Drying Collection (page 4)

Woman bathing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland
A mother dries her baby after its bath, living in squalid conditions in a slum bedsit on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Barman in a pub, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Susi - with clothes horse
Susi - climbing down from a clothes horse with female underwear drying. 1950s

Birthday card, Between Us Gals Hope You re All Set. (2 of 2) mid-20th century

Advert for Petit Sechoir hair dryer 1910
Petit Sechoir a main - an electric hair dryer not so very different from those we use a hundred years later 1910

Letter Press Printing
A letter press printer being operated with both hands and feet. A typesetter works in the background and sheets of printed paper are drying on lines above him. Date: 1827

De Long / Reindeer Camp
George De Long (USA), in his ship Jeanette, proved that the Arctic Sea ice is moved by ocean currents. Drying furs at Reindeer Camp, King Williams Land. Date: 1879 - 81

Making Camembert 1870
The drying room - part of the process of making Camembert cheese Date: 1870

Arabs washing clothes, Nefta, Tunisia, North Africa
Arabs washing clothes in the wadi at Nefta, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: circa 1910

Scene at a holiday camp, Paignton, Devon
Scene at a holiday camp in Paignton, Devon, with modern chalets and holidaymakers. Date: 1950s

Rooftop view, Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Rooftop view of Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA, with a sign for H Warshow, paints and oil suppliers, and washing lines with clothes drying. Date: circa 1890s

Three girls doing the laundry on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Ordinance, WW1
Cartoon, Ordinance. A soldier doing a stack of washing up says his wife is working in a munitions factory making shells. Their roles appear to have reversed! Date: 1915

Soldiers on the Western Front, WW1, hanging out their washing to dry on some ironwork. Date: 1914-1918

Four boys on a wall, with washing, Balham, SW London
Four boys on top of a brick wall with a washing line above them, on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Two girls playing on planks, Balham, SW London
Two girls playing on planks of wood, with a washing line and a bicycle behind them, on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Chldren on a wall, with washing, Balham, SW London
Two girls sitting on a brick wall with a washing line behind them, on a Balham street, SW London. Two boys stand on the pavement, looking up at them. Date: circa 1961

The Lofoten Islands, Norway, 1941
Fishermen of the Lofoten Islands, Norway, hanging up their nets for drying and repair. The islands featured in a spread in The Illustrated London News in March 1941

Men camping with a dog
Eight young men camping with a dog in a field. Date: circa 1900s

Two girls climbing drainpipe, Balham, SW London
Two girls climbing a drainpipe and getting through an open window of a building in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Two lines of washing are hanging nearby. Date: circa 1961

Boy and girl on a wall, with washing, Balham, SW London
A boy and a sitting on a brick wall with a washing line above them, on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Line of washing, Balham, SW London
A line of washing behind some houses in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Drying fishing nets at Hastings, Sussex
Newly washed fishing nets being hung out to dry at Hastings, Sussex. Date: circa 1960s

Trade card, Keystone Wringer, Best in the World, manufactured by F F Adams & Co, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Boy scouts turning peat, Denmark
Boy scouts turning peat for drying, Denmark

Scouts camping in Australia
A group of boy scouts camping in a wooded area in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1929

Jeakes Drying Closet
A portable clothes drying closet which was to be sent to the Crimea, for use in the hospital in Scutari. The manufacture of the closet by William Jeakes, of Bloomsbury

Madeira, Camara de Lobos - Fishing boat - drying fish
Portugal, Madeira, Camara de Lobos: Fishing boat with dry fish. Date: 2013

Women washing clothes in a lake, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Harbour, Valletta, Malta
Harbour at Valletta, Malta. Date: late 19th century

Women washing clothes, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Washing clothes at a Dhobi Ghat, Calcutta, India
People washing clothes at a Dhobi Ghat, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1890s

The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Tuesday) -- he helps to dry his mistresss shoes in front of the gas fire. Date: 1923

British soldier washing clothes, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier washing clothes near the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Street in the native town, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1890

Cartoon, Night in Venice, showing people sitting out on the roofs of their houses during a hot summer night. It was the last contribution to The Bystander by the cartoonist Horace Sydney

Tatler front cover - Life in the lunch hour
Front cover of The Tatler in 1960 featuring a young woman under the dryer in a hairdressing salon, Simon of Knightsbridge, where they guaranteed a hairdo in under an hour

Boy drying his face on a towel
A boy looks up rather guiltily, having been caught drying his face and hands on a towel when they are not properly clean. The water in the sink is filthy. Date: 1953

Japanese Women washing fabric
Japanese Women washing and drying strips of fabric (for wall hangings?). Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Three Japanese women washing patterned fabric strips Date: circa 1905

Hondarribia, Spain - House in the Marina Neighbourhood with its many occupants! Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Tea Industry - Tea Drying Date: circa 1908

Washing Day, Shanghai, China - hanging clothes out to dry on a pole at the front of the house. Date: circa 1906

Fresno, California, USA - drying figs in the hot sun. Date: circa 1910s

Drying Fish - Kamchatka Peninsula - Far Eastern Russia
The Method the people of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Far Eastern Russia dry fish (on racks) and melt down the grease and oils for other uses. Date: circa 1800

Sheets of Rubber drying on racks - Malaysia Date: circa 1920s

Washing Day at Jolendam, The Netherlands
A truly superb photographic postcard showing the extensive Washing Day at Jolendam, The Netherlands. Date: circa 1930s

Vietnam - preparing (drying) the skin of a shot panther, pictured with the French hunter who realised his demise... Date: circa 1910s

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