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Woman at work in a kitchen, Mexico. Date: circa 1905
Interior of The Big Curio Store, Tijuana, Mexico. Date: 1928
Cover design, Womans PictorialCover design, Dressing Up, by M Kemp Welch, Womans Pictorial magazine, 21 June 1924. Depicting a girl wearing improvised fancy dress. With items by Kitty McKane, Fannie Kilbourne and Gilbert Frankau
Cover design, School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting a young woman with her pet dog
Women sitting at a table sewing arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
Women with display of homemade arts and craftsA group of women with a display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
Woman with display of homemade arts and craftsA young woman with a display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
Display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
German table items from the early 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889
Japan - Street scene, Peking (Beijing)Lantern slide of Street scene, Pekin. Coloured slide shows people in street seeling items.. Part of Box 157 Japan, Boswell Collection, slide no. 38 Date: circa 1890s
Paris Exhibition 1900 - United States of AmericaSlide showing a colour picture of the exhibit showing items from the United States of America.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 26
Paris Exhibition 1900 - Goodes China ExhibitsLantern slide of Goodes China Exhibits in the Paris Exhibition 1889. Thomas Goode had a well known china shop in London and he produced items for international royalty
Comforts for troops, WW1 knitting from Sunlight yarnsPage from a booklet published by Sunlight Yarns during the First World War with patterns and instructions to make a variety of garments or comforts for troops at the front
Weldons paper patterns for our troops, WW1Page of items that could be made from Weldons paper patterns for soldiers during the First World War. Garments include night shirts, a bed jacket and a flannel helmet in a balaclava style. Date: c
WW1 knitting booklet patterns, knitted helmetsInside of a First World War era knitting booklet with various patterns instructing knitters how to make woollen comforts for the troops
Dunkleys prams and nursery toys advertisement, 1888Advertisement for a variety of prams, bassinettes, childrens wheeled toys and rocking horses available from Dunkleys of 76 Houndsditch, London. 1888
Dutch cub scouts collecting items, HollandDutch cub scouts collecting items on a cart, perhaps for a fundraising sale, Holland
Scouts landing materials at Argostolion, Kefalonia, GreeceScouts landing materials at Limenarchio, Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece. Four earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, destroying many buildings; the scouts helped with clearing up
Advert for Hawkins kitchen accessories 1952Home-making begins with Hawkins. Hawkins labour saving kitchen accessory to make light of every chore. From a Tecal, that automatically makes your morning tea or coffee
German army medic or quartermaster, WW1German army medic or quartermaster sitting at a table with items set out on shelves, and cutout images of Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince. Date: circa 1914
Suffragette Womens Exhibition 1909. The interior of the Main Hall, Princes Skating Rink, Knightsbridge, venue for the Womens Exhibition, 13th-25th May 1909
Carolina Cheruto cigar advertisement, Reginald McKenna taxesAdvertisement for Carolina Cheruto cigars from the First World War period featuring a picture of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Reginald McKenna
Eve and her luxuries, WW1Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine, pictured surrounded by some of her favourite luxury items - hats, dresses and lingerie
Tobacco jar made from a 4 5 Howitzer shell caseTobacco jar made from a 4.5 Howitzer shell case, dated 1915, with a matching lid. The base has copper handles and a copper inscription which reads Tobacco decorated with copper oak leaves
WW2 poster, Load Your Van With Care, having regard to items loaded. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
Display in Baden Powell House, LondonDisplay of items in Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Date: circa 1960s
Film, wireless and gramophone in the home by G. H. DavisTalkies a self-contained cinema, gramophone and radio-set for household use, mechanism of synchrophone. Date: 1931
Woman with baby in curio store, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Curio store, Japan, with swords, large fans, samurai armour and other items. Date: circa 1890s
Match box with wind screen, World War OneA combined silver match box and wind screen, a novelty but nevertheless extremely useful to men at the front and available from Charles Packer and Co of Regent Street, London
German stores left behind, Western Front, WW1German stores of bombs, helmets and other items left behind when they were driven out of Pierre St Divion on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Britains chief exports to the world by G. H. DavisBritains chief exports to the world: vast fields of opportunity are kept open during the Second World War by British supremacy at sea
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1939Get up wide awake ! How you feel in the morning depends largely upon how you sleep during the night. Take no chances with your nights rest, sleep on a Vi-Spring
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 193530 years supremacy in sleeping comfort. The Vi-Spring overlay mattress. Never in its years of unparalleled success has the wonderful Vi-Spring mattress occupied so higgh a position in the favour of
Advert for the General Electric Company 1944Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944
Gas iron, 1884A gas iron, 1884. 1884
Advert for Rene Lalique Glass 1928Advertisement for glassware by the renowned Rene Lalique, available from Breves Lalique Galleries near Sloane Street, London. Date: 1928
Advert for Electrolux refrigerator 1928No motor : no sound : no attention : no maintenance... Because it embodies an entirely new priniple of economical refrigeration, operating on gas or electricity and without moving parts
Advert for Clipshaver eletric dry shaver 1937Not the first but the perfected dry shaver. Not lauched in a hurry to start a vogue but the results of years of experimentation towards perfection
Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer
Advert for Beatl table lamps 1930Beatl is a word that will soon be well known as word china - for Beatl is the name of the wonderful new material that is rapidly replacing china and glass everywhere
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1930Its luxuriously comfortable ! Only thoses who slept upon a Vi-Spring can really appreciate the luxurious comfort of this fine overlay mattress
Advert for Treasure cot: Maternity wear 1930Maternity frocks. The new treasure maternity frocks for spring wear are in the smartest designs following the latest keynote of fashion
Moscow, Russia - Clothes SellerA Moscow clothes stall from around the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1900
Three duchesses doing war work, WW1Three duchesses doing war work at the start of the First World War. Above: the Duchess of Westminster working at her sewing machine in the open air at Gifford House, Roehampton, wearing a large hat
Mending household items 1944Make Do and Mend. During World War Two women became very resourceful, they tackled repairs and maintenance of many clothing and household items, that today we would just throw away and replace. 1944
Coronation shoppingItems chosen for their elegance and distinction which is an integral part of the coronation season; these include alice headbands, evening gloves, bath oil and flairessence
Advert for The General Electric Company 1943A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War
