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Constantinople, Turkey - Chimney Sweep
Bank of England / BusyBusy street scene including coaches and a crossing sweeper, a figure peers out of an upstairs window and a flag flies from a tower
Advertisement for the Western Electric vacuum cleaner with a women patiently cleaning the carpet around her snoozing husband. Lets hope that cigarette falls into his lap and wakes him up. Date: c.1924
HMS Jewel, British minesweeper M390HMS Jewel, British Algerine-class minesweeper M390. Date: circa 1960s
Bluebell in Fairyland by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline TerrissFlyer for the revival of the musical Bluebell in Fairyland on 26th December 1927 at The Scala Theatre, by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss, with music by Walter Slaughter
Carpet SweeperA young housewife using a carpet sweeper
Snow Trafalgar SquareA man sweeps a path in the heavy snow at the base of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square. Note Landseers lions covered in snow
Indian SweeperA sweeper, Punjab
Household Objects Date: 1940
Street sweeper, Moscow, Russia
Road sweeper Victorian period
Whirlwind Suction Sweeper AdvertisementAn advertisement for Stapley, Harrison and Watson Ltd. promoting the all British Whirlwind Suction Sweeper, the young lady in the illustration can be seen using the product
Brass anchor chain and propeller from WW1 periodBrass anchor chain and propeller reputedly from a WW1 Royal Navy minesweeper. 21 inches
The Crossing Sweeper, by William Powell Frith, showing Victorian wealth and poverty. Date: 1858
Thessaloniki, Greece - Street Sweepers resting after a hard day's work. Date: circa 1910s
School playground in Pimlico, LondonA school playground in Pimlico, London - two road sweepers stop for a chat. Date: circa 1960s
Rue de Castiglione, Paris, FranceRue de Castiglione, Paris, on a wet day, with roadsweeper. Date: circa 1930s
Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering weight, Sept 1939Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering a weight over the side of a boat to keep their paravane at the correct depth. Volunteers, most commonly fishermen
Volunteer mine-sweepers in training, Sept 1939A scheme to train fisherman as volunteer mine-sweepers began in 1938 and was used to allow the navy to concentrate elswhere
West Ferry Road, Millwall, East London. Date: circa 1908
Minesweepers in the North Sea, WW1Minesweepers in the North Sea, First World War. 1914-1918
Cries of Paris - chimney sweep
One-legged sweeper at Chancery-Lane, London circa 1850s
Crossing-sweeperBearded crossing-sweeper at the Exchange, London. Date: circa 1850s
Irish crossing sweeper 1850sIrish crossing sweeper, in the streets of London. Date: circa 1850s
Crossing-sweepers 1849Poor couple sweeping the streets of London. Date: 1849
Able-bodied street-sweeperSweeping the streets of London
Crossing-sweeper that has been a maid servantWoman sweeping the streets of London
The Road Sweeper. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966
Crossing-sweeper nuisance Crossing-sweeper nuisance 1856Group of young children with brooms, sweeping the ground as a gentleman walks alone, asking for a ha penny. Date: 1856
Boys crossing-sweepers, London boys asking an affluent gentlemen for a penny for keeping the streets tidy. Date: circa 1850s
The Shepherdess & the Chimney Sweep - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from The Shepherdess & the Chimney Sweeper published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912
Tangier, Morocco - A Road Sweeper Date: circa 1905
BANK OF ENGLAND / BUSYBusy street scene including coaches and a crossing sweeper Date: 1827
Street sweeper 1863Young barefoot boy sweeping the streets for some money. Date: 1863
Street sweeper, WindsorA woman street sweeper cleans the cobbles in Church Street, outside the Carpenterss Arms pub, Windsor in the early morning
Warsaw street sweeper, winterA woman street sweeper brushes snow in a Warsaw park, Poland Date: 1987
Workmen sweeping snow on a Christmas card -- New brooms sweep clean. Date: circa 1890s
London Trade Card - William Woodward, Nightman, Carman and Chimney Sweeper, Rubbish Carted, 1 Marylebone Passage, Wells Street, Oxford Market. 18th century
