Tasks Collection (page 2)

Diy Carpentry / Sweden
A Swedish father engaged in do-it-yourself carpentry Date: 1917

Ladies working in a Russian soldiers home under Bolsheviks
Those who suffer under the revolutionary regime - Russian ladies earning their living as cleaners I a home for soldiers. Scene showing upper class women employed in scrubbing

War Women in the guise of men, WW1
A page of various photographs showing women taking on traditionally male roles during the First World War. As well as working as recruiters and munitions workers, there is also a lady barber

Gardening tasks, pest control, 1891
A couple attend to their plants in a greenhouse, removing greenfly. Date: 1891

A French woman collects the tickets on the Paris Metro
As the need for more soldiers grew, many jobs normally carried out by men, women were brought in and trained to do their tasks

Firefighters doing productive work in lull period, WW2
During the longer lulls in firefighting activities, NFS firefighters took part in industrial production for the countrys war needs

Staining Floorboards
Using a brush to stain floorboards with permanganate of potash (potassium permanganate). Date: 1930s

Kensitas cigarettes advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes showing a domestic scene where a man, engaged in the masculine task of hanging a picture, is offered a Kensitas cigarette to steady his nerves. Date: 1953

Infants Class / 1973
A classroom scene with the children concentrating on a variety of tasks. Date: September 1973

The Nemean Lion
One of his seven labours of Herakles was to slay the Lion of Nemea, which is said to have come from the Moon

Gardening Tasks
Digging - Hotbed - Dibbling - Pruning and nailing - Grafting - Raking - Edging - Tying up

Housewife Washing Up
A glamorous houswife, happy in her work, washes the dishes by hand at the kitchen sink

Polishing a Silver Tray
An Edwardian butler polishes a silver tray until he can see his face in it

Doing the Drying Up
A happy young housewife in a red top dries up her yellow plastic collinder

Decorating a Door / 1940S
A woman, wearing a floral over dress, stands on a step ladder to give a door a fresh coat of paint

Lady Makes Bed
A housewife with an elegent hairstyle makes the bed

Scrubbing Lino
Cleaning linoleum with a scrubbing brush, soap and a metal pail of fresh water and lots of elbow grease!

Bellerophon & Chimaera
To clear his name, Bellerophon performs various tasks for Iobates of Lydia, including slaying the monstrous Chimaera

Skein-Winder - Hamon
The skein-winder A Mother and her daughter in Roman dress ball up lengths of wool in their villa

Housework in Trenches
German troops on the Eastern Front get on with their household tasks while one of them keeps an eye open for signs of enemy activity

Wheat Harvest, 1846
A farmer rides by the wheat field to see how the harvesting is coming along - twelve people are working at the various manual tasks

Boatswain Ca 1829
A ships boatswain (bo sun) - the officer in charge of sails, rigging etc, and who summons the men to their duties and appointed tasks

Henschel Hs-126 Ww2
After serving during Spains civil war, this is one of Germanys most versatile non- combat aircraft during WW2, for tasks ranging from recon- -naissance to glider towing

Apprentices & Trades
A group of apprentices learning various tasks in a rural setting

Hand-Driven Dish Washer
A French woman washing dishes using a hand-driven dish- washer

Woman Cleans Pans 1903
A woman cleans pans in her kitchen

Washing Dishes / 1960S
A fashionable lady does the washing up

Artificial Flower Makers
Girls and young women in a well lit workroom carry out various tasks in the process of artificial flower making. They appear to be making roses

Various Household Tasks
Various household tasks, including washing, ironing, hanging laundry out to dry, spinning and sewing

She Paints a Chair
She paints a chair

Burmese Housewives
Burmese housewives occupied with domestic tasks and dealing with tradesmen

German Farm C16
Busy scene on a German farm - the master on a horse gives orders, villeins and servants get on with their various tasks

Stencilling a Frieze
Mama decorates the room by stencilling a frieze round the walls, while daughter holds the paint pot

Stripping Wallpaper
Stripping (poisonous) wallpaper

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