Hygiene Collection

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Advertisement for Vinolia Soap - Mother! Mother!! Fidos eaten my soap!!! early 20th century

Communist China - training barefoot doctors
Communist China - a military doctor trains three young women as so-called barefoot doctors, usually village-based farm workers trained in primary health care and basic hygiene, including acupuncture

Poster, The Magic of Soap and Water. Coo... is that me with the dirt off? Showing a boy admiring his nice clean face in a soap bubble. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. circa 1940s

Poster, Don t be afraid of Soap and Water. Showing a little boy welcoming a humanised jug and a bar of soap. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

When the Hot Water Tap Runs Cold
Ingenious invention for improving the level of bath water, especially when hot water runs out, whereby the occupant inflates a large balloon to order to displace water and raise the level

Elizabeth Arden Soaps advertisement, 1940
Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden Soaps. A little luxury a woman earned after a hard day during the Second World War. The advertisement reads

Odol Mouth Competition
Advertisement for Odol mouthwash or liquid antiseptic dentifrice which features a competition to guess Whose Mouth Is It...? The first prize is 20

Kolynos Trade Card
Trade card for KOLYNOS dental cream, in the shape of a tube of toothpaste. It is described as cleansing - antiseptic - delicious

Toothbrushes (Adverts)
Toothbrushes and Combs

Boy scouts sharing a shower at camp, British Honduras
Three boy scouts sharing a shower at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Kolynos Dental Cream, advertising bookmark in the shape of toothpaste tubes

CWS advert, White Olive Soap for Beauty and Health
CWS (Cooperative Wholesale Society) advert, White Olive Soap for Beauty and Health Date: 1920s

WW2, The Shower Bath
An illustration of a baby having a shower early in the morning, used to promote the idea that getting up early and keeping good hygiene can help to achieve victory in the war. Date: circa 1940s

Turkey. Constantinople. Ottoman era. The Sultan's bath
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The Sultan's bath. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Arnout

Turkey. Turkish baths for women
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish baths for women. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Turkey. Turkish baths for women. Engraving, 19th century
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish baths for women. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Italy, Pompeii. Forum Baths. 1st century BC. Interior of the Tepidarium (medium temperature baths), decorated with stuccoes in the vault. The niches are decorated with male figures (telamones)

Advertisement for Lifebuoy Soap, from Lever Brothers Ltd, Port Sunlight. Showing two crew men in a lifeboat. With the motto Saves Life'

Wartime advert for Kolynos Toothpaste, employing the imagery of a nurse to vouch for its efficacy. Date: 1943

Street Life London 1878 - The water cart
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - The water cart

Advertisement for Parozone showing a mother, in a pristine white dress, saying goodnight to her little boy, who is in a bed with pristine white sheets

Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand Household Soap
1890 UK Magazine Brookes Soap Advert Date: 1890

Cartoon, Horrible Incident in Real Life
The master of a household visits the kitchen to get a little supper after the servants have gone, only to find it crawling with cockroaches. 1852

Advertising Showcard, A & F Pears, Violet Powder, entirely pure and safe for use upon the tenderest skin

Advert for Brookes Soap 1890 Advert for Brookes Soap 1890
Women polishing all the metal wear, so much that she can see her reflection. Date: 1890

Royal Vinolia tooth powder advertisement
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia tooth powder with a young woman brushing her teeth. Date: 1912

Interior of a mobile French dental laboratory 1916
The modern interior of a French army dental surgery. The drill can be seen along with the other surgical equipment used in oral hygiene. Date: 1916

HYGIENE MUSEUM DRESDEN
The Deutsche Hygiene Museum at Dresden is a tribute to the healthy regime made available by the National Socialist principle of Kraft durch Freude (Strength through joy). Date: circa 1938

GIRL BRUSHES TEETH
Few girls are at their best while brushing their teeth, but this young lady is doing very well... Date: circa 1910 ?

Haybox Cooking, Food Saving Exhibition, Institute of Hygiene
Hay Box Cooking Demonstration at the Food Saving Exhibition, Institute of Hygiene (which opened on 28th January 1918). A haybox, straw box, fireless cooker, insulation cooker

Statue of an Athlete by Richard Wilhelm Daniel Fabricus
Statue of a German Athlete by Richard Wilhelm Daniel Fabricus (1863-1923) - stands outside the Hygiene Museum of Wilhelm Kreis in Dresden, Germany. Date: 1907

Lady bursts through Hoods Latest Newspaper full of health
Lady bursts through Hoods Latest Newspaper, full of health and vitality! Hoods Saponaceaous Tooth Powder apparently cleanses the teeth, sweetens the breath, and hardens the gums. Date: circa 1900s

FRANK, Johann Peter (1745 - 1821). German physician and hygienist, pioneer of the public health. Oil

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

Advertisement for Pebeco toothpaste, recommended by doctors and dentists. Free sample from P Beiersdorf & Co, Idol Lane, London. Date: 1914

Advertisement for Pears Soap from Illustrated London News. 1894

Page from catalogue of toilet requisites
Page of toilet requisites from Harrods catalogue (1911 - 1912), Brushes and Turnery Department. This page includes shaving brushes, nail brushes hand mirrors and bath mats. Date: 1911

Herculaneum. Roman baths. Caldarium
Roman baths. Caldarium with a hot plunge bath. Marble. Herculaneum. Italy

WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria
but my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

Advert for Kolynos toothpaste 1942
Spotlight on service. Never before have the women of england playedso prominent a part in serving their country. The W.A.A.F

ACWW, Ugandan Student Nesta Rugumayo - Lady Aberdeen Scholar
Established in 1933, the ACWW ( The Associated Country Women of the World ) by 1962 had registered its first Lady Aberdeen Scholar at a British university

Djibouti, East Africa - A Young girl cleans her teeth
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young girl cleans (the exact translation is " rubs" ) her teeth. Date: 1905

Poster advertising Euthymol toothpaste, showing an elegant young Edwardian lady smiling prettily

Advert for Pears soap, 1921: beautifies and protects the skin and matchless for the complexion Date: 1921

Dental moulding room, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd, Kentish Town, NW London. 1921

Advert for Southalls sanitary towels 1898
Sanitary Towels for Ladies from home or on tour, made entirely of white absorbent wool. 1898

Advert for Floriline liquid for teeth and breath 1897
Is the best Liquid Dentifrice in the World. Prevents the decay of the teeth. Renders the teeth pearly white. Is perfectly harmless and delicious to the taste. Date: 1897

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