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Gordon Boys Home, Nottingham - WashroomGordon Boys Home, Nottingham - boys wash at a row of large basins. Date: circa 1916
Chelmsford Industrial School - Washing DayWashing day at Chelmsford Industrial School - boys wash clothes in tubs and mangle them dry. Date: circa 1903
Bathing at the River Ganges, 1912Illustration by Fortunino Matania at Benares, showing thousands of pilgrims, fakirs and other worshippers bathing in the holy waters of the Ganges. Date: January 1912
Third Class Cabin on the Orient Line to AustraliaRather basic conditions in a 3rd Class Cabin on the Orient Line of Royal Mail Steamers, operating on the route to Australia. Date: 1915
Illustration, The Order of the Bath -- a little child washes two dolls in a large bowl. Date: 1895
Rural China - Washing clothes and bodies in a streamRural China - Washing clothes (doing the laundry) and bodies in a nearby stream. Date: circa 1910s
Aquamanile. 13th century. Anonymous. Copper. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands
Washerwomen on the river Chagres. Matachi?n. Panama CanalWasherwomen on the river Chagres. Matachi?n (Panama Canal). Colored engraving of 1879
Jesus and the Apostles: the washing of feet. Anonymous 17thFresco from the Monastery of St. Andrew in Mesovouni Volimes. Anonymous 17th century. Jesus and the Apostles: the washing of feet. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands. Greece
China Toilet Table Sets, Plate 58, showing plain and patterned trays, candlesticks, jars, pots and bowls. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 57, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 56, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 55, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 54, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
China Toilet Services, Plate 53, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 51, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, Best English Stoneware, Plate 52, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 49, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Japanese Geisha attend to dressing, washing and make-up Date: circa 1910s
Japan - Japanese woman O-Hana-San prepares for a bath Date: circa 1905
Best English Toilet Services, Plate 47, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 48, showing plain and patterned washing bowls and jugs. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 46, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 45, showing plain and patterned washing bowls and jugs. Date: circa 1880s
Silhouette - Wash Day TubSilhouette - Woman working at the wash day tub. circa 1830
Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Tommy Atkins the Soldiers Wife. late 19th century
Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Water the Turncocks Daughter. late 19th century
Ornate Suibansha, Nikko Taiyuin, Nikko, JapanOrnate Suibansha (place to wash hands and mouth before entering sacred precincts) at the Rinnoji Taiyuin Mausoleum and Temple in the historic Nikko National Park, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Adolphus Wash. GreelyADOLPHUS WASHINGTON GREELY American soldier and Arctic explorer who in 1881 went farther north than anyone to that time. Date: 1849 - 1935
Scrubbing Board 1940SA housewife, wearing black rubber gloves, uses a scrubbing board, soap and a metal tub to wash clothes. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)
Welsh Chapel SceneA busy scene on the Crumbles, a long stretch of shingle, from Eastbourne to Pevensey Bay, formed by the tidal wash of the sea. Date: 1950s
Hampton Furniture / 1882A suite of furniture designed by Hampton and Sons. Date: 1882
Furniture by HealComplete furniture for a small bedroom designed by Heal and Son. Date: circa 1890
Cruikshank / IndigestionAn early 19th century gentlemans self-contained room. It includes a hob grate, letter rack, wash stand, curtained off bed, pelmet & curtains, table, rug & fender
Edwardian BedroomTypical Edwardian bedroom with large wardrobe, wash stand in the corner, picture rail and generally ornate decor. Date: circa 1905
A Ghost CommercialAn opportunist guest invites the Ghost of the House to appear in his advertising campaign, selling the soap that will wash out even the stains of ghostly guilt Date: 1914
Wash Irving / Oval EngWASHINGTON IRVING American writer with a vignette of his home, Sunnyside, below Date: 1783 - 1859
Wash Irving / Fur CollarWASHINGTON IRVING American writer as a young man Date: 1783 - 1859
Wash Irving / HalpinWASHINGTON IRVING American writer in 1851 Date: 1783 - 1859
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - Scullery MaidsShaftesbury Home, Ealing - girls wash up in the scullery. Date: 1890s
Shaftesbury Home, Ealing - LaundryShaftesbury Home, Ealing - girls wash and mangle clothes in the laundry. Date: circa 1910
Advertisement for Cooks Pure Toilet Soap. Date: early 20th century
Sri Lanka - Elephants (with their Mahouts) bathing in riverSri Lanka - Elephants (with their riders) bathing in river. Ann elephant rider, trainer, or keeper is known as a Mahout. Date: circa 1920s
Boulogne-sur-Mer - The washing of the days catch of fish on the quayside. Date: 1913
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Armitage Green BasinArmitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Armitage Green Wash Basin (sink). Date: circa 1920s
The Senlac Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite in Dove Tigrato, Veneto Crocicohio or Cippolino Versilla. Date: circa 1920s
Standard Sanitary Appliances suite in Claire de Lune Blue. Date: circa 1920s
The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) SuiteThe Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) Suite in Breche Violetta Rose Aurore Date: circa 1920s