Dyes Collection

Dyeing Harris Tweed
Production of Harris Tweed. An old woman from the island dyes the wool in a cauldron- like vessel which sits on an open fire

Advertisement for Fairy Dyes, promoted, appropriately, by some fairies who flutter through the night sky carrying a length of rainbow fabric. Date: c.1924

Advert, Fairy Dyes for home dyeing Date: 1920s

Lever Brothers Twink Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Twink, a product which both cleans and dyes materials simultaneously

Drummer Dyes Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for W. Edge & Sons Ltd. promoting Drummer Dyes, used for all fabrics, a bearskin guard drummer can be seen sat below a circular framed room interior

Japan - Dyeing Factory
Dyeing Factory, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Advert for Lux, soap powder, featuring Miss 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for Lux, soap powder, with hints for holiday clothes packing, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for Maypole Soap 1900s
Ladies in coloured shirts on a bicycle display the range of Maypole soap dyes Date: circa 1900

Indigo Factory at Sultanganj, Bihar, India
Indigo (a natural dye extracted from plants) Factory at Sultanganj, a city and a notified area in Bhagalpur district in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the south bank of Ganga river

Advert for Ch. Lalanne hair dye 1910
Hair dye which recolours gray or white hair, changes brown to blonde or vice versa, available in two sized bottles in one single application. 1910

Advert for Brodies Imperial Hair Dyes 1898
Permanent harmless hair dyes in a range of colours, black, dark brown, light brown, golden, brown or auburn and pure auburn. 1898

Pre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Chimu culture (1100-1470). Coas
Pre-Columbian art.Pre-Incan. Chimu culture (1100-1470). Coast of Peru. Diferents textiles of wool and cotton. From Peru. Private Collection

Advert for Imperial hair dyes 1896
Permanent and odourless hair dye in 6 colours; black, dark and light brown golden brown or auburn, pure golden and brodies hair grower and restorer. 1896

Advert for Ch. Lalanne hair dye 1912
Oh, what a shock for the man in your life, when your first grey hair appears! Ah, but thanks to Lalannes wonderful colorant, he need never know the awful truth.. 1912

Advert / Dolly Dyes
Dolly Dyes and Tints Date: late 19th century?

How Betty can make a Christmas hankie for mother, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Designs in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes
Designs in a brochure showing how to decorate household items with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-o-la Dyes, page of a brochure by the Dy-o-la Dye Co of Burlington, Vermont, USA, price 15 cents. Date: 1920s

Dainty frock of opal hues, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Simple designs for batik, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

How to make braided rugs, with material dyed in different colours, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Jolly play clothes from daddys shirts, baby creeper and sisters apron, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A smart note is added to the sports blouse, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A rainbow frock
How to create a rainbow frock using Dy-o-la Dyes, page of instructions in a brochure. Date: 1920s

Home refurbished by Dy-o-la Dyes
Page from a brochure, a home entirely refurbished by Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A chic little turban made from an old scarf
Page of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye an old scarf with Dy-o-la Dyes and turn it into a turban -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Also how to make a dolly bag out of an old scarf. Date: 1920s

Simple designs with many uses
Page of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye different designs with Dy-o-la Dyes -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s

Tinting everything to match with Dy-o-la Dyes
Tinting Everything to Match with Dy-o-la Dyes - a housewife dyeing clothes in her bathroom sink from a Brochure: Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1926

Delightful shaded scarfs of lovely tints
Page of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye scarves with Dy-o-la Dyes -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s

How Dy-o-la can bring beauty to your home
Page in a brochure introducing the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s

Rag Dy-o-la Dye Dolly
How to get a regular size rag Dy-o-la Dye Dolly. A happy little girl holds her doll. Date: circa 1920s

A stylised 1920s Woman holding a cornucopia of dye packets
A stylised 1920s Woman holding a cornucopia of packets of Dy-o-la Dye - an attractive illustration from a Brochure " Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-o-la Dyes". Date: 1926

Advert for McMallum colour dyes 1937
Choose swimsuits bearing the sundip label, knitwear which carries the McMallum Dyed label, safe in the knowledge that they are not only the finest quailty and style

Campbell Dye Works advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for P & P Campbell Limited, Dye Works of Perth, whose dyes in wartime allowed people to practice wartime economy by dry-cleaning or dyeing existing clothes or soft furnishings instead

By-products developed from coal by G. H. Davis
The enormous importance of coal as the basic element in vital war manufactures. A diagrammatic drawing showing a great variety of by-products developed from coal. Date: 1944

Berthelot Photo
PIERRE-EUGENE-MARCELIN BERTHELOT - French chemist noted for work on explosives and dyes, photographed in 1903. Date: 1827 - 1907

Russian Dyer with his vat and belt pouches Date: 1905

Advert for Kodak - faster, truer snaps

Izmir, Turkey - Thread tanning works
A wool-dyeing factory for the carpet trade at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. The company boss is pictures with a couple of his foreign clients

Maypole Dyes
Rub-a dub-dub, three maids at a tub filled with dye made from MAYPOLE SOAP, they ve dipped all their clothes as everyone knows, green, yellow and pale heliotrope

Maypole Dye Ca 1900
Three little girls use MAYPOLE SOAP to dye their clothes - Dyes any color [sic] - does not soil the hands

Advert / Campbells Dyes
Campbells Dyes make your clothes look new

Advert / Maypole Dyes 1890
Maypole Soap Dyes - have you tried it?

Advert / Maypole Soap / Dyes
Maypole Soap for home dyeing use

Five Ladies on One Bike
Ladies in coloured shirts on a bicycle display the range of Maypole soap dyes

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