Starch Collection

Comic Postcard - Dirty Collar - Donald McGill
A collar for your Father? Yes Miss - like the one I'm wearing? No - a clean one. Date: circa 1925

Fruit seller of Hamburg, Germany, with basket of apples, 19th century. She wears a starched fichu on her bonnet and many petticoats worn over the other

Underground train - new station indicator 1896
New station indicator on a underground train in London, after the train leaves the station a bell rang and the name of the next station appeared. 1896

Ludgate Circus, with advertising on sides of public transport and buildings

New craze for artistic posters 1896
A private view of one of the collections, hobby that came into fashion, enthusiasts are giving up large rooms for the purpose of properly displaying the posters

Advertisment posters on the London Omnibuses 1896
In Bow Street where a Victorian Gentleman objected to the posters on the windows of the London Omnibuses. Date: 1896

Paris, France - Gare d Orsay (now the Musee d Orsay) - Advertising postcard for Vermeires Negress Pure Rice Starch. Date: circa 1904

Poster for Robin Starch, showing two smart little boys sitting on an enormous starched white Eton collar

Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans Starch
A serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century

An advertisement for White Lustre Starch. And Gilbert S. Craveys Corn Starch

Why Get Married?
" Why Get Married?" The Joys of Bachelor Life illustrated quite clearly in this humorous German postcard illustration! Date: circa 1910s

Rice starch factory of E. Hoffman and Company
Rice starch factory of E.Hoffman and Company. Signs, Salzuflen, Lippe, Alemania, 19th century. Engraving

Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Bad Salzuflen
GERMANY. NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA. Bad Salzuflen. Industrial Revolution (1884). E. Hoffman and Company rice starch factory. Engraving

Oswego starch factory, Oswego, N. Y
Oswego starch factory, Oswego, N.Y

Information poster, essential foods
Information poster giving details of essential foods needed during wartime rationing. 1940s

Making Starch 18th Franc
Starch manufacturers at various stages of the production in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Borneo Sago poster
Poster depicting a stylised scene in Borneo showing sago being harvested. Sago is a type of starch found in the soft innards of certain palms

Board School Starch 1893
Girls at a board school are taught domestic arts such as mixing starch

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