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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
Boy in slum housing yardRear view of small fair-haired boy walking alone past dustbins and washing lines in the communal back yard of slum housing in Brinksway, Stockport, Cheshire, England
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta - Molenvliet CanalThe Molenvliet canal that divides Jalan Gajah Mada and Jalan Hayam Wuruk originally made by Chinese Captain Phoa Beng Gam atau Phoa Bing Gam, second Chinese Captain after Souw Beng Kon
Traveller washing his horse at Hodogaya station by HokusaiJapanese woodblock print - part of Hokusai Katsushika Tokaido series, a traveller washing his horse at Hodogaya station by Katsushika Hokusai (17601849). Date: 1804
Boy scouts sharing a shower at camp, British HondurasThree boy scouts sharing a shower at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951
Advert for Lux soap flakes, an illustration of a woman handwashing with Lux, and a girl smiling at the viewer. Date: 1918
Advert for Spunella de Vogue washing silk. Date: 1924
Washing clothes in the river, Florence, Italy
Washing clothes in Nice, France
Washing day in Nice, France probably 1920s
South Africa KimberleyDe Beers Diamond Mine washing plant pre-1900
Washing wheat, Amalfi, Italy
Italy Amalfi - washing wheat - pre1900
Diamond washing and sorting, possibly South Africa, Victorian period
Diamond mine washing and sorting
Woman at kitchen sink washing dishes, 1920s 0r 1930s
Wash Day Victorian period
Servants washing dishes Date: circa 1900s
Servants washing dishes early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Coal miner washing at home Date: circa 1900s
Basketful of Washing - Illustration of a young housewife carrying a heavy basketful of washing to put out on the line. Artist: Anon. Date: 1929
Fels-Naptha Washing Soap - Advertisement for Fels-Naptha soap for washing clothes. Date: 1926
3d off Surf Washing Powder, advertising flyer3d (three pence) off Surf Washing Powder, advertising flyer in shape of 12-sided threepenny coin Date: 1958
Washer women, early 1900s
A wool drying machine, after washing - mill, BradfordA wool drying machine, after washing, in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period
A wool washing machine in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period
Washing / dipping sheep, Sheep Station, Australia, Victorian period
Washing day on Skye Victorian period
Washing clothes on the Isle of Skye, Victorian period
The Washing Floor, Great Laxey Mine, Isle of Man, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s
Debenham and Freebody fashion catalogueDebenham and Freebody, Washing Summer Frocks, Women's Fashion catalogue Date: circa 1930
Upstairs Downstairs, maid doing laundry, lady singingUpstairs Downstairs, maid doing the laundry with tub and washboard (L) and lady singing (R) Date: circa 1910
Advert, Hoover Electric Washing MachineAdvert for Hoover Electric Washing Machine Date: 1949
Wartime Oxydol Comic Strip AdvertisementA wartime comic strip advertisement showing The Adventures Of Oxydol's Busy Bubbles On The Wartime Washing Front! Date: circa 1940s
We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried LineAn illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for (We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing On The Siegfried Line, by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr
The Victory Parade SelectionAn illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Victory Parade Selection, comprising of songs including When The Guards Are marching On Parade, Were Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
Canary Islands - Las Palmas - Lavaderos (Laundries) Date: circa 1920s
Carry On Kiddies!An illustration of a little boy dressed in the uniform of a British Army WW2 soldier, he is washing his hands in a bucket outside his tent. Date: circa 1940s
Yarmouth Herring Fishery, Washing the Herrings Date: 1854
Advert, Hudson's Extract of Soap, railway signalman shining a beam of light Date: 1888
WasherwomenA linoleum cut portraying a group of women conversing and carrying washing bowls on their headsb by the edge of a canal. Date: 1922
VanityA painting of a seated young lady, tweaking her long, blonde hair having dressed, being assisted by two other women, one is holding a beaded necklace ready to put on her
Yardley's Soap AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Yardley & Co. Ltd. promoting their Old English lavender soap, the image portrays a woman with her children and a dog
Lever Brothers Twink AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Twink, a product which both cleans and dyes materials simultaneously
R. S. Hudson Rinso AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Rinso, a convenient product for washing clothes, the idea is that all you need do is rinse the clothes in cold water
Backyard IdyllA group portrait oil painting of a young man, sat on a wooden chair in a fenced garden, playing the flute, next to a girl wearing a green dress, sat casually on the grass, below a washing line