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VIEWING A HOUSE / SOLDA family of four view their new house which still has the Sold sign outside. Date: 1970s
TERRACED HOUSES FOR SALEAn impressive row of grand Georgian terraced houses and flats for sale during the 1980s housing boom. Date: 1980s
DIY / PAINTING A WALLA close-up shot of painting a wall with emulsion using a large paint brush Date: 1950s
BOYS IN LAUNDRETTEThree teenage boys using a laundrette as a place in which to meet and socialise Date: 1960s
WOOD STOVE POSTERPoster for MIRUS wood stove, which, if you are wise enough to purchase one, will entitle you to thumb your nose at Jack Frost Date: 1923
WASHING IN SCOTLANDScottish women treading the washing, barefoot in tubs Date: 1871
WASHING DAY IN FRANCEWashing day in a French home, maman bends over the tub, her elder daughter pegs out the washing, the younger enfants blow bubbles Date: circa 1920
FAMILY / READINGFather reads by candlelight to his wife and their six children in a well- to-do household Date: 1783
SERVANTS CLEANINGTwo servants find that their job of polishing furniture is made cleaner, faster and more economical thanks to BRILLANT FOREZIEN Date: circa 1900
New Year gifts 1855Exchanging New Year gifts in a Paris household Date: 1855
CLOCK SELLERA street clock-seller Date: circa 1860
16th century Social InteriorThe 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 Date: early 16th century
WASHING DAY / MOTHER / CHILDWashing Day Date: 1899
NEW HOME SEWING MACHINEThe worlds greatest sewing machine is the New Home made by Gonyea and Alba of Rutland, Vermont, enabling repairs to be carried out in situ Date: circa 1905
CENSUS IN WEST END HOMEThe census in the West End: taking the tale of his household. The head of the house interviews the staff Date: 1901
LAUNDRY IN SCOTLANDWashing clothes in the river in Scotland Date: 1848
SMALL GIRL HAND WASHINGA small girl washing clothes by hand Date: circa 1870
POTS AND SO ONA Parisian chaudronnier selling cauldrons, pots and other metalware Date: 1774
PARISIAN BROOM SELLERA Parisian broom seller Date: 1774
WOMAN DARNING STOCKINGSA woman darning stockings Date: 19th century
PUBLIC LAUNDRY / PARISA LAVOIR PUBLIC (public laundry), Paris Date: circa 1870
SELLING BROOMSSelling brooms and other household articles outside Shoreditch Church, London Date: circa 1800
EVICTED IN NEW YORKA mother and children find themselves on the pavement in New York, having been evicted from their home Date: 1892
STREET TRADES / POTSAn itinerant pedlar seeks to persuade a French countrywoman to purchase one of his pots Date: circa 1840
GIRL WITH POTS C1850A German girl with remarkably long plaits carries her basket of earthenware pots securely balanced on her head. Date: circa 1850
HOUSEHOLD / LAUNDRY / MANGLEMangles and washing machines Date: 1884
FRENCH BOURGEOISE SEWSFrench bourgeoise sewing Date: 17th century
MISTRESS AND SERVANTSThe mistress of the house is dismayed by the aggravations, tribulations, vexations and irritations caused by her servants... Date: 1849
DUSTBINS / CATALOGUE / 1900Three galvanised iron dustbins Date: circa 1900
DOOR MAT SELLERA seller of DOOR MATS at Charing Cross, London Date: circa 1805
BRETON INTERIORA Breton household with built- in bed, ornamental furniture Date: early 19th century
TANGLEFOOT INSECT SPRAYTanglefoot insect spray Date: 1928
HOUSEHOLD / CLEANINGA maidservant on her hands and knees polishes a floor with beeswax and turpentine Date: 1893
LADY EMBROIDERING 1874A lady embroidering Date: circa 1874
LEAK DISTURBS FAMILYFamily disturbed by water leaking from upstairs Date: C.1860
HOUSEHOLD / COLLAPSED WALLIndignant houseowner complains to builder about collapsed wall
ARISTOCRATIC HOUSEHOLDAn aristocratic household gather for their devotions in the chapel at Moat House, Ightham, Kent
Landlord Demands RentThe Rent - or out you go! Landlord demands dues from woman and children for slum accommodation Date: circa 1880
FRENCH MARSHAL / C18French Marshal of the Royal household on horseback. Date: 1712
STREET CROCKERY SELLERSStreet sellers of crockery Date: 1768
FLYPAPER PEDLAR C19A street pedlar of FLY-PAPER, calling Catch em alive, oh! Date: 1887
Measuring equipment, kitchen scales, letter balance and other items for weighing Date: circa 1900
Chapel Royal, WhitehallThe Chapel Royal is an establishment in the Royal Household serving the spiritual needs of the sovereign of the British royal family
Over 5000 people an hour passed through Westminster Hall to pay their tributes to the late King George VI during his ceremonial lying-in-state with Officers of the Life Guards of the Husehold Cavaly
Woman shakes the dirt off a pair of trainers, VeniceVenice - Rio Greci looking towards the Ponte de la Pieta. San Giorgio Maggiore in distance. A woman on her balcony shakes the dirt off a pair of trainers Date: 2013
Wash day River Cavado, PortugalA woman pegs out her washing in her tide flooded garden on the banks of the River Cavado, Portugal. first published The Sunday Times 1989 Date: 1989
Household Staff - Upper Middle ClassA truly superb photograph of British Small Country Household Staff of the 1910s - Upper Middle Class (from left to right)
Advertisement for Petermans Cockroach and Beetle Food - certified by Drs. Hassall and Clayton, Analytical Chemists, not a POISON to Children or Pet Animals, but DEATH to cockroaches and beetles