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Technological advances of Home Heating - from coal to gasThe Advantages offered by the advances in Home Heating systems, shifting from coal to gas - the housemaid sends the chimney sweep away as her new gas boiler makes no soot and saves work and worry
Chimney Sweep & BrushA chimney sweep kneels on the hearth and prepares to insert his brush up the chimney
Sweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas cardSweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Sweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas cardSweeping brush sticking out of a window with comic verse on a Christmas card -- Where I hang out. Date: circa 1890s
London Trade Card - William Woodward, Nightman, Carman and Chimney Sweeper, Rubbish Carted, 1 Marylebone Passage, Wells Street, Oxford Market. 18th century
Three chimney sweep boys on a cutout Christmas card, held together by a long brush. circa 1890s
Man under iconic sweep of Centenary House, EcclesA man walking under the iconic sweep of Centenary House - now demolished, but then a flagship Co-Op department store in Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977
Bristol 156 Beaufighter IC of No 252 Squadron in Libya Initially deployed to Malta in early 1941, Beaufighters helped sweep Rommels forces from North Africa
For Good Luck by William Heath RobinsonTraining black cats to enter the front door at the stroke of twelve on New Years Eve. A contraption to encourage a New Year tradition imagined by the cartoonist William Heath Robinson. Date: 1919
The Little Red Hen, the picture of domestic efficiency, sweeps her front doorstep while an nterested looking fox lurks nearby. Date: c.1915
Slacker raids, New York, 1918A truck load of men in boaters who were picked up without registration cards, exempting them from conscription into the U.S army in WW1. They were rounded up, then taken to Armory for examination
Female Chimney SweepLondons only female chimney sweep, and a sturdy lass she looks, too!
Washington Street, Antofagasta, Chile, South AmericaWashington Street in the port city of Antofagasta, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1910
Shadoof (Chadouf) at the Nile river, Egypt. The shadoof is a traditional irrigation tool to easily lift water by hand from a water source to a higher level
Victorian Scrap -- Chimney Sweep. late 19th century
A summer day in Northern Sweden. Date: 1922
London Trade Card - Jeane Tempell, Chimney SweepLondon Trade Card - Jeane Tempell, a woman Chimney Sweep, Nutners Street (now Macklin Street, off Drury Lane), Holborn. circa 1740s
The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs GrimesChad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Grimes the Sweeps Wife. circa 1910
The Round Game of Happy Families, Mr GrimesChad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mr Grimes the Sweep. circa 1910
The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss GrimesChad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Grimes the Sweeps Daughter. circa 1910
The Round Game of Happy Families, Master GrimesChad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Master Grimes the Sweeps Son. circa 1910
Prince Henry of Wales - later Duke of GloucesterPrince Henry of Wales, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) sweeping leaves with a childs besom broom. He also has a miniature rake and wheelbarrow. Date: circa 1903
The Quadrant, Regent Street, London. Date: 1930s
Happy Families - Mr Flue. circa 1940s
Happy Families - Master Flue. circa 1940s
French Happy Families - Chimney SweepFrench Happy Families - La Famille Ramona, Grandmother, Chimney Sweep. early 20th century
Snap Playing Card - Sweep, a soot-covered chimney sweep. circa 1900s
Kay Snap - Mr Black the Sweep. 1930s
Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Silence the Ushers Wife. late 19th century
Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs awayCaricature of the actor-manager Henry Irving (1838-1905) sweeping the amateur rubbish away from the theatre. 1883
Road sweeper with long hair. Date: 1970s
Rescue of Chimney SweepThe dramatic rescue of a stuck chimney sweep at a factory in Lisieux. Date: 1898
Disraeli / Crossing SweepBENJAMIN DISRAELI Conservative MP out of office, depicted as a crossing sweeper spattering Lord Aberdeens Coalition Ministry with mud Date: 5 March 1853
My Mimosa Maid by Paul A Rubens and Austen HurgonMy Mimosa Maid by Paul A. Rubens and Austen Hurgon; music Paul Rubens. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 21st April 1908
Standon Farm Industrial School, StaffordshireInmates sweep the yard at the Standon Farm Industrial School, Staffordshire, run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1907
The Clairvoyante who Foretold her own Marriage by H M BatemaA sequential cartoon by H.M. Bateman showing a woman studying cards to tell her own future. Believing they re predicting she ll meet the man she ll marry imminently
Cartoon, Replacing the maid, WW1Cartoon, Replacing the maid. A middle class couple are forced to do the household chores themselves during a period of wartime austerity
Favourite Sayings - Sweep before your own doorBlack and white lantern slide of a man sweeping in front of painted background of a front door, steps and railings.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection
Firefighters with sweeping brushes, Southwark HQFirefighters with sweeping brushes at Southwark HQ, taking part in an escape competition
Mines and torpedoes by G. H. DavisNavy Notes of the Week: the question of mines and torpedoes. Showing naval minesweepers at work, sweeping a wire across an underwater mine field; a modern high-speed long-range torpedo;
Submarine incident in North Sea by G. H. DavisA submarine incident in the North Sea. How the sinking of the German cruiser Hela was accomplished (top). Two other illustrations relate to
Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. DavisThe mine problem in the North Sea. The mine layer at work, showing the way in which the mine is held below the water and how it is exploded by a passing ship
Child sweeping autumn leaves by Muriel DawsonA cute child in a blue coat sweeping autumn leaves, with calendar below and four birds in the left margin, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1940s
Mothers Crossing Sweeper by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl sweeps autumn leaves from the doorway. Date: 1930
Portrait photograph of three French chimney sweeps
Two gardeners sweeping leaves, 1889Two gardeners at work sweeping leaves in the grounds of a stately home. Date: 1889
