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Lucas Lamps AdvertA fabulous advertisement for Lucas Lamps We Make Light of our labour
Advertisement for linoleum manufacturersAn advertisement for M Nairn & Co, floor cloth and linoleum manufacturers of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, with premises also in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Paris. circa 1883
DOLLY TUBA laundry worker using a dolly stock and tub to clean clothes, prior to the invention of the washing machine
Paint Chart / 1908PAINT CHART
Houses for Sale 1920SSemi-detached houses for sale, freehold or leasehold (from only 440 each), on Goodwyn Avenue, part of the Mill Hill Garden Estate, north London."
Upright HooverA mustard yellow Hoover upright vacuum cleaner
Advert for Shelley Vogue China 1931Shelleys Vogue shape coffee set, usual in yellow and black overlapping block pattern. Advertisement for new catalogue with Shelley china tea, coffee, morning and dinner sets. Date: 1931
Isabella Mary Beeton (1836-1865)Photographic portrait of Isabella Mary Beeton, nee Mayson, the English cookery writer, pictured c.1856. Beetons Book of Household Management, first published in 1859, made her name a household word
Singer in BulgariaThis Bulgarian lady, like her husband and her daughter, is wearing her flamboyant regional costume as she treadles away at her Singer
Wertheims SewingmachineThe sewing machines manufactured by Joseph Wertheim of Frankfurt are used by gnomes as well as by the housewives of Ballarat and Warrnambool
Knitting ExpertA young man in an armchair gets himself in rather a tangle with his knitting!
Public Drying GroundThe only public laundry Drying Ground in Scotland, on Glasgow Green. Behind is the John Templeton carpet factory, designed after the Doges Palace, Venice
Christmas Cookery C1905Preparing the Christmas dinner for all the family, not forgetting the kitten and the Household Gnome
Raj Fashions Late 1910SRaj clothing. The men wear cool pale coloured suits and slim ties. The ladies wear white, ankle-length dresses with soft ruffles or broderie Anglaise
Schoolgirls KnittingA class of young German girls busy with their knitting, aided by fraulein : since the date is 1915, they are probably knitting socks for the soldiers at the front
Electrolux Advert 1927Two ladies having fun with their ELECTROLUX
Vacuuming a WirelessFrequent cleaning of a wireless set (radio) can easily be done with use of the spare parts of a Hoover vacuum cleaner
Travelling CharladyA travelling charlady, up a ladder, cleaning a front door, her motorcycle with its Stop Me For Cleaning, No Job Too Small sign, parked behind her!
Amundsen Winter QuartersAmundsen and others in their winter quarters at the South Pole
Advert / Calverts CarboliCALVERTs CARBOLIC SOAP for floors
Advert / Singer SewingSinger sewing machines
Edison Lightbulb AdvertThe Edison lightbulb American advertisement
Cross-Section of HouseA cross-section of a family house showing members of the household about their various tasks in the kitchen, drawing room, nursery and schoolroom
Advert for the Radiation New World Gas Cooker 1933Radiation porcelain enamelled New World Gas Cookers, the only gas cookers with regulo control. Ask to see the unrivalled Radiation New World Gas cooker at your gas showrooms
Advertisement for Keatings PowderAn advertisement for Keatings Powder, to rid your clothes of bugs, fleas, beetles, moths, and other distressing insects. Remember to take it with you on holiday! Date: 1913
Advert Main Velomain gas space heater 1939When winter comes! Main Velomain gas space heater, requires no flue, and does not discolour the walls and ceilings. 1939
Advert for Main Mainstat gas cookers 1938Providing ample accommodation for all the food and untensils required in cooking for a family of 6 to 8. This is one of the popular Main gas cookers obtainable in all-enamel
DRYING DISMAL DESMONDA 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
Washing BoardA photograph demonstrating the use of a scrubbing board in a tub during washday in the early 20th century
Woman Smoking 1940SA young housewife exhales a stream of smoke as she takes a break from her household tasks. By the end of World War Two, nearly half of the women in Britain had a smoking habit
1960S Lady & VacuumA British housewife poses with Hoover and rag in the centre of her sitting room
Advert / Reckitts BlueReckitts Blue - for a sparkling white wash
Dinner Party at HomeA lavish dinner party takes place in a French household
Js Bach & FamilyJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Morning prayer in the Bach household
Ewbank Master WasherA housewife uses her Ewbank Master Clothes Washer for washing, wringing and ironing
Drying Clothes / AllinghamA woman in a pink bonnet check her washing line to see if her washing is dry
Household shrine. ITALY. Pompeii. House of the Vettii. Roman art. Republican period. Fresco
Cona Coffee MachineAdvertisement for the Cona coffee machine (British made)
Rinso AdvertRINSO washes while you sleep (snore !) - soak the clothes, thats all. (Made by Hudson s)
Advert for the Ministry of Food 1940The weeks food facts No. 6. If you eat more than you need, you are wasting food as surely as if you had thrown it away. So eat what you need, but no more. Buy wisely and cater strictly
Washing Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl hangs out the washing on a windy day, while a little boy holds a full basket of clothes for her
George V presenting new standards to Household CavalryKing George V presenting new standards to the Household Cavalry on Horse Guards Parade, Central London
Christmas Dinner in an Elizabethan Home by Pauline BaynesA Christmas Day scene in a well-to-do household around 1550, showing the father of the house at the table with his guests, raising his blackjack tankard to toast the Queen
Doing Laundry 1940SA housewife uses a kind of dolly leg with a rubber plunger on the end of it to wash her clothes in a metal tub. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)
Stevenson / Family / VailimaROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer with his mother, family and household at Vailima
Women Washing DishesThree 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
Glenwood Cooker AdvertGas or coal does its best work in this remarkable Glenwood range - five burners for gas and four covers for coal... the Thermolator automatically controls the oven heat
Advert / Enameline PolishENAMELINE STOVE POLISH for polishing stoves, grates, ranges, etc
Advert Gas Stove AcmeAcme Gas Stoves - " No thank you, Mr Soot!"
