House Hold Collection (page 11)

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

Ipso Washing Powder
IPSO - the Wonder Worker - washes by itself

Racial Types / Italy
An Italian mother is doing the laundry while her baby boy plays with a lemon and a butterfly in the laundry basket

Linen Cupboard
The famous and respected German opera singer Mme Schumann-Heink at home doing housework

Charles Rene D hozier
CHARLES RENE D HOZIER French genealogist of the kings household, comptroller of the arms and heraldry of France

Frantz Electric Cleaner
A house-proud lady vacuums her home with the Frantz Premier Electric Cleaner

Pyne - Trumpeter
SERGEANT TRUMPETER An official of the royal household, the Sergeant and his Trumpeters perform on ceremonial occasions

Moving House by Air
Household removals will be faster and easier by air, though one must expect the occasional mishap

She Paints a Chair
She paints a chair

Girl Knits Silhouette
she knits

Ww2 Salvage Handbill
BOMBS AND BULLETS FROM YOUR DUSTBIN - Every Woman can help to Win the War - every Patriotic household is asked to save every scrap of paper, rags, bottles, empty tins

Mail Order Catalogue
Direct Mail Service to your Home - clothing, tableware and household goods from Headquarters & General Supplies

Laundry Brittany
Washing clothes at Douarnenez, Bretagne

Jap Laundresses
Japanese women do their laundry on the river-bank, much like their sisters in France and Italy

Knife Grindr Portugal
His donkey waits patiently while a Portuguese knife- grinder exercises his trade

EYRA
Felis eyra. This beautiful byt probably aggressive wildcat is found in Mexico and Texas. It probably does not make a good household pet

She Hems a Curtain
She hems a curtain

SHE DUSTS
She dusts a picture

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Pyne - a Baker
A BAKER Few itinerant traders are as welcome as the baker, with his baskets of wheaten bread (marked W) and his household bread (H)

An Egyptian Party
Four men take off their shoes before enjoying a convivial meal. Needless to say, the women of the household are not expected to take part

Servant Shows in Visitor
A maid shows a lady visitor into the drawing room of a well-to-do household

Washing Day in York
Washday in the back court of a working-class home, York

Sir William Buckland
SIR WILLIAM BUCKLAND eccentric naturalist, whose household comprised all kinds of livestock in addition to his own family

Stencilling a Frieze
Mama decorates the room by stencilling a frieze round the walls, while daughter holds the paint pot

Washing Day at the River
French housewives take their laundry to the river, where stone slabs are placed for their use

Advert for Fridge 1912
An early refrigerator by McCray of Kendalville, Indiana, USA

Advert / Daylight Oil 1921
Advertisement for Royal Daylight Oil for lighting, cooking and heating

Stripping Wallpaper
Stripping (poisonous) wallpaper

Permutit Water Softener
Advertisement for Permutit water softener

Washing by Hand / Scrap
Washing by hand

Three Women on Wash Day
Three women hard at work on washing day

Happy Washerwoman 1901
A happy washerwoman hanging her washing up to dry

Child Helps Mama Iron
The ironing lesson - a little girl helps her mama with the ironing

French Laundrymaids / 1894
French laundrymaids washing and ironing

A Weary Seamstress / 1840
A weary seamstress

Mangles / Ironmonger Diary
Mangles/Ironmonger Diary

A Changeling
A changeling is detected when the son of a Herefordshire household brews beer in eggshells

Advert for Zebo 1929
A woman stands back to admire her fireplace which she has just cleaned with ZEBO

Aristocratic Household
An aristocratic household gather for their devotions in the chapel at Moat House, Ightham, Kent

Glosso Polish Advert
GLOSSO POLISH A maid stands behind a pile of things she has just polished with Glosso

German Tree
Christmas tree in a German household

1721 Frenchman on Horse
French Marshal of the Royal household on horseback

Family / All Together
A German family in their living-room, each member of the household industriously occupied

Fridge Advert / 1951
Frigidaire advertisement

Spring Cleaning / 1925
Spring cleaning - hubbie in the doghouse

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