Sweeping Collection (page 3)

Favourite Sayings - Sweep before your own door
Black 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 HQ
Firefighters with sweeping brushes at Southwark HQ, taking part in an escape competition

Man and woman performing a comic sketch
Man and woman in costume, performing a comic sketch. Date: C.1942

Two coolies, China
Two coolies with sweeping brushes, China. Date: circa 1890

Two men at work with sweeping brushes. Date: 20th century

Mines and torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Navy 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. Davis
A 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. Davis
The 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 Dawson
A 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

Sketch of man with sweeping brush
Sketch of a man with a sweeping brush. Date: 1922

Two gardeners sweeping leaves, 1889
Two gardeners at work sweeping leaves in the grounds of a stately home. Date: 1889

Sweepers on Red Square, Moscow
Seven men keeping clean Moscows Red Square that separates the Kremlin (the former royal citadel) from the historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod. Date: circa 1900

Woman sweeping a yard
A woman sweeping a yard outside a barn

Diabolo Revival
This young woman, working in a toy shop, shows off many boxes of the game Diabolo, a craze sweeping through the nation. Date: early 1930s

Painting a Yacht
qTwo glamorous girls sweeping down and painting a yacht. Date: 1930s

Ice Sweeper
A man on ice skates, sweeping the ice with a broom. Date: early 1930s

Albrecht Von Der Helle
ALBRECHT VON DER HELLE We have not been able to learn what this resolute-looking German did for a living but you can be sure it wasn t pig- keeping or road-sweeping. Date: 1510 - ?

Japan - Women performing a variety of tasks in the home
Japan - Three women house staff performing a variety of tasks in the home - their Geisha Mistress is looking out of the window in the background, seemingly ignoring their endeavours. Date: circa 1900

Japan - Geisha Girl - posing at home with two house staff
Japan - Geisha Girl - posing at her home with two house staff Date: circa 1910s

Two Japanese women cleaning a Geisha House
Beautiful postcard, depicting two Japanese women (O-Kiku-Ean and Ayame-San) cleaning a Geisha House. Date: circa 1910s

Unidentified scene of mice sweeping autumn leaves

The Magic Mirror. From Once Upon a Time no. 119 (22 May 1971)

Sweeping up autumn leaves

A man sweeping pine needles that have fallen from a tree near a stone shrine. Date between 1830 and 1850

French soldiers cleaning their Barrack Yard. They all wear loose overalls over their uniforms (even the supervising officers) - dusty work! Date: 1906

Mrs. Charles Benning sweeping steps of shack in Shantytown, Spencer, Iowa. Date 1936 Dec. Mrs. Charles Benning sweeping steps of shack in Shantytown, Spencer, Iowa. Date 1936 Dec

Residential district, Herrin, Illinois. Date 1939 Jan

Sea Scouts washing the deck of a boat or ship. 20th century

Cub Scouts sweeping runway, HMS Osprey, Portland

Winter scene. Feeding robins
Young girls sweeping snow from a garden path take time off to feed the robind. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1922

Met Police stranger danger education for children
PC Doug Curwen of the Metropolitan Police supervising stranger danger education for children. A strange man brandishes a sweeping brush at two children, who don t seem to be at all frightened of him

Newlyn Harbour Wall
The lovely sweeping curve of the harbour wall at Newlyn, a picturesque fishing village near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Date: 1950s

Weddiing dress 1937
Heavy white satin weddiing dress, exquisitely draped and moulded to the figure so that the line about the waist is emphasised, it has a heart-shaped neckline with fern clip at either side

Child plays with straw, mother comes running
The child loses interest in chasing Jack Sparrow, and sits down to play with some straw instead. Her mother comes running, to take her back home. Date: 1937

Dunderpate in various poses, working at school and at home. Date: 1938

Scotland / Loch Long
The sweeping curve of the shoreline which lies at the head of Loch Long, Argyllshire, Scotland, one of the many sea lochs which indent the Firth of Clyde. Date: 1950s

Cleaning Kitchen Floor
An ingenious housewife saves her back by cleaning her kitchen floor with a cloth and a sweeping brush. Date: 1940s

St. Fagans Castle, near Cardiff, Wales, is a 16th century manor house on the site of a 13th century fortress. In 1948 it became a Welsh folk museum. Date: 16th century

Dog & Brush
A dog gets the brush off! Date: 1930s

Chimney pots with sweeps brush poking out
Two chimney pots with a sweeps brush poking out of one of them -- the last place to choose when looking for somewhere safe to build a nest! Date: 1937

Young woman with sweeping brush

Fleet Minesweeper sinking after striking a mine, WW1
A Fleet Minesweeper sinking after striking a mine during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Getting out the paravanes on entering a minefield, WW1
The crew of a ship getting out the paravanes on entering a minefield during the First World War. The paravane is towed underwater in order to detect the presence of mines

Lowering a paravane on entering a minefield, WW1
Lowering a paravane on entering a minefield during the First World War. The paravane is towed underwater in order to detect the presence of mines. Date: 1914-1918

The old woman who brushed the cobwebs off the sky. late 19th century

Greenwich / Chamberlain
People out in Greenwich Park showing the sweeping views across the River Thames Date: circa 1770

Tending pigs, Inebriates Reformatory, Ackworth, West Yorkshi
Inmates tending pigs at the North Midlands Inebriates Reformatory at Ackworth near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. The institution was one of several operated by National Institutions for Inebriates

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