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Pets and Their Homes: Rabbit, Pig and BudgerigarPets and Their Homes
WW2 Poster -- the ATS wants CooksThe ATS wants Cooks. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO
Nursery Rhymes -- girl and boy, Punch and JudyNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a girl and a boy in a garden, with dolls. Below -- Mr Punch hits Judy on a beach, watched by his dog Toby. early 20th century
Business card design, woman in a kitchenBusiness card design, depicting a woman in a kitchen with saucepans, crockery and glassware. 20th century
Child sitting by the fire by Muriel DawsonA child sitting by the fire by Muriel Dawson. 1920s
Corner of a large tiled kitchen, showing a gas cooker (right) and a large stove with doors for the coal (in a scuttle at the side), and a flue. There are pots and pans on a tall stand (left)
Domestic interior with large fireplaceDomestic interior with a large fireplace covered with ornaments. The wallpaper, carpet and chair covers are all patterned, and there are several pictures on the walls and tables. Date: 1920s
Animals and Their Homes
Woman enjoying a nice cup of teaA middle aged woman sitting at a table, enjoying a nice cup of tea. early 20th century
Advertisement for ceramic tiles, with tiling on the floor, walls and ceiling of a smart new kitchen. circa 1960s
Advertisement for Armstrongs Linoleum Floors -- a kitchen for a busy woman. Featuring a design for a combination of kitchen and office space, including a telephone and a typewriter. circa 1950s
The First Lesson -- sisters with a bookThe first lesson -- two little sisters study a book. 19th century
Fairyland Fancies -- a little girl gazes into the fire, seeing imaginary figures of fairies, witches and goblins. late 19th century
Advertisement for Motorola TV, showing a family of five watching television in their sitting room. Their loyalty to Motorola products goes back 20 years, when they bought a Motorola car radio
Cover design, Television Scrap BookCover design for a Television Scrap Book, showing a happy family of four watching their TV. circa 1950s
Three women preparing a meal, Japan. circa 1890s
Mrs C. S. Peel, 1917Dorothy Constance Peel, 1868-1934, aka Mrs CS Peel, prolific journalist and writer of numerous books on household management and domestic history
David Wright woman with a red bookElegant red-haired woman in a black negligee, holding a red book -- perhaps an address book of all her men friends. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
David Wright woman with pen and note paperElegant woman with a pen and note paper -- perhaps writing to the naval officer in the photo on her table -- representing The Girls They Left Behind
Two women outside house, TurkeyTwo women outside a house, Turkey. circa 1870
Merchants houses, Marqual Canal, Srinagar, IndiaMerchants houses on the Marqual Canal, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. circa 1890s
Out of Doors -- children at home with motherOut of Doors -- two children at home with their mother. The boy seems to be getting into mischief -- a sure sign that he would be better out of doors. 19th century
Man listening to a radioMan sitting in an armchair, listening to a large radio. 20th century
Advertisement for Carpentier drinking chocolate, showing a woman with a baby, a cat and a dog. Even the baby prefers drinking chocolate to mothers milk! 20th century
Advertisement for the Westinghouse Laundromat automatic washing machine. 20th century
Advertisement for the Invincible vacuum cleanerAdvertisement for the Invincible 6020 cylinder vacuum cleaner, the last word in modern cleaners, costing 11 2s 8d from Co-Operative Societies everywhere
Recipe book cover: Over 120 Ways of using Bread for Tasty & Delightful Dishes, showing a woman at her kitchen table, busy making a variety of bread-based dishes. 20th century
Advertisement for Mansion Polish
Timber-framed house, Quedlinburg, GermanyView of an old renovated timber-framed house in the medieval part of the town of Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony Anhalt), Germany. early 21st century
Advertisement for Mansion Polish and Min Cream. The polish is ideal for stained or parquet floors and linoleum, while the cream will do wonders for your grand piano. 20th century
Cottage interiorA cottage interior, with furniture, a chandelier, and mullioned windows. 20th century
Advertisements for property in Norbury and SurreyAdvertisements by two estate agents, Wates and Berg, for property in Norbury (south west London) and Surrey (Ashtead Woods, Surbiton and Hinchley Wood)
Advertisement for gas cooking, showing how quick and easy it is, and how a wife can impress her husbands boss and help him get a promotion. Only gas can do it. circa 1950s
Art deco style house, exterior view, at night with the lights on. A man in evening dress stands at the front door. circa 1930s
Advertisement for Electricine luxury lighting, showing an elegant woman with a stylish table lamp. early 20th century
Ladies in a kitchenTwo woman with sleek 1920s hair discuss the state of their hands in front of a kitchen sink filled with brightly decorated art deco pottery. Date: 1926
