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Advert for Hudsons Soap 1888Policeman holding a touch up at a notice on a fence saying Arrest all dirt and cleanse everthing by using Hudsons Soap REWARD!! purity, health and satisfaction by its regular saily use. 1888
The Wharf and Quay Street, St Ives, Cornwall" One of a great series of studies of St Ives, Cornwall. The Wharf & Quay Street from Seagull Flats, Morning. The Harbour Beach Foresand, cottages & Quay House, St Leonards Chapel
Advert for Hudsons Soap 1889Policeman holding a touch up at a notice on a fence saying Arrest all dirt and cleanse everthing by using Hudsons Soap REWARD!! purity, health and satisfaction by its regular saily use. 1889
Omo Soap advertising insert -- Old Mother Owl. circa 1900
Housewife with her new Ritemp electric washing machineA housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain. Date: 1947
China - Using high-pressure water jet in mining operation. Date: circa 1930s
Smart Bathroom 1913A state-of-the-art bathroom, fully tiled, with lavatory, bath, shower head, bidet and wash basin. Date: 1913
Washing Stockings / 1940SWashing day: a young woman washes stockings by hand at the sink using a bar of soap and two basins of water Date: 1940s
Getting ready for school - The Promotion of Health PosterIdyllic domestic scene inside a family kitchen. Older children are getting ready for school and while one daughter of the house sits and has her hair brushed by mother
I Could Have Sweared I Saw a Torpedo, WW1 postcardHumorous First World War postcard showing a small boy in the bath wondering where that torpedo has gone. Date: 1916
Sunlight Soap advertisement, 1903Advertisement 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
Sunlight Soap advertisementAdvertisement for Sunlight Soap manufactured by Lever Brothers at their famous Port Sunlight factory, featuring a small boy in a wooden tub bath holding up his bar triumphantly
When Women Vote Washing day. Mans worst nightmare - the housework is his domain, pictured washing his own shirts whilst holding the screaming baby. His duties are spelled out on a chart on the wall
You Dirty Boy, Kaiser Wilhelm II cartoon, WW1A cartoon depicting Europe as a sensible woman with sleeves rolled up, washing the ears of Kaiser Wilhelm II with a washing bowl labelled, Denunciation of Humanity
Advert for Wrights Coal Tar Soap WW1An advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar Soap with a British soldier holding up a towel in the hope that some nice person will send him a box of Wrights Coal Tar Soap. Date: 1915
Street scene with fruit seller, Naples, Italy. Date: late 19th century
Bonzo the cartoon dog getting stuck in the bath. Cartoon strip from Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935
Kissing a young maidA man leans in to kiss the neck of a young maid; she seems quite happy to be distracted from her ironing. Date: 1885
Gold washing at Tucapel, Bio Bio, Chile, South AmericaGold washing or sluicing at Tucapel, Bio Bio region, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1900
Passar Baroe Street, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, IndonesiaPassar Baroe (New Market) West in the European District, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Showing a waterside laundry. Date: circa 1908
New Quay Inn, New Quay Lane, Brixham, Devon. Date: circa 1920s
Victorian Scrap - Washing Clothes in the Navy. late 19th century
Sunlight soap advertisement, WW1The CLEANEST fighter in the World - the British Tommy. Great War advertisement for Sunlight Soap manufactured by Lever Brothers
Native bathing pool, Semarang, North Java, IndonesiaNative bathing pool, Samarang (Semarang), North Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908
Scene near Victoria Bridge, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with people bathing in the water. Date: circa 1910
French Washerwomen - Saint-Pierre-en-Port, FranceFrench 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
Package design, Snowfire ShampooArt deco style package design, Snowfire Shampoo. circa 1930s
The Orphan Ballad Singers. 19th century
Fashionable lady hanging up dainty fabrics on her lineA young fashionable lady hanging up dainty fabrics on her washing line, direct from a bowl of creamy Lux washing suds. Date: 1924
People doing their laundry, Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s
Tommy?s washing day in FlandersPhotograph: Tommy?s washing day in Flanders. Many a mere male civilian would prefer a day in the trenches, but the British soldier is quite a handy man
Scene on a beach, Tobago, West IndiesChild on a beach with washing on a line, Tobago, West Indies. circa 1967
Victorian Scrap -- Washerwoman. late 19th century
Old Maid card game - Mrs Fox Washes Up. circa 1950s
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Rue Machicoulis, with a set of steep steps. Date: circa 1910s
Advertisement, Sapolio Washing-Up SoapAdvertisement for Sapolio Washing-Up Soap, for cleaning all the utensils. circa 1935
Salvan, Switzerland - Millionaires StreetSalvan in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais, Switzerland - Millionaires Street Date: circa 1905
Manzanares River and Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain. Note the extensive arrangement of washing lines in the foreground. Date: circa 1905
Advert for Hudsons Soap 1885Hudsons Soap insures the luxury of pure clean clothes. Woman scrubbing some clothes in some soapy water. 1885
Holiday fashions from Gorringes & Army and Navy StoresFrom left, a frock of new washing material showing an indefinite damask design, while the smart little coat with glass buttons is of wool
Large dutch family outside their wooden home at Marken, The Netherlands. circa 1910s
Algeria - Laghouat - Washing Basin / Trench / PoolLaghouat, capital city of the Laghouat Province, Algeria - Wasing Trench. Date: circa 1910
The Nose Game - Impulsive Nose A6, Denotes Quick Temper. 1927
Gordon Boys Home, Nottingham - Bath NightGordon Boys Home, Nottingham - boys washing in bath tubs. Date: circa 1916
Three boys washing on a New Year card -- The Tub, The Scrub, The Rub. Date: circa 1890s
Baku, Azerbaijan - Boulevard and Waterfront Date: circa 1903
Washing gear, Bultfontein diamond mine, South Africa, circa 1888 (Robert Harris studio). Date: circa 1888
Washing in the river Ganges, Benares, (Varanasi) India circa irca 1890. Date: circa 1890