House Hold Collection (page 5)

Scrubbing Kitchen Floor
A housewife kneels down as she scrubs the kitchen floor with a scrubbing brush and an enamel bucket of water. Date: 1940s

Washing Line 1930S
Washing hanging on the line in the back gardens of cottages at Buckland, near Yelverton, South Devon, England. Date: early 1930s

Knitting Boffin
A bespectacled boffin attempts a spot of knitting, carefully following the knitting pattern! Date: 1930s

Cleaning Kitchen Floor
An ingenious housewife saves her back by cleaning her kitchen floor with a cloth and a sweeping brush. Date: 1940s

Trendy Vacuum Cleaner
A Phillips vacuum cleaner in a trendy cream and brown design. Date: 1974

Mystery Household Task
A young housewife pours something from her teapot through a strainer into a bowl - but why? Is she removing stains from garments? Date: 1940s

Tumble Drier 1974
A modern tumble drier. Date: 1974

Washing Machine
A Keymatic De Luxe washing machine. Date: 1974

Electric Iron
An electric iron. Date: 1974

Building a Bonfire
Gleeful boys building a huge bonfire of household rubbish! Date: 1950s

Staining Floorboards
Using a brush to stain floorboards with permanganate of potash (potassium permanganate). Date: 1930s

Lagged Boiler
A lagged hot water boiler in a household basement or loft. Date: 1970s

Guards Memorial - St Jamess Park, London
The Guards Memorial - St Jamess Park, London (as seen from Horseguards Parade) - unveiled by the Duke of Connaught on 16th October, 1926. An obelisk of Portland stone with a granite base

Coronation. Irish State Coach moves away
The Irish State Coach moves away from the West Door of the Abbey. The coach escorted by contingent of Household Cavalry. 1953

Coronation. A VIP Coach approaches Abbey
The Prime Ministers Procession. Churchills coach approches the Abbey greeted by an officer of the Household Cavalry and an officer of the Brigade of Guards.Churchills coach escorted by Ivth Queens

Coronation. March towards Abbey
March towards the Abbey. In the foreground the Guard of Honour mounted by The Royal Marines. The marching column is a group of members The Life Guards of the Household Cavalry on foot. 1953

Dutch boy and girl
A Dutch boy and girl, Hans and Gretchen, have a conversation over a washtub. circa 1910s

Queen Elizabeth at a parade, 1953
A young Queen Elizabeth II looks back over her shoulder as she waits for a parade of the Household Cavalry at Home Park, Windsor during a presentation of New Standards

Silhouette of Household Cavalry in Hyde Park, London
Silhouette depicting a procession of mounted Household Cavalry in Hyde Park, London, featured in the Tatlers Coronation issue. 1953

Helping Mother hang up the washing
Two children Helping Mother hang up the washing. 19th century

Coronation. Queen Mothers escort moves away
the Queen Mothers escort mounted by the Household Cavalry moves off down Victoria Street. 1953

Little girl on washing day
A little girl on washing day. 19th century

Antigua - A household of 10
Antigua, West Indies - A household of 10 (which includes the pig!!) Date: circa 1910s

Washing in East Indies
Washing day in Java, Dutch East Indies. Date: 1930s

Medieval Trumpeters
Three trumpeters of the 14th century, wearing the grotesque garments associated with their profession : they probably belong to a noble household. Date: 1314? - 1369

Ladies Costume Henry III
Ladies of the household of the earls of Pembroke, reign of Henry III, with a girl : all wear long gowns, the older women also wear mantles, and coverchiefs on their head. Date: 1250

Washing Machine / 1960S
A fashionable woman does some washing Date: 1960s

Artist and Page C17
A Dutch artist, and a page from a noble household Date: circa 1615

Old Woman Knitting
An old woman sits and knits. Date: 1882

Suburban Clothes Line
Putting up a clothes line in a suburban street Date: 1959

Estate Agent / Sidcup / Kent
The exterior of the shop or office of W G Burgess - House, Estate and Land Agent - in Station Road, Sidcup, Kent Date: 1914

Chamber Pot
The chamber pot shown as part of the bedroom furniture in a 15th century household Date: 1501

Advert for the Radiation New World Gas Cooker
Radiation porcelain enamelled New World Gas Cooker. Date: 1933

Advert for Belling eletctric fires
The 2 kilowatt Belling is a flicker coal fire fitted with a beautiful flame effect : it keeps your teapot warm for a second cuppa, and its radiant heat warms the whole room ! Date: 1931

Howes Sewing Machine
Elias Howes sewing machine was the first to employ the lock-stitch Date: 1845

Advert for Gas for your home
When heat was master in the home the coal-eating kitchen range and household firres demanded much labour. There was dirt and smoke, waste and inconvenience. Now Heat is sevant

The Householders Foes
Is life worth living? or The haunted householder A householders foes. Date: 1885

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1928
1056 springs make the Vi-Spring mattress the most luxurious mattress obtainable Date: 1928

Maid and Crinoline
When crinolines are in fashion, household breakages are apt to be even more frequent than usual... Date: 1864

Dwarf Plate-Mender 1950
" Louis XVIII", the dwarf plate-mender of Tournai, France. Date: 1950

Two Women / Embroidery
Two women from the Royal School of Needlework work side by side on a design on a canvas frame. Date: 1930

Hanging Washing / Rip Van
Hanging out the washing on a windy day

German Living Room
The arbeitszimmer (workroom) of Friedrich Hacklander, editor of Ueber Land und Meer, with furniture and furnishings characteristic of a middle- class German household. Date: 1877

Advertisement for Hotpoint gifts for Christmas
Hotpoint gifts " Your problem - everyones - now is - what can I give". Various useful items for the housewife that will save her time, trouble and expense

Advert for Bon Ami powder
Bon Ami - gives nickel the glow of polished silver, a damp cloth, a bit of a rub, a moments wait while the magic-white cloud foams..... then whisk

Girl pouring water from a tin into a bucket
A girl in a summer dress pouring water from a large tin into a plastic bucket

Woman washing a sheet in a river in Portugal
Woman washing a sheet at the side of a river in Portugal. She is kneeling on a specially designed wooden platform, which stops her getting too wet

Woman hanging out the washing on a line
A woman hanging out the washing on a line (or two), apparently at the side of a stretch of water

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