Washes Collection

Advertising card for Thoms Castile Soap of Manchester
Advertising card by Louis Wain for the Gold Medal-winning Thoms Castile Soap - the Best in the World - manufactured by David Thom & Co. Ltd. of Pendleton, Manchester

Woman Washing / Basin 1927
An attractive woman wearing a patterned dressing gown washes in a basin

Traditional Japanese bathing in upright wooden tub, heated by a small side stove Date: 1930

Mary anointing the feet of Jesus Christ
Mary of Bethany anointing the feet of Jesus Christ in gratitude for his raising of her brother Lazarus (and in preparation for his impending death and burial). Date: circa 1850

Rinso Advert
RINSO washes while you sleep (snore !) - soak the clothes, thats all. (Made by Hudson s)

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

Maid Washes Ladys Feet
A maid dries her mistresss feet after washing them

Jesus & Peters Feet 19C
Jesus washes Peters feet at Passover

Good Boy by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in a charming blue smock and shorts outfit, washes his face using a flannel, soap and metal wash bowl

Lady in Hip Bath 1905
A German lady washes in a hip bath

Jesus & Peters Feet
Jesus washes Peters feet at Passover

Woman's Day magazine - article on shampooing - 1957
Editorial photograph for Woman's Day magazine - article on shampooing - 1957. Date: 1957

Dominica, Caribbean - laundry in the river
Dominica, Caribbean - women doing their laundry at the edge of a river. circa 1907

Canary Islands - Las Palmas - Lavaderos (Laundries) Date: circa 1920s

R. S. Hudson Limited Omo Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Omo, a bleacher, cleanser and purifier for household fabrics

JESUS BEFORE PILATE
Jesus before Pilate, who washes his hands to show he is innocent of Jesus's death. Date: circa 30

Moudros, Lemnos, Greece - Laundry in the open air - washing clothes by rubbing the garments against large stones and then drying over walls and on fences in the hot sun. Date: 1922

Washing clothes in the canal, Annecy, France
Annecy, France - a woman washes clothes in the canal. Date: circa 1930s

Public laundries, St. Marylebone, London 1900
Interior of the washing room at St. Marylebone road baths and washhouse, London. Women doing their laundry in small cubicles, with a plenty of supply of hot-water, 1900

A little girl kneels on a chair and washes her hands in a basin. Date: 1920s?

DUTCH LADY & PAGE DUTCH LADY & PAGE
A Dutch lady washes her hands while her page holds the basin Date: 17th century

MAID WASHES LADYS FEET
A maid dries her mistresss feet after washing them

AD FOR DISINFECTANT
A nurse washes her hands with Jeyes Disinfectant Date: circa 1900

Washing up after breakfast (2 / 2)
Picture 2/2 - Following their fancy breakfast at their very well-appointed campsite (see: 13127654), the young chap has scarpered, leaving his partner and Mother left with all the washing up!!

Washing Stockings / 1940S
Washing day: a young woman washes stockings by hand at the sink using a bar of soap and two basins of water Date: 1940s

South Wales miner washing
A South Wales miner, face and forearms black with coal-dust, washes at home in a large tin bath. His wife helps wash his back. Date: circa 1936

French Washerwomen - Saint-Pierre-en-Port, France
French Washerwomen doing their laundry in the rock pools at Saint-Pierre-en-Port, in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region of France. Date: circa 1908

Fashionable lady hanging up dainty fabrics on her line
A young fashionable lady hanging up dainty fabrics on her washing line, direct from a bowl of creamy Lux washing suds. Date: 1924

Old Maid card game - Mrs Fox Washes Up. circa 1950s

Rural China - Washing clothes and bodies in a stream
Rural China - Washing clothes (doing the laundry) and bodies in a nearby stream. Date: circa 1910s

Pontius Pilate washed his hands. Miniature. Poesies Devotes
Pontius Pilate. Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea from 26-36 AD. Miniature. Pilate washed his hands. Poesies Devotes, 16th century. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Washing Hands with Soap
A stylish woman washes her dainty hands with lovely soap in her bathroom sink. Date: 1940s

Dutch Lady Washes Hands
A Dutch lady wearing a satin dress washes her hands in a shallow bowl while her maid pours water from a jug. Date: 17th century

Ad for Disinfectant
A nurse washes her hands with Jeyes Disinfectant Date: circa 1900

Boulogne-sur-Mer - The washing of the days catch of fish on the quayside. Date: 1913

Boy drying his face on a towel
A boy looks up rather guiltily, having been caught drying his face and hands on a towel when they are not properly clean. The water in the sink is filthy. Date: 1953

Japanese Women washing fabric
Japanese Women washing and drying strips of fabric (for wall hangings?). Date: circa 1910s

The Tinkers. Barker, Thomas of Bath 1769 - 1847 (attributed to)

Japan - Three Japanese women washing patterned fabric strips Date: circa 1905

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Midwife assist with baby
Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - A Midwife assists with bathing the firstborn baby (first parturition). Date: circa 1910s

The Port of Betsupu, Japan - next to Yanagihara-eki in Ehime - washing out fish trays in the surf. Date: circa 1910s

Cheeky young Puppy avoids bathtime
A cheeky young pup escapes the possibility of bathtime by making a run for it from his wooden tub. Brother and Sister are about to give chase! Date: circa 1950s

Mumbai, India - Dhobies drying Cloths - Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat
India - Dhobies drying the Cloths at the Dhobi Ghat (Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat), a well known open air laundromat in Mumbai, India

European Gentleman dressing, attended by his Head-Bearer and other servants. (Plate 4 of 20) Date: 1813

Everybody works but Father - Unemployment
Father enjoys his paper and pipe in front of the fire, whilst Mother does the washing, Sister Ann also helps and the young narrator of this social comment carries a paint pot. Date: 1906

Washerwomen in Macedonia Date: 1918

Italy - Riva del Garda - Women washing
Italy - Riva del Garda in the northern Italian province of Trentino. Washerwomen cleaning clothes and bed linen on the banks of Lake Garda. Date: 1907

Washing in Dew
The fair maid who, the first of May, goes to the fields at break of day, and washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, will ever after handsome be

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