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Washing clothes at a Dhobi Ghat, Calcutta, India
People washing clothes at a Dhobi Ghat, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. circa 1890s

Women washing clothes, Japan. circa 1890s

People washing clothes, India

Dhobis washing clothes, India. The Dhobi is a caste group whose members specialise in washing clothes. circa 1890s

Hanging out the washing
A young housewife takes advantage of a breezy day and hangs out her washing on the line. Date: 1927

Women washing clothes in a lake, Italy. late 19th century

People in a garden with Chinese Laundry sign
People in a garden, including a man in oriental costume and a Chinese Laundry sign on the right

Riverside scene in Kashgar, western China

Wash day, Japan
Laundry day in Japan: two women hang up clothes and fabric to dry outdoors Date: Late 19th Century

What... No Laundry? by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Doggy Laundress
A dog does the laundry, pegging out a row of freshly washed dolls on a washing line. Date: early 1930s

Doggy does Laundry
A helpful dog holds a basket of laundry in its mouth for a little girl, who is pegging out her washing. Date: 1930s

Washing Line 1930S
Washing hanging on the line in the back gardens of cottages at Buckland, near Yelverton, South Devon, England. Date: early 1930s

Bendix washing machine advertisement, c. 1955
Advertisement for the Bendix automatic home washer, which, claims the woman in the advert, really does do everything. I find that hard to believe. c.1955

Rabbit doing Laundry
A rabbit washing laundry by hand in a wooden tub. Date: early 1930s

Washing clothes in the river, India

Mother Shipton Soap
An advertisement for Mother Shipton Soap showing a Wise Woman sitting with her basket of sparkling white linen - almost as white as her pet cat! Date: circa 1920

DRYING DISMAL DESMOND
A little girl pegs out her freshly washed Dismal Desmond toy dalmatian dog to dry on the washing line in her back yard! Date: early 1930s

Washing in East Indies
Washing day in Java, Dutch East Indies. The laundry man collects the dirty linen and carries it in a curiously constructed bamboo yoke into a shallow part of the river. Date: 1930s

Dryden / Washing Lambs / 50
A girl uses Persil washing powder to keep her lambs white - she then pegs them out to dry on the washing line! Date: 1930s

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