Towel Collection

Calvi Beach, Corsica
Sumptuous and colourful beach scene advertising the Corsican resort of Calvi, showing a 1920s lady in her bathing suit against beach and town

Louis Wain - Turkish Bath
Louis Wain - two cats in a Turkish Bath. circa 1900s

Art Deco Bathroom
Luxury Art Deco en suite bathroom in various types of marble, with a built-in bathroom cabinet, heated towel rail and stylish taps and fittings

Woman Shaving Man
A female barber or barbers assisitant, probably during World War Two, applies shaving soap to a mans face before his shave

Two Babies by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a red dress has been bathing her doll. Date: 1930

Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness Council (HCC) - 5 Tavistock Square, London. Date: circa late 1920s

The dangers of getting a personal tattoo
" First of All, Mary, theres something awful I must get off my chest." The dangers of getting a personal tattoo - A dapper gent has to admit to a previous romantic liason to his new young

Man in Bath
Just when he starts to enjoy a relaxing bath, a mouse enters the room and tries to steal his towel; luckily theres a bell- pull so he can call the maid and have her remove it

Woman drying herself after a dip in the sea outside her hut
Woman drying herself with a beach towel after a dip in the sea In her trendy striped bathing costume) outside her hut which is named Burleigh after a village in Berkshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Vichy, France - Bathroom
Vichy, France - Taking the healing waters - here the patient is wrapped up and then submerged within a superb enamel bath. Note the spectacular art nouveau tiling! Date: early 1910s

Mending Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl sits mending a little boys breeches, while he stands uncomfortably with a towel round his waist

Woman in the Tub 1918
A young woman starts her day washing herself in the tub with a large sponge. A towel sits on a rail for when she has finished

Lady Bathers - British - Bathing Chairs
Studio photograph (postcard) of wonderful basketwork bathing chairs occupied by smoking female bathers about to take a dip

Birthday postcard, Little boy getting washed Date: 20th century

Children bathing together Your Turn by C V MacKenzie
Sweet illustration showing two children sharing a tin bath. The smaller child soaks the older one with a sponge, all in the spirit of communal bathing! Date: 1920s

Young Man dries himself off with a towel at Taormina, Sicily, Italy. Date: 1939

Wish You Were Here postcard
Seaside postcard featuring a woman in a yellow swimsuit sunbathing in a rather uncomfortable rocky spot on an unidentified beach

British Seaside Scene - Two woemn dry off after dip in sea
Two women (the one of the left would win a Princess Margaret lookalike Competition) dry off after a dip in the sea. Possible Daughter (left) and Mother (right)

Duke of Yorks Camp for Boys - Southwold, Suffolk - here, Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) is returning from a bathe. He spent the night under canvas and attended a concert

Ministers, In The Restroom
This sketch shows a French minister speaking with a restroom assistant who is holding a towel, saying Give me another one, you can see that this one is clean. Date: circa 1901

Vinolia Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vinolia Co Ltd, promoting Vinolia Soap, which soothes and refreshes. The image shows a mother, drying her young son with a towel having had a wash using the product

Lightfoot Advertisement
An advertisement for Young, Osmond and Young, Limited, promoting the Lightfoot tubular electric heating system. Examples of this are shown in the images, including a skirting heater, towel rail

A towelling tunic for the beach, complete with a pattern to make it oneself. Date: 1954

An elegant wash-stand from the Italian Renaissance, with its washbowl, ewer with tap to provide water, towel to dry your hands, and a candle to see what you are doing Date: circa 16th century

Comic postcard, Bathtime for son and daughter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guests complaint Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man washing in a bowl Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman in red bikini at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty woman and little girl at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man approaches bathing hut - mixed bathing Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy with soap in his eye Date: circa 1918

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Long Distance Call
The postcard caption is Long distance call. Churchills message on the back is Express your thanks by building tanks. The senders message suggests that the relationship is under strain - My Darling

Family outside their beach hut
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A smiling young woman in a headscarf and apron washing up or preparing food in a kitchen or scullery. Tea towels hang from the airer above, assorted ladles and pans are close to hand

Four great imams: Abu Hanifa 1, Al-Shafi ??i 2, Malik ibn Anas 3 and ibn Hanbal 4. I quattro Iman. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Modern American Bathroom. 1926

Advert, Cannon Towels -- absorb quickly, wear well, cost less. 1926

Wilton Williams Idea of Comfort, taking a bath
A lady looks the picture of relaxation following a steaming hot bath. One of a series of illustrations done for Comfort Soap in the 1920s by leading illustrators of the day. Date: c.1925

Apodyterium for the Tepidarium in the Forum Thermae, Pompeii
Apodyterium or changing room for the Tepidarium or warm bath in the Forum Thermae, Pompeii. Servant with oil vase and towel standing next to a table

Peasant girl of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century
Peasant girl of the environs of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. The headband covers the elegance of the bonnet, and the fichu is bunched up around the throat

Advert, William Stevenson & Co, Glasgow
Advert for William Stevenson & Co, bathroom fittings, Brown Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

The Bath Parade by Muriel Dawson. 1933

Cartoon, The Letter of the Law, by Ghilchick -- One-Piece Bathing Suits Prohibited. Date: 1933

A young lady displays her legs on the platform of her beach cabin. Date: 1916

Barbara Read - Canadian-American film actress
Barbara Read (1917-1963) - Canadian-American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Date: circa 1935

Nurse in dressing gown and holding towel outside Benenden Sanitorium, Kent Date: circa 1936

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Tooth the Dentists son. Date: 20th century

BABYS BATHTIME 1922
Mother lifts baby out of the bath and dries him with a towel. Date: 1922

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