House Hold Collection (page 8)

Drying Naval Clothes
For sailors of the French navy, Tuesdays and Fridays are washing days : their clothing is hoisted above deck to dry

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

Doggy does Laundry
A helpful dog holds a basket of laundry in its mouth for a little girl, who is pegging out her washing

Sportsmans Hall
SPORTSMANs HALL - A domestic scene in a hunting household - while the lady of the house performs on the hunting-horn, her menfolk drink and sing and the hounds wait patiently

Household / Cleaning
A maidservant kneels to black-lead a grate

Seroco Paint Advert / 1908
Seroco paints

Advert / Treloar Carpets
Treloar Carpets, Ludgate Hill, London

Advert / Campbells Dyes
Campbells Dyes make your clothes look new

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

Advert / Blacking / Polish
Diana Blackings and Polishes

Wringing out Laundry
Wringing out the laundry

Ye Tudor Mangle / 1889
Ye Tudor mangle

Public Laundry / Klodshans
Ironing in the public laundry

Storyland / Washday
Helping mama on washday

Birth Stool C1500
Using a BIRTH STOOL in a medieval household

Hazardous Hairspray
An aerosol can of Harmony Hairspray, carelessly left on a hot Belling coal effect fireplace, which could cause a nasty explosion!

Dangerous Plug
A badly wired plug, liable to give anyone a nasty electric shock

Painting the Garage
A house-proud British man, up a step ladder, painting the door and surrounds of his garage

American Sewing Circle
An American sewing circle. Ladies chat while they sew and are entertained by a few gentlemen callers

Victorian Lady Knitting
A Victorian woman knitting

Buy as you Rent / Property
A trade card of the British Homes Assurance Corporation Ltd. who invite you to buy as you rent - secure a house of your own in five easy steps

Two Neighbours Chatting
Two neighbours chat over the garden fence. One is a smart gentleman who has a very neat garden, the other is a more rural type who has more practical uses for his patch

Removing Stains
Pouring a kettle of boiling water onto a garment placed over a bowl is a good way of removing unwanted stains

Philips Big Bulb
Advertisement for Philips lamps - Dutch boy and girl tug on filament

Advert / Courtauld Fabrics
Courtaulds Furnishing Fabrics

Gas Water Heater
Thanks to the gas water heater, you can enjoy a hot bath at any time

Advert / Gas Spirit 1929
The Spirit of Coal - Gas, Light, Heat and Power (Wembley Exhibition)

Advert / Fridge Ilz 1930
Algidus refrigerator - note the old ice method, top left

Advert / Waring & Gillow
Sofa by Waring abd Gillow, one of Londons prestige furnishing stores, depicted in a setting with curtains and other items

Dickens / Household Words
HOUSEHOLD WORDS HIS FIRST OFFICE Office where the novelist edited his weekly journal, Household Words, from 1850 onwards

Crusoe at Home
Robinson Crusoe in his island home: Surrounded by household pets, I spent many happy and peaceful days

Advertisement for Peach, decorator and sign writer, Derby
Advertisement for Peach, Decorator, Sign Writer, &c, 33 Iron Gate, and George Yard, Sadler Gate, Derby, First Class Work at Strictly Competitive Prices. Residence 33 Duffield Road

Advertisement for Hill & Poyser, coal merchants, Derby
Advertisement for Hill & Poyser, Coal Merchants and Colliery Agents, Head Office at 45 The Wardwick, Derby, Depot at City Road Wharf, Derby

Loading Washing Machine
A young housewife loading up her " Miele" washing machine (with matching dishwasher) in her mini skirt and platform shoes

Dryden / Lightbulb Ad / 112
Advertisement for Metax lightbulbs

Washing & Dyeing / 1582
Public washing and dyeing grounds

Swedish Broom Seller
A Swedish seller of broomheads

Household / Appliances
A Swedish housewife brings her kettle to the coppersmith for repairs but he is dubious about his chances of making a success of the job

Father Smoking a Pipe
Family alarmed by sight of father smoking a pipe

Washerwomen of Caen, Normandy, France
The Washerwomen of Caen, Normandy, northern France, washing their clothes at the communal lavoir

Farmer and Landlord 1886
Lady Day: The farmer complains to his landlord that hes going through a bad patch and can t pay the rent

Housemaid Scrubbing 1886
Friday: The housemaid scrubs the staircase

Woman hoovering
Woman with hoover using the attachments

Housemaid hangs the washing out (Tuesday)
Tuesday: The housemaid hangs the washing out on the line

Housemaid sewing (Saturday)
Saturday: The housemaid does some sewing repairs

Housemaid does the laundry (Monday)
Monday: Ruth the housemaid does the laundry, unhappy because its raining and she won t be able to hang it out to dry

Housemaid ironing clothes (Wednesday)
Wednesday: The housemaid irons the clothes

Sir Henry Guildford
SIR HENRY GUILDFORD Master of the horse and Controller of the household. Accompanied Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold

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