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Dressing Shetland ShawlsWomen from the Shetland Islands dress Shetland wool shawls on large racks Date: 1908
NINE MANs MORRIS 2 / 2A nine mans morris board, with pegs (2 of 2)
DRYING DISMAL DESMONDA little girl pegs out her freshly washed Dismal Desmond toy dalmatian dog to dry on the washing line in her back yard! Date: early 1930s
Washing Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl hangs out the washing on a windy day, while a little boy holds a full basket of clothes for her
A housewife with a mouthful of clothes pegs strikes a pose as she hangs out the washing! Date: 1940s (re-enactment)
Comic postcard, Women and washing line Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Sun is OutThe verse on the card contains the lines Coupon trouble grows - shes naught to dry - but pegs. Clothes rationing began in June 1941 and did not end until 1949
SOCIAL / WASHING DAY 1920Washing day in a workmans home: maman bends over the tub, her elder daughter pegs out the washing, the younger children blow bubbles Date: circa 1920
WASHING DAY IN FRANCEWashing day in a French home, maman bends over the tub, her elder daughter pegs out the washing, the younger enfants blow bubbles Date: circa 1920
Washing line StokeWashing on a clothes line in a back yard, Stoke on Trent, England. Date: 1987
Page of Victorian adverts for household items 1888Selection page of Victorian household hardware items for everyday use. 1888
WW1 Recruitment PosterCome Now - Your arms, uniform and accoutrements are ready waiting for you (quotation from Lord Kitchener at the Guildhall, July 1915) - Be honest with yourself
Gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South WalesTwo small gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South Wales
Patients playing bar billiards, Medical Centre, HendonScene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing three patients, two in dressing gown and pyjamas, one in shirt and trousers, playing bar billiards in a rest room
Japanese barge-dweller hanging out her laundryJapanese barge-dweller - Tokyo, Japan hanging out her laundry. Date: 1930s
News vendor poster, Pegs PaperNews vendor stand poster, Pegs Paper -- How Could She Know? circa 1927
Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figurePrehistory. Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figures. Are furnished with pegs. C. 800 BC. Fardal, central Jutland. Denmark. Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen
Dryden / Washing Lambs / 50A girl uses Persil washing powder to keep her lambs white - she then pegs them out to dry on the washing line! Date: 1930s
Little girl hanging out washing, by Muriel DawsonA little girl in red hanging out the washing, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Prairie wigwam - home to an indigenous Mother and UnclePrairie wigwam - home to the indigenous mans Mother and Uncle, both of whom peep out of suitable holes in the decorated canvas covering. It looks as if the Uncle has already hit the bottle
Chinese Fiddles - Two kinds of Saw Chine or Chinese fiddles are shown here. The first is a Saw Duang, identified by the jewels around one of th pegs
Doggy LaundressA dog does the laundry, pegging out a row of freshly washed dolls on a washing line. Date: early 1930s
Climbing FootholdClimbing a sheer rock face should not be attempted without appropriate boots and socks, pegs and safety ropes. Date: 1930s
Putting up a MarqueeWorkmen erecting a fairground marquee. Date: early 1930s
Group of Brecknockshire soldiers at an army campA large group of soldiers belonging to the Brecknockshire Battalion at an army camp, surrounded by their tents
Leaving the room with finesseIllustration showing an elegant and slightly haughty woman leaving a room through the door, putting on her hat and grabbing her coat as she sweeps away, casting a glance backwards
Drying MachineSeveral engravings illustrating an ingenious device for drying clothes; a forerunner of the fold-up telescopic clothes drier used instead of a line and pegs
Social / Washing Day 19CPegging out the washing in the English countryside
NINE MANs MORRIS 1 / 2A nine mans morris board, with pegs (1 of 2)
Twin puppies and washing lineTwin puppies, Snip and Snap, are attracted to a row of clothes flapping on the washing line
Family on Washing DayA French blanchisseuse leans over the tub while her daughter pegs things out to dry and her little boy blows bubbles
Changing in Bathing HutTwo girls strip in a hut which has not only a mirror and pegs but also a desk and chair in case they feel like writing postcards or a poem about the sea
Buying Clothes PegsBuying clothes-pegs and washing-lines from gipsies going from house to house