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Children pony trekking, Horner, SomersetChildren pony trekking at Horner, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: circa 1980s
Wrights Coal Tar Soap - WW1Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar Soap from the Great War showing a soldier and his wife or sweetheart bidding farewell to each other
Britains New Navy in Training - HMS Raleigh. circa 1930s
Poster advertising Sunlight Soap -- for rest and leisure. Date: early 20th century
A windjammer looming over a London streetHarboured in Dockland - a windjammer looming over a street in by Millwall Dock, London. In the foreground, a woman hangs out washing to dry in a back yard
Advertising card for Thoms Castile Soap of ManchesterAdvertising 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
Advertisement for Vinolia Soap - Mother! Mother!! Fidos eaten my soap!!! early 20th century
Wrights Coal Tar Soap advertisement, WW1Lucky Beggar!...Send a bar to YOUR soldier friend. Advertisement for Wrights coal tar soap with a soldier the envy of all his comrades as he is enjoying a wash with a whole bar sent to him from home
c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and womenc.1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women - washing and getting their hair done
Girl climbing tree, line of washing, Balham, SW LondonA girl climbs a tree under a line of washing in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Toilet Services, Real Wedgwood Ware, Plate 50, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs, soap dishes, and a slop pail far too nice to put slops in. Date: circa 1880s
Traditional Japanese bathing in upright wooden tub, heated by a small side stove Date: 1930
Two Babies by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a red dress has been bathing her doll. Date: 1930
Water Baby by Muriel Dawson -- a little child in a bathtub. Date: 1939
Mary anointing the feet of Jesus ChristMary 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
Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin (1767-1842). Date: circa 1810
British soldiers bathing in flooded shell hole by MataniaThe only advantage of the wet weather on the Western Front - a novel swimming bath used by British soldiers to bathe in. A scene captured at the front by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania
The Poor Washerwoman - Henri Clark - Music SheetThe Poor Washerwoman - sung with typhoons of applause by Henri Clark - Music Sheet, written by Walter Hadtings and composed by W. T. Webb
San Sebastian, Spain - The Beach and the Casino - Beach HutsSan Sebastian - The Beach and the Casino - Spain - mobile beach huts. Note the striped swimming costumes hung out to dry on a rudimentary washing line. Date: 1906
War Lane and Victoria Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1908
Advert for Wrights coal soap 1916Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap, the soldiers soap suitable for all, from private to general. 1916
Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmates at Work in LaundryStaff supervise inmates ironing washing in laundry of Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory. Date: 1908
Victorian Scrap, Pears Soap -- a mother monkey washes her dirty son. circa 1880s
WW2 - Laundry - It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried LineWW2 humour - " Two British soldiers doing their laundry comment that " It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line!". Date: circa 1944
Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness Council (HCC) - 5 Tavistock Square, London. Date: circa late 1920s
Hereford Industrial School WashroomBoys washing at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
Ww2 / 1940S / Siegfried LineA song during the Second World War; " (We re gonna hang out) The Washing on The Siegfried Line" Date: 1940s
Belgian boy scouts camping in the ArdennesFour Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes
Public laundry of St. Brigida, Genoa, Italy Date: circa 1890
Advert for Hudsons Soap 1890Advertisement for Hudsons Soap, showing a laundry woman holding her basket. Date: 1890
Bathing / Cairo 1884A little boy in his bath in Cairo, watched by his devoted mother. Date: 1884
Dante / Tomb / RavennaDANTE ALIGHIERI Italian poets tomb at Ravenna Date: 1265 - 1321
British soldiers bathing in the open air, WW1British soldiers bathing in the open air during hot weather on the Western Front, World War One. Date: circa 1916
Washerwomen at CoimbraWasherwomen gathering on the shore at Coimbra Date: 1909
Toddler sitting next to bowlToddler sitting next to a bowl. Date: 1920s
Woman's Day magazine - article on shampooing - 1957Editorial photograph for Woman's Day magazine - article on shampooing - 1957. Date: 1957
Tenement buildings, East LondonTenement buildings in East London, with washing drying, and children playing. Date: circa 1950s
The Rolls Rapide Twin Tub washing machine - look what you get! A bargain at 39 guineas! Date: 1961
Rag n Bone man Stockport slum yardA Rag n Bone man pushes his barrow though a slum cummunal yard in Stockport, Cheshire, England. He is watched by small children. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970
Slum communal yard, StockportSmall children and mongrel dogs beneath the washing lines in the communal back yard of slum property in Stockport, Cheshire, England. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970
Birthday postcard, Little boy getting washed Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Neighbours chat over garden fence Date: 20th century
Billboard advertisement - Surf Washing PowderBillboard advertisement on Navigation Street, Birmingham, 12th August 1954 - Surf Washing Powder - Boils Spotless. 1954
Lady Macbeth sleepwalking in Shakespeares tragedy Macbeth, Act V, Scene 1
Dominica, Caribbean - laundry in the riverDominica, Caribbean - women doing their laundry at the edge of a river. circa 1907
Children bathing together Your Turn by C V MacKenzieSweet 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
Rabbits Wash-Day - Birthday Greetings Postcard Date: 1944
WWII - the man who eats grass, Mr J. R. B. BransonMr J. R. B. Branson, who advocated a diet of grass to counter food shortages during the Second World War. The Bystander magazine ran a double page spread on him