Housewife Collection (page 2)

HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN
A happy housewife cracks eggs in her stylish new fitted kitchen, with built-in cooker and oven - wow! Date: 1960s

HAPPILY MAKING THE BED
An attractive, happy housewife making a bed. Date: 1960s

SMOOTH IRONING TIPS
A tip for those who iron clothes - padding your ironing board with old newspapers helps to keep the ironing cloth smooth. Date: 1940s

MENDING A CHAIR
Gluing back loose or dislodged chair legs can be quite a straightforward task, as this practical woman demonstrates, using a brush and pot of glue. Date: 1930s

JAPANESE WOMAN KNITTING
A young Japanese housewife contentedly sits on a cushion and knits a dress for her youngest child. Date: 1930s

JAPANESE HOUSEWIFE IRONS
A young Japanese housewife irons her husbands trousers on the floor. This is a daily task, because the Japanese sit on cushions which makes trousers crease badly. Date: 1930s

JAPANESE HOUSEWIFE SEWS
A Japanese housewife in traditional costume, sewing some fabric together. Date: 1930s

ELECTRIC COOKER SHOWROOM
The Appliance Room, Electric House, Walthamstow, London E17, showing the latest range of cookers, fires, fridges, etc. Date: 1930s

MAKING PRESERVES 1851
A French housewife makes preserves. Date: 1851

WOMAN PREPARES TO DYE
A woman prepares a dye mixture before adding it to a basin of water. Date: 1940s

WIFE AS HOME DOCTOR
A German housewife can - and indeed should - become a home doctor, skilled at taking care of her family and neighbours Date: 1905

Lady at the stove 1919
After World War One, the housewife does her own cooking with a smart modern stove Date: 1919

Postman of Montenegro
A postman of Montenegro brings a letter to a housewife as she sits at her spinning wheel. Date: circa 1900

BUYING THE GOOSE
A shrewd housewife feels whether the goose is plump enough for the family Christmas dinner Date: 1909

Itinerant doorstep peddlar / seller of accoutrement for sewing
Itinerant doorstep peddlar/seller of accoutrement for sewing. Date: 1920s

Housewife grabbing some rays, protecting her modesty by sitting sensibly close to the garden fence although quite happy to be snapped...! Date: circa 1930s

Woman shakes the dirt off a pair of trainers, Venice
Venice - 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

1940s - Lay poses in back garden in new beachwear
Entitled " The Body" - this photo shows a British Housewife in her back garden modelling her latest summer beach outfit - July, 1949. Date: 1949

A Turkish Kadin (Wife) in her indoor costume. Date: 1802

The Cottage Window by Harold Harvey (1874-1941), one of the Newlyn School of Painters, showing a woman feeding a small bird in a cage by a cottage window. Date: 1919

Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Spanker!"
Yachting Terms Illustrated - " A Spanker!" A housewife reacts with furious anger to the indiscretions of her younger son, who has spilt black ink all over her pressed white tablecloth

A Modern Electric Kitchen probably 1940s Date: circa 1940s

Housewife with her new Ritemp electric washing machine
A housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain. Date: 1947

Washing Stockings / 1940S
Washing day: a young woman washes stockings by hand at the sink using a bar of soap and two basins of water Date: 1940s

WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the War
Sorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941

A stout, jolly housewifes enjoys a mid-morning cup of tea and a chat with her cat before getting on with her daily chores

New Zealand lamb advert, 1952
Advert for New Zealand lamb, 1952, featuring a housewife saying, " when its New Zealand, its good." Theres a nod to rationing

Housewife 1940S
A bored housewife re-arranges her fruit in the bowl on the table of her panelled dining room. Date: 1940s

Exhausted Housewife
A young overworked housewife or stressed out working woman with a sore neck, lies back in a comfortable armchair and puts her feet up on a leather footstool. Date: early 1930s

Peeling Potatoes 1940S
A housewife with painted red fingernails peels potatoes into an enamel bowl in the kitchen sink. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Scrubbing Board 1940S
A housewife, wearing black rubber gloves, uses a scrubbing board, soap and a metal tub to wash clothes. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Racial Types / Dutch 1640
Dutch women including a housewife wearing ruffs which continued to be fashionable in the Netherlands after other European countries had ceased wearing them. Date: 1640

Cartoon, The Good Housewife, WW1
Cartoon, The Good Housewife. A woman in a black cloak picks fruit from a tree and puts it into a bowl which her daughter is holding. The little girl gazes expectantly up at the tall branch. Date: 1918

Housewife W / Soup 1930
A pretty young housewife carries a dish full of hot soup. Date: 1930

Sorting Laundry
A young housewife sorts out a pile of laundry. Date: 1940s

Algerian Spinner
An Algerian housewife spins at the doorway of her home Date: 1906

Montmartre in Winter
The Rue de l Abreuvoir, on a winters day - a housewife fetching milk stops to talk with a neighbour Date: circa 1905

Housewife in the backyard of her terraced home with children
A beautifully-shot study of a Housewife in the backyard of her terraced home with her children. Date: circa 1910s

Venice, Italy - Waterfront scene - Housewife trying to catch small fish (or shrimps?) from the quayside with a net on the end of a long pole. Date: circa 1901

Good Things Brochure - Guide to living a healtier life
Good Things Brochure - Guide to living a healtier and happier life

Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries advert by Heath Robinson
One of the latest types of motor lawn mowers for enabling the housewife to carry on while mowing the lawn. Advertisement by William Heath Robinson for Ransomes motorised lawn mowers. Date: 1928

Tinting everything to match with Dy-o-la Dyes
Tinting Everything to Match with Dy-o-la Dyes - a housewife dyeing clothes in her bathroom sink from a Brochure: Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1926

War-Time Economies Saving Breath, WW1 Heath Robinson
War-Time Economies from Heath Robinson - to Save Your Breath. The Penny-in-the-Slot machine for blowing out candles. Wartime savings taken to ridiculous lengths by William Heath Robinson who suggests

Dutch bourgeoise housewife with milk pail and page, 17th century, . From a painting by Gabriel Metzu. Handcolored illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L

Liebig Extract of Beef, 1891
An advertisement for Liebig Companys Extract of Beef, describing itself as an " extract of happiness". Date: 1891

Silhouettes for Bristol Pure Milk Co Ltd
Silhouettes by H.L. Oakley for a leaflet published by Bristol Pure Milk Co Ltd, on the production, processing and delivery of homogenised milk

Advert for Mansion polish 1937
The bright way to lovely floors. Floor retain there loveliness far longer when polished with Masion Polish. A single application will keep a floor looking bright and fresh for days. 1937

Collection of TV Rental
Collection of TV rental from two housewives Date: 1930s

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