Timber-framed houses, Quedlinburg, GermanyOld, renovated timber-framed houses in the Kornmarkt (Cornmarket) in the medieval centre of the town of Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony Anhalt), Germany. early 21st century
Furniture advertisement for Gamages, Holborn, LondonFurniture advertisement for Gamages department store in Holborn, London, showing a three-piece bedroom suite in walnut, an oak wardrobe and a kitchen cabinet, with cash and monthly instalment prices
Bear asleep in bed after a long dayA bear asleep in bed after a long day. His slippers are on the floor at the foot of the bed, and a jar of honey sits ready for his breakfast. 20th century
Hanging out the washingA young housewife takes advantage of a breezy day and hangs out her washing on the line. Date: 1927
Poster advertising The Ideal Home magazinePoster advertising The Ideal Home, a monthly magazine for home lovers. Featuring a stylish sitting room. 20th century
Poster: How to make your household linens last longer
The daisy chainMother and daughter sit making a daisy chain. 19th century
Poster: Simple jobs that girls can do to help win the war. 1940s
Bathing Belle ParadeThree disgruntled beauty queens look particularly annoyed at a sassy woman in a red bikini holds a placard boasting that she can cook too! Date: 1947
Poster: Pots and PansPoster giving advice on looking after Pots and Pans so that they last as long as possible. 20th century
Advertisement for Erasmic Shaving Stick -- gives a close, clean shave, leaves the skin smooth and soft. Showing a woman in an armchair, reaching up to stroke a mans face. 1921
Hush a Bye Baby -- mother holding her baby
Three kittens sitting in front of the fireThree kittens sitting in front of a cosy fire
Three kittens playing with a babys rattle
Brown tabby Persian cat -- A Place in the Sun
Cat lying with slippers on a carpetCat lying with pink slippers on a patterned carpet. 1906
Two By Two by Muriel Dawson -- a little child plays with a Noahs Ark. 1930
Little girl warming her toes by Muriel DawsonA little girl sits in a chair, warming her toes at the stove, by Muriel Dawson. 1927
Little girl hanging out washing, by Muriel DawsonA little girl in red hanging out the washing, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1920s
The Happy Prisoner, a painting by Tomas Munoz Lucena. A mother and her two children looking at a pet bird in a cage
My Plum-Pudding by Muriel Dawson. A happy little girl with a pudding in a bowl. 1929
Little girl with dog by Muriel DawsonLittle girl in pink pyjamas standing in front of a fireplace with a white dog, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1920s
Print Users Yearbook -- view of a room, with window, table, chair and sideboard. circa 1930s
Welsh woman with spinning wheel, WalesWelsh woman outside a cottage with a spinning wheel, Wales. late 19th century
Cottages in a bleak Scottish landscape
Cottages and a house in a bleak Scottish landscape
Ramshackle cottage and courtyard, Scotland
Edinburgh street sceneAn Edinburgh street scene, showing an elderly woman sitting in the sunshine near a washing line
Cottage in a bleak Scottish landscape
Three people outside a houseThree people, a man and two women, outside a house
Domestic interior with beaded curtainA domestic interior with a beaded curtain with another, flowery curtain on either side. Pictures stand on easels on either side, and there are various potted plants
Victorian style domestic interior with fireplaceA Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace, and different patterns everywhere you look
Victorian style domestic interior with large fireplaceA Victorian style domestic interior with a large fireplace, and different items of furniture everywhere you look
Man in motorised bath chairA man in a motorised bath chair in front of a house, with two women sitting on the doorstep clearly admiring his means of transport
Poster for Robin Starch, showing two smart little boys sitting on an enormous starched white Eton collar. Date: early 20th century
Poster advertising Edwards desiccated soups, full of nourishing vegetables
People preparing food, Kashgar, western ChinaPeople sitting in the open air, preparing food, in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932
Poster advertising Edwards soups -- adds stock to the pot! A plump cook carries a steaming pot to the table
Merton Hall 1930SA garden party at Merton Hall, Norfolk, England. An Elizabethan mansion was completed by William de Grey in 1613 and the building was extended in the 19th century. Date: early 1930s
Art Deco BedroomA modern Art Deco bedroom, with a dressing table and armchair, fireplace etc. Date: early 1930s
Cookery Class 1930SA cookery class for schoolgirls at the London County Council school at Clapham, South London. Date: early 1930s
Quaker Oats Ad 1931Advert for Quick Quaker Oats which can be knocked up in moments by a young housewife on the hob of a cooker before her hard working husband goes off to the office. Date: 1931
Houses by waterPicturesque brick and timber houses in winter by the edge of a pond or lake
Advertisement for the Bendix washing machine
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