House Hold Collection (page 10)

Billiard Room. France. C19
The billiard room in a French household - but not much chance of a quiet game !

Papa Reads to Family
Father reads by candlelight to his wife and their six children in a well- to-do household

Progress Vacuum Cleaner
You see, the house is much cleaner with the PROGRESS than with any other vacuum cleaner, whats more, Maman didn t even hear us do the housework !

Vacuuming Stairs
A French maidservant vacuums the stairs with LE PROGRESS

Vacuuming Armchair
A French maidservant vacuums an armchair with LE PROGRESS

Vacuuming Carpet
A French maidservant vacuums the carpet with LE PROGRESS

Lighting / Electric Torch
ELECTRIC TORCH Advertisement by the Portable Electric Light Co. for a dry battery electric torch

ROMAN LAMP
In a well-to-do Roman household, oil lamps provide the illumination

Lighting / Domestic / Oil
In the late 19th century, oil lamps are the normal lighting in a middle-class household

Hoovering a Chair 1930S
A housewife demonstrates how to vacuum clean an armchair using a Hoover " Dustette" cleaner

Pickfords Moving Card
A change of address card printed by Pickfords for their customers to use

An Indian Dhobi
An Indian dhobi or washerman. Often Dhobi wallahs will live and work at the laundry and pass their jobs down through the generations

Scottish Washing Day
A Scottish girl kneads the washing with her feet by the side of a Scottish burn

Washing Clothes / Brittany
Washing clothes on a November morning in Brittany

Hand-Driven Dish Washer
A French woman washing dishes using a hand-driven dish- washer

Heating the Iron / C18
Heating up the iron in an eighteenth century household

Girl with Electric Iron
A girl using an electric iron

Albionette Stove 1896
The Albionette stove promises perfectly cooked food for all

Le Fages Glue
this Man Used Le Pages Liquid Glue in the Wrong Place

Woman Cleans Pans 1903
A woman cleans pans in her kitchen

The Politician
A short-sighted politician is so caught up in his newspaper he does not realise that his candle has set fire to the brim of his tricorne hat

Le Brossetier / Brushes
Le Brossetier : seller of brushes

Dusting a Television
A young housewife lifts up an ash tray as she dusts the television

Mopping Kitchen Floor
A young housewife mops her kitchen linoleum floor, using a squeegy mop

Family Moving Home
A French family move home with the help of a handcart

Combined Knocker / Bell
Waudes patented Knocker Bell, where one movement of the hand gives the two distinct sounds! Advertisement from a late 19th century trade catalogue

Washing Dishes / 1960S
A fashionable lady does the washing up

Laundry / Dolly Leg C19
A lady using a dolly leg

C9 Noble Household
A noble household : the lady of the house is waited on by her retainers in a richly ornamented salon

French Manoir Interior
The interior of a manoir - the head of the household arriving home where his family and friends are playing cards, dancing or chatting by the fire

New World Sewing Machine
A satisfied purchaser stands proudly behind her New World sewing machine

Carlton Hill Laundry
Washerwomen on Carlton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland

Census in West End Home
The census in the West End: taking the tale of his household. The head of the house interviews the staff including the cook, maids, butler and footmen

Various Household Tasks
Various household tasks, including washing, ironing, hanging laundry out to dry, spinning and sewing

Using Bozerian W. Machine
Bozerians washing machine

Isabella Mary Beeton
ISABELLA MARY BEETON writer on cookery and household management

Mores Household
SIR THOMAS MORE English statesman and author with his household

ROMAN CAMP of the Praetorian Guard, the household guards of the Roman emperors, an elite force with very fancy housing

London / Cries / Broom-Man
The broom-man sells brush and hair brooms for carpets and rooms

London / Cries / Mat Man
The mat-man sells mats made from a strong fibre that adheres to the shell of the coconut and are very rare

Washing Machines 1888
Washing machine and wringing machine

Washing Day, Nigeria
Washing day in Nigeria, Africa, for this mother and her young children

Washing Day, Italy
Poor children of Castello, Italy, doing the family laundry on washing day

Tinsmith in Workshop
A tinsmith at work fashioning useful household objects such as watering cans out of tin; his children help in the workshop

Dusting for Excercise
A smiling young lady in shorts with buttoned falls dusts briskly with a feather duster - a great way to tone up the waist and bust without the need of a gym!

Warming Kettle by Fire
Keeping the water hot in a metal kettle by keeping it next to a hot coal fire on a long trivet

Japanese Greeting
When the head of a Japanese household returns home, he expects his womenfolk to display their respect in a suitably deferential and obsequious manner

Auction Sale in Home
Selling the furniture of a private household, the auctioneer holds up a chair

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