four outside their bungalow-style cabin, North America. Date: circa 1910

Women and children posing on front steps of house, USA
Women and children posing on the front steps of a large house, North America. Date: 1910

People at a table for a Christmas meal, USA
People at a table for a Christmas meal, not looking particularly jolly, North America. Date: circa 1910

Typical bungalow, USA
A typical bungalow, with mother and child, North America. Date: circa 1910

Portrait of the Swedish painter Eva Bonnier (1857-1909)
Eva Bonnier (1857-1909). Swedish painter. Portrait by Richard Bergh (1858-1919), 1889. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

A Christmas tree for the birds
Hung with coconuts, brazil nuts, chains of monkey nuts and suet: a Christmas tree for wild birds, as suggested by Mrs. Howard Pease of Otterburn Tower, Northumberland. December 1922

Cottages, Skansen open air museum, Sweden
Hogloftet cottages at the Skansen open air museum and zoo on the island of Djurgarden, Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 1891. Date: circa 1920

Advert for Arden Hills & Co new patent gas fires 1888
Patent asbestos gas fires by Arden Hill s, tiled hearth and brass rail, pattern, no sheet-iron parts, large fire front, hook at back, new burner, fall-down trivet

Greetings card, Distant or Near, Old Friends are Dear. circa 1905

Mother makes jam
Maman confiture (Schlecksel-Mama) -- mother makes jam. (2 of 2) 19th century

Cottage in County Donegal, north-west Ireland
Cottage with pig, dog and cart in County Donegal, north-west Ireland. Date: circa 1900s

Advert for Berkefeld Filter, clean water 1901
Water absolutely free from disease germs by using Berkefeld Filter. Can be easily and cheaply fitted to the service pipe of any house having ordinary pressure. 1901

Grove House, Bamford, Derbyshire
View from the garden of Grove House, Bamford, Derbyshire, England. circa 1895

Label design, Vitamin Yams, Sweet Potatoes. early 20th century

Cartoon, One of the Lords of the Creation -- a man is angry with his wife as he doesn t think the mutton has been fully cooked. 1827

Reading the Scriptures
A family reading the scriptures. circa 1830

Lady Mornford separating from her children, as she believes she is going to die -- illustration to a story entitled Family Secrets by Mrs Ellis (Miss Stickney). circa 1840s

Happy Families box lid. circa 1920s

Dalecarlian peasant girl, Sweden
Dalecarlian peasant girl knitting, Dalecarlia (Dalarna), Sweden. 1883

Childhood -- woman and three children
Childhood -- a woman and her three children. circa 1820s

The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Grimes
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Grimes the Sweeps Wife. circa 1910

Man plays gramophone record for baby. early 20th century

Aerial photograph of house with group of people
Aerial photograph of a house with a group of people on the balcony and steps. 19th century

Costume plate, two women out walking, with a male servant in attendance. circa 1877

Lion cub and kitten
Unusual Friends - Lion cub and kitten. 1950s

Lion cub and Saint Bernard dog
Unusual Friends - Lion cub and Saint Bernard dog. 1950s

Golden Retriever and Badger
Unusual Friends - Golden Retriever and Badger. 1950s

East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Views of East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa -- Buffalo Harbour, and domestic servants. Date: 1899

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1885
Hudsons Soap insures the luxury of pure clean clothes. Woman scrubbing some clothes in some soapy water. 1885

St Marys Convent and Training Home, Wantage
Aerial view of St Marys Convent and Training Home, Wantage, also known for a period as St Josephs Domestic School. Date: circa 1930s

Animals at a French Zoo - Angora Goats - Sepia. Group of goats in pen. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Animals at a French Zoo - Spotted Cavy - Two Cavies asleep in cape.. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Animals at a French Zoo - Zebu - circular picture showing man and zebu. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Cottage with flowery border on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Chinese Pavilion - Pagoda-type building - red tiled roof. Part of Box 119 Boswell collection. The exhibition of fine arts and new machinery was on a very large

Various buildings and scenes on a sheet of Victorian scraps
Various buildings and scenes on a sheet of eight Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Various buildings on five Victorian scraps -- three country cottages, a house with people playing tennis in the garden, and a grand residence. Date: circa 1890s

Pig couple with three children on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Woman looks surprised entering room decorated for Christmas
Woman in 1970s dress and headscarf is caught with surprise when entering room decorated for Christmas with a heavy wallpaper pattern. Middlesbrough, England. Date: 1970s

Cartoon, A soldier in his billet, WW1
Cartoon, A soldier in his billet. He undresses, washes in a series of small containers, then goes to bed for a couple of hours. Date: 1918

Cartoon, A soldiers billet, WW1
Cartoon, A soldiers billet. One soldier has found a large fireplace in a bombed-out house to sleep in, and imagines that its a four-poster bed. Date: 1918

Cartoon, Soldiers discuss their billet, WW1
Cartoon, Soldiers discuss their billet. One of them says you can hardly call it a billet, as theres no bistro! Date: 1918

Cartoon, French women having tea and cake, WW1
Cartoon, French women having tea and cake. One says to her friend: I thought you didn t like cake? Her friend replies: I hate it, but its banned today. Date: 1917

Cartoon, French ladies speaking army slang, WW1
Cartoon, three French ladies rather incongruously speak army slang over the tea table. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Soldier with medals, WW1
Cartoon, Soldier with medals. A woman admires his medals, but her husband, who is making money from the war, thinks to himself: I have medals (ie coins) too, but I don t let people see how many

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