Louis Wain - rich Lion and crossing sweeper Monkey. circa late 19th century
British naval convoy system by G. H. DavisThe method of safeguarding the freedom of the seas: the British naval convoy system at work. Making the high seas safe for Allied
Minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea, WW1A minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea on the outbreak of the First World War. A wire rope attached to a weight is dragged along the seabed
Satirical cartoon, The March of Intellect, showing a street scene with balloons in the sky above. 1828
Washington Street, Antofagasta, Chile, South AmericaWashington Street in the port city of Antofagasta, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1910
Girl Sweeper 1909A little girl with a broom on a country lane: " Please give me a copper, Sir." Date: 1909
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
Variety of brooms and carpet sweepers 1929A page from a 1929 catalogue showing a variety of brooms and lightweight carpet sweepers. Date: 1929
Paris - Le Boulevard MontmartreParis, France - Le Boulevard Montmartre - view of the crossing point (crossroads / carrefour) with Richelieu-Drouot. Note the fine view of the street washing and watering machine
WW1 - Seaplane crash, 1915WW1 - A derelict mine-sweeper seaplane seen crashed in the ocean and discovered by a Dutch trawler YN7. Two men row in a small boat towards the aircraft. Date: 1915
Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. DavisNavy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912
Mothers Crossing Sweeper by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl sweeps autumn leaves from the doorway. Date: 1930
Portrait photograph of three French chimney sweeps
Dustman and Cart at the Roadside Date: 1930s
Ice SweeperA man on ice skates, sweeping the ice with a broom. Date: early 1930s
Russian Road Sweeper. Date: circa 1903
Teddy Bear: Activity around Bear Green duck pondActivity around Bear Green duck pond
Street SweeperPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (15 February 1964)
An early snowplough tram in Montreal, Canada. This is the number 8 tram... Date: circa 1910
Montmartre - Sacre Coeur - ParisMontmartre - Sacre Coeur, view from the Place du Tertre - Paris, France Date: circa 1930s
Street CleanerA road sweeper cleaning a London street. Date: early 1980s
Horse-drawn road sweeping machineA marvellous photograph of a horse-drawn road sweeper, made by J. T Whittomb of Tavistock
Road sweeper with his cartA road sweeper with his cart, containing various brushes and a spade. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London
Road sweeper at workA road sweeper sweeping dirt from the gutter, dwarfed by a huge curving brick wall. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London
A road sweeperA rather ragged dustman or road sweeper with his sweeping brushes and shovel, cart and empty bottle of ale! Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
India - Road Sweeper brushing away with his broom
Morocco - Road SweeperA road sweeper with a large broom in Tangiers, Morocco
A sweeper - IndiaA sweeper calls. Indian man wearing turban carrying traditional basket and hand broom
Mine-sweeperA pair of trawlers sweeping for mines in the North Sea with a weighted wire rope stretched between the craft
Hoover1920 advertisement for the Hoover Suction Sweeper Company of Regent Street, London
Advert Vacuum CleanerAdvert for the housewife for christmas! Western Electric Vacuum Sweeper with the motor driven brush
Sweeping up ConfettiA man sweeps confetti from the pavement outside a hotel, the morning after a wedding in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Boy Crossing SweeperA barefoot crossing sweeper in Trafalgar Square, London, England
Crossing Sweeper 1883An old Indian crossing sweeper in the streets of London
Crossing SweeperBoy crossing-sweeper in an elegant district of London
Telegraph Boy & SweeperSlack! A telegraph boy & a crossing sweeper waiting for work
Crossing Sweeper C. 1860A crossing sweeper
Dog Scaring CatA cat, perched on the railings of a London square, glares at a dog, while a barefoot crossing-sweeper turns his back on the pair of them
