Drying Collection

Poster advertising Sunlight Soap -- for rest and leisure. Date: early 20th century

Bathing / In Bathroom / 1926
A woman drying herself in front of the bathroom mirror

Public Drying Ground
The only public laundry Drying Ground in Scotland, on Glasgow Green. Behind is the John Templeton carpet factory, designed after the Doges Palace, Venice

Drying Harris Tweed
Production of Harris Tweed. After the wool has been dyed, it is put out on a fence to dry

Hoisting Hops
Hoisting pokes of hops onto a drying platform. Despite modern advances such as mechanical hop presses, horses were still being used for hoisting the pokes (sacks). Date: 1930s

Lake District Farmhouse
Low Tilberthwaite Farm & Barn, a typical farmhouse in the Lancashire part of the Lake District, England. Note the spinning gallery, used for drying out wool. Date: 17th century

Girl climbing tree, line of washing, Balham, SW London
A girl climbs a tree under a line of washing in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland - Fishing Stages. A fishing stage is a wooden vernacular building, associated with cod fishing in Newfoundland, Canada

DRYING DISMAL DESMOND
A little girl pegs out her freshly washed Dismal Desmond toy dalmatian dog to dry on the washing line in her back yard! Date: early 1930s

Aristocratic French lady bathing and dressing
An aristocratic French lady is helped by her maids to bathe and dress

Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness Council (HCC) - 5 Tavistock Square, London. Date: circa late 1920s

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Making Raisins
Drying grapes to make raisins for export at Izmir (Smyrna)

Fishermen on the River Volga at Samara
Fishermen relaxing after a hard days work on the River Volga at Samara, Russia

Women Washing Dishes
Three young women (" Three Lions", perhaps in some way connected with womens services during World War Two) washing and drying dishes together in a large kitchen

Drying Clothes / Allingham
A woman in a pink bonnet check her washing line to see if her washing is dry

Drying and Repairing Eel Nets at Maghery, Loch Neagh
Drying and Repairing Eel Nets at Maghery, L. Neagh - a view of a man spreading eel nets out in a field to dry. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Maghery). Date: circa early 1900s

Woman drying herself after a dip in the sea outside her hut
Woman drying herself with a beach towel after a dip in the sea In her trendy striped bathing costume) outside her hut which is named Burleigh after a village in Berkshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

New York, New York. Getting a manicure while drying hair at Francois de Paris, a hairdresser on Eighth Street. Date 1942 Sept

Drying Hops 1906
Three men drying hops inside a Kentish oast house

Bathing Child 1852
A mother bathes her two children: the elder, a toddler, sits drying on a table, while baby stands in the bath tub

Tenement buildings, East London
Tenement buildings in East London, with washing drying, and children playing. Date: circa 1950s

The Rolls Rapide Twin Tub washing machine - look what you get! A bargain at 39 guineas! Date: 1961

Young Man dries himself off with a towel at Taormina, Sicily, Italy. Date: 1939

WW2 - Home Front - children from the Buckingham Gate Central School, evacuated to Handcross, West Sussex, lay out herbs in Drying shed (a converted boiler house) at Nyman s, Handcross

British Seaside Scene - Two woemn dry off after dip in sea
Two women (the one of the left would win a Princess Margaret lookalike Competition) dry off after a dip in the sea. Possible Daughter (left) and Mother (right)

Drying Sisal Fibre on a Plantation - Tanzania, East Africa Date: 1923

Drying ginger, Manchester, Jamaica Date: early 1900s

Drying ginger in Manchester Jamaica early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Drying sisal, Jamaica Date: early 1900s

Drying sisal Jamaica early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Drying coconuts, Jamaica Date: early 1900s

Drying coconuts Jamaica early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Drying macaroni, Naples, Italy

Italy Naples macaroni drying pre-1900

Italy Pozzuoli - drying maccaroni - pre-1900

Drying Maccaroni, Pozzuoli, Italy

Soap stacked for drying, Port Sunlight, early 1900s

A wool drying machine, after washing - mill, Bradford
A wool drying machine, after washing, in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period

Yarmouth Herring Fishery, Drying the Herrings Date: 1854

Vinolia Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vinolia Co Ltd, promoting Vinolia Soap, which soothes and refreshes. The image shows a mother, drying her young son with a towel having had a wash using the product

Wicket Drying Machine
A new machine for drying wickets being tried out at Lord's cricket ground. Running off electricity, it dries the wickets with a current of hot air. Date: 1931

German soldier with his dog, WW1 Date: 1914-1918

Real photo of tobacco drying sheds Church Crookham
Picture shows a long row of tall drying sheds in the tobacco field, with plants and, just visible, figures. Date: 1914

Rubber Tree to Finished Motor Tyres 1907
Showing the plantation where the rubber is produced for the Dunlop Tyres factory where it is pressed, stretched and moulded into shape ready to be used on motorcars. Date: 1907

Drying Silk Cocoons in India
A silk factory in India, showing the latest and most approved method. Cocoons exposed in the sun in large flats trays to dry the silk and also kill the grub inside each cocoon. Date: late 1890s

Comic postcard, Women and washing line Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917

Comic postcard, Neighbours chatting in garden Date: 20th century

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