Sweeping Collection (page 4)

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

Horse-drawn road sweeping machine
A marvellous photograph of a horse-drawn road sweeper, made by J. T Whittomb of Tavistock

Road sweeper at work
A 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 sweeper
A rather ragged dustman or road sweeper with his sweeping brushes and shovel, cart and empty bottle of ale! Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Collecting horse chestnuts
A woman in a skirt, patterned v-neck jumper and beret sweeps up conkers from the ground and collects them in a basket. Date: c.1932

Morocco - Street Sweepers
Road Sweepers in Morocco, connected by a rope (to prevent them sweeping the same patch twice)

Morocco - Road Sweeper
A road sweeper with a large broom in Tangiers, Morocco

The Wynaad Goldfields of Southern India. Richmond Coffee Sto
Engraving of servants sweeping and carrying coffee to the store on the Richmond Estate, where gold was found. Wynaad in the Malabar district of Madras was subject to many gold finds between 1876

Mine-sweeper
A pair of trawlers sweeping for mines in the North Sea with a weighted wire rope stretched between the craft

Close of business at Wall Street, New York, 1856
Engraving showing a young black man sweeping up after the Wall Street market had closed for the end of the day, 1856

Terraced Housing / Monck
Sweeping street scene of terraced housing

The Spider & Silkworm
THE SPIDER & THE SILKWORM A spider boasts she can spin much more quickly than the silkworm; the silkworm replies her labours endure & are valued unlike the spiders web

Sweeping up Confetti
A man sweeps confetti from the pavement outside a hotel, the morning after a wedding in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Girls Sweep Snow C1880
Two girls, sent out into the yard to sweep up snow, watch robins as they forage for food

French Clergy Harassed
The Constitution Civile du Clerge imposes sweeping changes on the Church, starting with doing away with submission to papal authority

French Corps De Garde
French cavalrymen at the entrance to their Corps de Garde : two men on sweeping fatigue make sure the area is spotless

Industry / Factories / Brita
Interior of cotton factory: mule spinning, Lancashire, child sweeps inside moving machine

Snow Sweepers 1930S
Men sweeping snow from the pavements in central London during a bad winter

Social / Romania Streets
Folk sweep up the dust on the streets of a Transylvanian village

Housemaid (Petherick)
London characters: a HOUSEMAID uses her broom to sweep the front steps of the house where she is employed

Georgian Country House
A splendid Georgian country house looking up its sweeping drive to the front of the house, where a car is parked and two dogs wait

Cinderella by the Fire
Cinderella sits gazing wistfully into the ashes of the fire, holding the broom she has used for sweeping

Sweeping Snow C1890
A little girl sweeps the snow by the steps, watched by a robin Date: circa 1890

Futuristic visit by air cab
Paying a futuristic visit by air cab -- a lady is received by the concierge on the roof of an apartment building while the cab hovers alongside

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