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Advert for Ewarts Geyser hot water 1925Hot water instantly night or day, just turn on the tap - Date: 1925
Girls in Turkish BathThree young women with Marcel Wave hairstyles, relaxing together in an indoor Turkish bath. Date: 1930s
Wounded Romanian soldiers taking a bath, WW1Wounded Romanian soldiers taking a bath outside a military hospital during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917
Advert for Ewarts Califront hot water 1927Advertisement for Ewarts baths and geysers, with a picture of a maid bringing a tray of morning tea to her mistress, who is still reclinging in bed, and clearly too busy to even switch on her bath
American troops marching to Chateau Thierry, France, WW1American troops marching to Chateau Thierry, northern France, during the First World War. A woman is washing her clothes in the foreground. Date: circa 1918
LaundryWomen in a laundry, Landskrona, Sweden 1910. Date: 1910
Washerwomen in Macedonia Date: 1918
Macedonian Farmstead (and occupants) Date: 1918
Enjoying a soak in the bath, 1930A lady reclines in a very comfortable-looking hot bath, enjoying the soothing effect on the nervous system of Zotis Foam Bath. Date: 1930
Giving Dolly a bathTwo little girls washing their dolly in a bowl Date: 1882
Faenza, Italy - Panoramic View Date: circa 1910s
Dieppe, France - A Troglodyte, one of a group of people who built homes into the faces of cliffs, connected by underground passageways Date: circa 1910s
Rabbit doing LaundryA rabbit washing laundry by hand in a wooden tub. Date: early 1930s
Thailand TribesmanA Maow Hill tribesman with a crossbow, Chiangmai, northern Thailand. Date: 1930s
Doggy LaundressA dog does the laundry, pegging out a row of freshly washed dolls on a washing line. Date: early 1930s
Washing Line 1930SWashing hanging on the line in the back gardens of cottages at Buckland, near Yelverton, South Devon, England. Date: early 1930s
Washing GoldBaskets containing freshly mined gold, being washed underneath water spouting from a pipe at a New Zealand gold mine. Date: early 1930s
Washing MachineA Keymatic De Luxe washing machine. Date: 1974
Bath Towel ModelA cute model getting out of the bath, wearing only a small towel! Date: 1966
Pegged Kittens
She made them some brothThere was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children... She made them some broth -- an illustration to the nursery rhyme, showing the old woman in her kitchen
Dunderpate and his mother with the washingDunderpate and his mother out in the garden with the washing. Date: 1938
Good Baby -- little girl washing dollGood Baby -- a little girl washing her doll. Date: early 20th century
Toddler giving dog a bath in the garden
Nevills Turkish Bath - City Branch - London. A cooling room. In the new Broad Street and Bishopsgate Churchyard area. Formerly a Turkish Bath - bought by Henry and James Nevill
Girl Guides: Princess Elizabeth washing up, 1944Princess Elizabeth(right), patrol leader in the Buckingham Palace Company of Girl Guides, helps with the washing up, while in camp at Windsor. Date: 24th July 1944
Italy - Riva del Garda - Women washingItaly - Riva del Garda in the northern Italian province of Trentino. Washerwomen cleaning clothes and bed linen on the banks of Lake Garda. Date: 1907
Gruyeres, Switzerland in the upper valley of the Saane river, showing women washing clothes and linen in the fountain. Date: circa 1920s
Lady in the Bath - ProvocativeA rather saucy card showing a lady in the bath with the tagline: Why don t you come up an see me sometime? Date: circa 1940s
Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too! Showing people in different countries attending to personal hygiene. Issued by the (British) Health and Cleanliness Council. 1939
Poster, The Castle of Cleanliness in the Land of Good Health, defended by the soap and water brigade. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century
Woolwich hulks - Warrior and SulphurThe Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the Warrior with washing-ship Sulphur. Date: 1862
Algeria - Chetma - Waterway Date: circa 1906
Apres la Guerre no. 4 - postcard drawn by George RansteadHumorous postcard drawn by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead, One of a series of images suggesting what life might be like after the war has ended, here
Scout washing on campA Scout in camp washing himself before morning inspection. The boys themselves have built the washstand cum clothes dryer for the material available on the campsite
Dutch boy and girlA Dutch boy and girl, Hans and Gretchen, have a conversation over a washtub. circa 1910s
Irish Scouts washing up on campTwo Scouts of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland washing up in camp. The wash stand cum dresser has been built by them out of the natural materials available on the campsite. 1966
Good Housekeeping front cover, January 1933Front cover of Good Housekeeping magazine featuring a little girl carefully doing the washing up
Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s
Children helping mother in the kitchenThree children helping their mother in the kitchen, washing each other from a large bowl on a chair. 1900
Washing cell at Holloway PrisonWashing cell at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862
Helping Mother hang up the washingTwo children Helping Mother hang up the washing. 19th century
Hyderabad, India - Hussain Sagar Lake Canal. The Hussain Sagar Lake was built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
Little girl on washing dayA little girl on washing day. 19th century
The banks of the River Narmadar, India (Madhya Pradesh region) Date: circa 1920s
Watercolour sketch with buildings and boatA watercolour sketch with buildings, washing drying on a line, and a boat
Washing linen in a Highland streamScottish women washing bed linen in a Highland stream Date: circa 1920
The Netherlands - Marken. Houses with wide gables on the edge of a canal. The housewives have hung out their washing in long lines heading down to the edge of the water
