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Hygienic Collection

Background imageHygienic Collection: Vinolia Company Sprinko Advertisement

Vinolia Company Sprinko Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vinolia Company Limited, promoting Sprinko, an entiseptic, hygienic deodorant and hand cleanser, comes in a tin with a sprinkle top

Background imageHygienic Collection: Proposed rational dress for servants, 1912

Proposed rational dress for servants, 1912
Suggested rational dress (trousers) suitable for servants. Date: 1912

Background imageHygienic Collection: A variety of Advertisements from 1889. Date: 1886

A variety of Advertisements from 1889. Date: 1886

Background imageHygienic Collection: Women and Girls in Rational Dress, 1882

Women and Girls in Rational Dress, 1882
Engraving showing a group of women in types of Rational Dress, shown at the Exhibition of Hygienic Costume, 1882. In the 1880s the Dress Reform Movement

Background imageHygienic Collection: Balloon Puffa Pump

Balloon Puffa Pump -- speedy and hygienic. circa 1960s

Background imageHygienic Collection: Dental moulding room, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd

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

Background imageHygienic Collection: Sanitation team clearing refuse, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1

Sanitation team clearing refuse, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
Sanitation team clearing refuse left by departing troops at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. It was their job to keep the camp clean and hygienic. 1916

Background imageHygienic Collection: Roman era. Turkey. Ephesus Latrines (public toilets). 1st ce

Roman era. Turkey. Ephesus Latrines (public toilets). 1st century AD

Background imageHygienic Collection: The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement for Pyrex

The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement for Pyrex Transparent glass ovenware. Date: 1920s

Background imageHygienic Collection: Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland

Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland
A Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland

Background imageHygienic Collection: Advertisement for Robbialac paint

Advertisement for Robbialac paint, from Jenson & Nicholson of Stratford, East London. It costs less than wallpaper, slightly more than distemper, but its durability makes it far cheaper than either

Background imageHygienic Collection: Harem trousers replace the hobble skirt

Harem trousers replace the hobble skirt
From fetters to freedom: the hygienic harem replaces the horrible hobble skirt. Four radical designs from New York and Paris

Background imageHygienic Collection: Pudre De Riz Advert

Pudre De Riz Advert
Le Diaphane poudre de riz (rice powder) - adherant, invisible, hygienic - as used, the words imply, by Sarah Bernhardt herself !

Background imageHygienic Collection: Orrs Hygienic Undies

Orrs Hygienic Undies
Orrs Hygienic underwear - combinations

Background imageHygienic Collection: Shredded Wheat Factory

Shredded Wheat Factory
The home of Shredded Wheat at Niagara Falls, New York, the cleanest, finest, most hygienic food factory in the world where 2+ million are made every day

Background imageHygienic Collection: Shredded Wheats Home

Shredded Wheats Home
The Home of SHREDDED WHEAT Niagara Falls, New York state, describing itself as the finest and most hygienic industrial building in the world


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