Carpet SweeperA young housewife using a carpet sweeper
Stitch Types DiagramLeaflet that is promotional & instructional as it clearly & simply shows you how to do various basic handsewing stitches & hems such as handkerchief or rolled hem
Thor Washing MachineThis housewife is delighted with her Thor washing machine which converts to a dishwasher when she lifts out the Clothes Tub and slips in th Dish- Washing Unit
Ritemp Washing MachineA housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain, according to the instruction book
Girls Washing & IroningGirls washing and ironing
Box Irons Advert / 1888BOX IRONS heated internally by patent artificial fuel
Home UpholsteryPhotograph of a woman planning to reupholster an armchair by first using paper to take an accurate model of the chairs dimensions
Dog and New Babyome ain t wot it was ! - a dogs tranquil existence is shattered when a baby arrives in the household
Scrubing Doorstep / 1920SA Charwoman, who goes to work in her motorcycle and side car, kneels whilst scrubbing the steps of no. 47
Veritas Mantles & BurnerVeritas mantles and burners
Advert for Ewarts Califront hot water 1928" Just turn the tap" Ewarts Califront hot water instantly night or day. Hot water supply to bath, lavatory, basin ect. 1928
French Public LaundryA public laundry in Saint-Pol- de-Leon, Brittany Date: circa 1905
Public Laundry / E. LondonWomen in the public laundry at Kensal Green, east London Date: 1883
Philips Lamp AdvertA girl in Dutch costume lights a Philips lamp simply by holding it
Advert / Brymay MatchesBrymay Safety Matches
Cleaners Delivery VanAchille Serre is THE cleaner for LOndons fashionable crowd, and this is the van in which your gowns and dress suits will be brought to you
Kitchen Cabinet AdvertStill wearing her wedding dress, a bride admires the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet which will help her to stay young because it will save her so much kitchen drudgery
Flotow Martha QuartetThe delightful spinning quartet from Act Two, as the two posh ladies, disguised as country girls, reveal their inability to perform mundane household tasks
Vacuuming OrnamentsA French maidservant vacuums ornaments with LE PROGRESS
Vacuuming PictureA French maidservant vacuums a picture with LE PROGRESS
Young Woman SewingA superb mezzotint showing a young woman engaged in needlework
Laundrymaid IroningRepasseuse (ironer)
Early DishwasherAn early machine for washing dishes
Electrolux AppliancesA housewife demonstrates some Electrolux products: a fridge, a water softener and a vacuum cleaner
Household / Sewing (C17)Two Dutch women sewing
Polishing a FloorA housewife uses her Johnsons Wax Electric Floor Polisher
Dinner, Servants HallDinner in the servants hall of a large household : the butler presides, with housekeeper, ladys maids, housemaids and footmen ranged in order of seniority
Santa in SwedenSanta visits a Swedish household, not via the chimney, but presenting himself at the front door
Osram Light & FamilyAdvertisement for Osram lamps - Twenty hours for one penny
Sir Thomas MoreSIR THOMAS MORE English statesman and author and his household
ITALY. Herculaneum. Lararium (household shrine). Roman art. Early Empire
The Badges of Cavalry Regimants in the British Army 1915Thirty-one regiments, divided into three regiments of Household Cavalry and twenty-eight regiments of the line. Of these latter seven are regiments of Dragoon Guards, three of Dragoons
Advert for Mappin & Webb Princes Plate household items 1929Mappin & Webb Princes Plate advert containing prices for cutlery set in a wooden box, octagonal cake basket, round pyrex dish, octagonal three tier cake stand, sauce boat
Advert for Andrews Liver SaltsAndrews inner cleanliness comes first. Refreshes the mouth and helps clean the tongue. Antacid in action, Andrews settles the stomach and corrects digestive upsets
Two boys playing in old washing machineTwo young lads fooling about with (and inside!) an old washing machine. Perhaps they were harbouring dreams of a career in plumbing at this stage?!
