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Olney Pancake RaceSHROVE TUESDAY The starter line for the Olney pancake race which has been held in the village for over 500 years. Any Olney woman over 18 can compete
Elizabeth Ann kitchen units advertisementAdvertisement for the Elizabeth Ann kitchen unit in stainless steel for the aristocrat of kitchen equipment for...a bright, easy kitchen. c.1955
Wertheims SewingmachineThe sewing machines manufactured by Joseph Wertheim of Frankfurt are used by gnomes as well as by the housewives of Ballarat and Warrnambool
1940S Housewife CookingA housewife cooks on a simple stove in a bare and austere kitchen, adding milk to the pan she is stirring
Lin-Can advertisement, 1953Advertisement for Lin-Can tinned fruits and vegetables manufactured by Lincolnshire Canners of Boston, Lincolnshire, featuring two excitable housewives keen to demonstrate the endless possibilities
Gas refrigerator advertisement, 1950sAdvertisement for a gas-powered fridge depicting a carefree 1950s housewife gazing fondly at her gigantic baby. 1950s
English Rose kitchen advertisementAdvertisement for the wonderfully retro English Rose fitted kitchens of the 1950s depicting a housewife in a jolly yellow pinny proudly showing off her pristine new kitchen. c.1955
Selling Fish by DocksThe fish-market alongside the quays where the fishing-boats dock - housewives and cooks come to buy fish fresh from the sea
Formica kitchens advertisementAdvertisement for Formica kitchen surfaces and units featuring an illustrated cartoon-like housewife and her little girl amid a pristine and colourful kitchen. 1950s
Turning on the CookerLady models with the new Prince II, Parkinson Crown cooker, in a domestic setting
Roadside Butter Market in Ireland Date: 1905
Romanian women from CampulungA group of Romanian women from Campulung (or Cimpulung) - a city in the Arges County, Wallachia, Romania Date: circa 1905
Sissons sinks advertisement, 1950sAdvertisement for Sissons stainless steel sinks, bringing gleaming glamour to your kitchen. c.1950
Ezee Kitchens advertisementAdvertisement for Ezee Kitchens featuring a proud looking housewife showing off her new kitchen units. c.1950
Ideal Home kitchen 1951A kitchen at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, 1951, featured in a spread in Sport & Country magazine: the country housewife at Olympia; this years Ideal Home Exhibition has much to interest her
Chester Shopping CentreThe Paddock the then new shoppig centre in Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s
Queueing for Eggs
Leisure Kitchens advertisment, 1950sAdvertisement for Leisure Kitchen Cabinets featuring a 1950s housewife proudly showing off her new, immaculate kitchen. 1950s
Redring advertisement, c. 1955Advertisement for Redring Metrovick Boiling Plates manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company of Old Trafford, Manchester, showing a jubilant housewife delighted with her new cooker
Ware rite surfaces advertisementAdvertisement for Ware-rite kitchen surfaces, guaranteeing brighter homes and lighter work. c.1950
The Netherlands - Marken. Houses with wide gables on the edge of a canal. The housewives have hung out their washing in long lines heading down to the edge of the water
Danish Veggie MarketHousewives and servants at the fruit and vegetable market on a rainy day in Copenhagen. Date: 1888
Housewives Stunt SchoolHousewife Teresa Vincent leaps from the first floor of a building onto cardboard boxes and mattresses 20 feet below. It makes a change from washing up, she explained. Date: 1960s
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (3 / 8)Croatia - Traditional National Costume (3/8) - two women with embroidered white headscarves chatting by a wall facing the coast
Gas Council advertisement 1954Advertisement by the Gas Council stressing that the gas industry makes the best use of the nations coal, allowing busy housewives the luxury of instant hot water with Mr Therms Sink Water-heaters
Housewife Cook TastingA housewife tastes one of her creations with a spoon, wearing a frilly apron, and standing in an immaculate kitchen
Oil Cook Stove 1919The New Perfection Oil Cook Stove is used by 3 million American housewives - You, too, should have a dependable New Perfection !
Cooking SupperHey good looking, what you got cooking? A glamorous, happy housewife gets her casserole out of the kitchen oven
Pouring TeaLady poses while pouring tea. The groceries lie partially unpacked on the table
Tasting the SoupLady lightly blows on the soup before testing it from the pot
Housewife Pours CoffeeAn immaculate young housewife pours coffee into two cups, and all seems right with the world
Housewife / BasketA young housewife smiles as she opens the front door before going shopping with her basket over her arm
Woman Washing Up / 1960SSparkly housewife in a black polo neck sweater and sleeveless dress stands at the sink and washes up pans and cups in mild green Fairy Liquid
B / Ham Housewives DrunkA disgraceful scene in the streets of Birmingham occurs when drunken housewives make a show of themselves in public. Date: 1870
Paris Street MarketParis housewives at a street market
Burmese HousewivesBurmese housewives occupied with domestic tasks and dealing with tradesmen
Betty Crocker Cake MixWomen are just getting to be liberated in the 1950s, and cake mixes like Betty Crockers allow housewives to feel they have made the cake - but without the hassle
Pyne - Knife GrinderTHE KNIFE GRINDER trundles his wheel from street to street, calling out to housewives and servants to bring out their knives and scissors for him to sharpen
Washing Day at the RiverFrench housewives take their laundry to the river, where stone slabs are placed for their use
Outside a BakeryHousewives of Paris discuss the high cost of bread outside the boulangerie