Washday Collection

Poster advertising Sunlight Soap -- for rest and leisure. Date: early 20th century

Girl climbing tree, line of washing, Balham, SW London
A girl climbs a tree under a line of washing in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, in the sea, then home again, doing the washing Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, then home again - Make the most of it (in English and French) Date: 20th century

Advertising magazine insert, Sunlight Soap - Arab woman. circa 1900

Cartoon - A Family Wash, showing all the things that can go wrong on wash day. 19th century

WASHING IN SCOTLAND
Scottish women treading the washing, barefoot in tubs Date: 1871

WASHING DAY IN FRANCE
Washing day in a French home, maman bends over the tub, her elder daughter pegs out the washing, the younger enfants blow bubbles Date: circa 1920

Sunlight Soap advertisement, 1903
Advertisement for Sunlight soap, manufactured by Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight. This particular advert emphasises the appliance of science to ensure its cleansing capabilities - a picture of an

People doing their laundry, Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

The Nose Game - Impulsive Nose A6, Denotes Quick Temper. 1927

Happy Families - Mrs Flue. circa 1940s

Silhouette - Wash Day Tub
Silhouette - Woman working at the wash day tub. circa 1830

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Tommy Atkins the Soldiers Wife. late 19th century

Two cats on a washday greetings card
Two cats and doll on a washday greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Two girls climbing drainpipe, Balham, SW London
Two girls climbing a drainpipe and getting through an open window of a building in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Two lines of washing are hanging nearby. Date: circa 1961

Line of washing, Balham, SW London
A line of washing behind some houses in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Trade card, Keystone Wringer, Best in the World, manufactured by F F Adams & Co, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Nursery Rhymes -- washday, horse and crow
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a man and a woman on wash day. Below -- a crow startles a horse so much that the two riders are thrown off. Date: early 20th century

Edinburgh street scene
An Edinburgh street scene, showing two elderly neighbours chatting in the sunshine on washday

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