Laundry Collection (page 2)

Bramley Steam Laundry early 1900s

Upstairs Downstairs, maid doing laundry, lady singing
Upstairs Downstairs, maid doing the laundry with tub and washboard (L) and lady singing (R) Date: circa 1910

A Bit Of Chat
A coloured sketch showing a close chat between two laundry women wearing green skirts and blue and yellow tops, standing outside in the evening. Date: circa 1901

La Blanchisserie De La Place Margot
A painting of the painted blue premises of a laundromat in France, with laundry hanging from the window ledge above. A woman can be seen at each doorway and some cats are playing outside

Washerwomen, Moret-sur-Loing
Oil painting showing some nearby women washing laundry in a river, being spanned by a bridge in the background. Date: circa 1931

Dining room at teatime with open window Date: 1943

Advert, Watson's Matchless Cleanser for every household and laundry use. Date: 1927

Scottish women washing clothes in the open air Date: circa 1850

Cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister Asquith
Political cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister Asquith, I can't get all this washed in time - cat washerwoman attempting to cope with Parliamentary Bills in the form of laundry

Hungarian public information card - grow oil seed for soap
Hungarian patriotic public information postcard - There will be no shortage of soap if we produce oilseeds: rapeseed, castor oil, sunflower oil. Date: circa late 1950s

Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here in the Training Housewives display, the young women demonstrate laundry work

Girls learning how to do laundry correctly, maybe to do domestic work when leaving the orphanage. Date: 1900

A housewife with a mouthful of clothes pegs strikes a pose as she hangs out the washing! Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

A street scene in the quiet suburb of Acton, west London, with children fetching laundry and horse-drawn carts the only traffic. Date: circa 1880

Moudros, Lemnos, Greece - Laundry in the open air - washing clothes by rubbing the garments against large stones and then drying over walls and on fences in the hot sun. Date: 1922

c. 1880s Italy - Truogodi di S. Brigida washing
c.1880s Italy - Truogodi di S. Brigida washing

c. 1880s Japan - young women doing laundry

c. 1880s Japan - young women doing washing

Dhobies washing clothes, India, c. 1880 s
Dhobies washing clothes, India, c.1880 s

Street scene with wallpaper shop and laundry
Street scene with pedestrians, wallpaper shop, laundry and bank. Date: circa 1930s

Women doing laundry in Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Plan for a classical laundry for a stately home, Regency Era. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1821

View of Westminster Abbey, 1821
View of Westminster Abbey as it was fitted up at the Coronation of King George IV, 1821. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1821

Ruins of the stadium at Ephesus, Greece. Used for sports and ceremonies, then later for Roman games and circuses. Rovine dello Stadio di Efeso

Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Utility Room
Girls at laundry work in the utility room of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s

Woman sorting out laundry on four poster bed. 1926

New Sanitary Laundry, Novelty Silk Handkerchief
New Sanitary Laundry, Orchard Road, Shepherds Bush, West London - Novelty Silk Handkerchief. circa 1890

Huddersfield Steam Laundry, Marsh, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. 1904

Public laundries, Marshall Street, London 1900
Interior of a public wash-house with women wringing out wet clothes on mangles and folding them. 1900

Public laundries, St. Marylebone, London 1900
Interior of the washing room at St. Marylebone road baths and washhouse, London. Women doing their laundry in small cubicles, with a plenty of supply of hot-water, 1900

Wandsworth Prison Laundry
Inmates at work in the laundry at Wandsworth Prison, London. Some are irong and folding large sheets. Date: circa 1945

Quarriers Homes - Laundry
Girls at work in the laundry at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920

St. Pancras Baths and Washhouses
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the St. Pancras Baths and Washhouses, with illustrations of both the inferior and superior bathing facilities and the washing

Roman peasant women at a fountain, Italy
Roman peasant women washing clothes at a fountain, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Advert, James Mellis & Co, Prestonpans, Scotland
Advert for James Mellis & Co, Soap Manufacturers, Prestonpans, Scotland. 1905

Four children sitting in a farmers field near a hayrick circa 1910s

Laundry service, Sidi Amor Ben Salem, Tunisia, North Africa
Automated laundry service buildings, Sidi Amor Ben Salem, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: circa 1910

St. Marylebone baths and washouses 1850
Exterior of St. Marylebone road baths and washhouses, London. Design consists of one facade in Italian stye with rusticated stone basement, the upper story being red brick

Young housewife at work, Republic of Estonia
Young housewife at work, doing the laundry in a three-legged washtub, Republic of Estonia. Date: 1922

Peasant washerwomen at work, Republic of Estonia
Three peasant washerwomen at work by the river, Republic of Estonia. Date: 1922

Baths and washhouses in Golden Lane, London 1865
Exterior of City of London Baths and Washouses, near Smithfield Market, this was a place where you could go swimming in a large bath and get clean at the same time

Advert, Thomas Bradford, Steam Power Laundry Machinery
Advertisement, Thomas Bradford & Co, Steam Power Laundry and Dairy Machinery. circa 1900

Native laundry, Hong Kong, China, showing women hanging out washing. Date: circa 1930s

Cheamside, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey). circa 1910s

Fire at White Swan Laundry, SW London
Fire at the White Swan Laundry, Stockwell Road, SW London, 30 January 1950. Date: 1950

Advertising Insert - Hudsons Super Soap - design by John Hassall. 1914

Woman on wash day in the country, 1890s
Countrywoman on washing day, outside, 1890s Date: 1890s

Women washing at the fountain in the Roman campagna. Date: 1890s

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