Housewife Collection (#3)

Tattooed housewives of Coventry. Mrs Dorothy Randall (left) and Mrs Christina O Brien show off their body art. 12th March 1964

Mrs Williams, who has moved to a house further away from her mother, in Liverpool. The journey to visit family now involves a train journey. 16th August 1968

A housewife stoning the steps in Nelson Street, Manchester. 1st December 1961

Houses in Stockley Park affected by flies on rubbish brought from London and tipped into the disused clay pits. Londoners would load barges on the canal and come to tip the industrial

Scenes in Wattstown, South Wales. Located in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, ceremonial county Mid Glamorgan, Wales

Interior view of a Liverpool terraced house showing a woman scrubbing her hands in the basin, Merseyside, 1962

Woman at home knitting. Circa 1955 A119-003

Mrs Ada Jameson and her daughter Jean, pictured standing outside the steps of their condemned home on Ellison Street in Liverpool, after receiving visit from Housing Minister, Dr Charles Hill

Model Nicki Howarth poses in the kitchen, holding a broom and smoking a cigarette. 27th September 1972

Woman seen in the kitchen drying a frying pan. Circa February 1952

Any day is washday for the housewives of Talworth, Surrey, thanks to the ten automatic machines in this new shop. Here is Miss Doreen Borcham who runs the new sevice, receiving a customers laundry

Mrs Susan Davies seen here loading up here hostress trolly before serving afternoon tea. Mrs Davies is seen here in kitchen full of labour saving gadets. 14th September 1952

Wilfred Pickles seen here under the thumb. January 1947

An old woman cleaning the toilet. November 1969 Z10818-001

An old woman cleaning the toilet. November 1969 Z10818

Woman Looking Through a Magnifying Glass

Tired Housewife
A housewife in an apron comes down with a headache whilst at work in the kitchen, circa 1955. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Dip in the morning and Dip at Night. A housewife seems to be gaining a lot more personal pleasure from her morning soak than her evening with her soak who is not performing to quite her

GAMBIA 10
Africa / Gambia / Western Gambia/ Tanji / Tanji Village African woman is smiling and looking at the lens while cooking a Gambian traditional food at the kitchen which is outside of the house

Mc Vities cookies Antique advertising 1930

Portrait of the Mother, Brother and Sister of the Artist, 1853 (oil on canvas)
XIR81888 Portrait of the Mother, Brother and Sister of the Artist, 1853 (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922); Musee Bonnat, Bayonne, France; (add.info.: Portrait of Mother)

Desperate Housewife
Barbara

Woman at a kitchen sink, probably 1930s

Woman Baking - Illustration of a housewife taking a pie from the oven. Date: 1928

Basketful of Washing - Illustration of a young housewife carrying a heavy basketful of washing to put out on the line. Artist: Anon. Date: 1929

Painting & Decorating - Illustration of a smartly dressed housewife mixing paint for application onto the kitchen dresser. Artist: Anon. Date: 1931

Painting Linoleum - Smartly dressed housewife applying a protective coating onto a linoleum-covered kitchen floor while her children look on. Date: 1923

Hoovering - Housewife hoovering a floor surface. Date: 1923

Floor Polishing - Housewife busy polishing the hall floor. Artist: Anon. Date: 1928

Manchester housewife switches on the lights on Copenhagen's
A competition winner: Manchester housewife prepares to switch on the lights on Copenhagen's Christmas tree. Date: circa 1960

Hudson's Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, which shows a hooded girl leaning on a wall, smiling, with a basket containing a packet of Hudson's soap. Text reads

Advert for Min Cream Polish. Supply of the product was restricted during the war. Date: 1943

Cartoons showing the activities of a diligent wartime housewife, operating without the assistance of a maid. Date: 1943

Comic Postcard - Surprise at return of sober husband
Comic Postcard - A housewife explaining her surprise to a Policeman that her husband has returned home sober - there MUST be something suspicious...!!! Date: circa 1910

Dame Edna Everage and Larry Hagman on a chat show
Comic personality, Melbourne housewife and superstar (or gigastar) Dame Edna Everage (played by the Australian comedian Barry Humphries, b 1934) with the American actor Larry Hagman (b 1931)

Pastry making - Slit On Top 1907
Make a slit in the top to let the steam escape. Date: 1907

Pastry making - Adding Decoration 1907
Add a few pastry leaves for Decoration. Date: 1907

Trim the edge of the tart with share knife. Date: 1907

Rub lightly together with the finger tips, let the air into it. Date: 1907

FRYING FOOD 1960S
A young housewife fries food in a frying pan. But remember the old motto the more you fry the sooner you die'! Date: 1960s

A housewife with a mouthful of clothes pegs strikes a pose as she hangs out the washing! Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Interior with a Lady Choosing Fish, 1664 (oil on panel)
MAN277411 Interior with a Lady Choosing Fish, 1664 (oil on panel) by Brekelenkam, Quiringh Gerritsz. van (c.1620-68); 49.8x39.4 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

By the window, 1899 (oil on canvas)
7062539 By the window, 1899 (oil on canvas) by Lauge, Achille (1861-1944); (add.info.: By the window, 1899, Achille Lauge, oil on canvas); Photo © Stefano Baldini

The visit, 1868, Silvestro Lega (painting)
7063018 The visit, 1868, Silvestro Lega (painting) by Lega, Silvestro (1826-95); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: The visit, 1868)

Sunny Day, 1899 (oil on canvas)
LAF470905 Sunny Day, 1899 (oil on canvas) by Claus, Emile (1849-1924); 92.7x73.5 cm; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Paranormal activity: a newborn moving objects by levitation (poltergeist or telekinesis)
ELD4846570 Paranormal activity: a newborn moving objects by levitation (poltergeist or telekinesis) Chromolithography of the end of the 19th century Private collection by French School

Young woman reading a letter. Painting by Marie-Yvonne Laur Dite Yo (1879-1943), 19th century. Coll. Leave
JLJ4687168 Young woman reading a letter. Painting by Marie-Yvonne Laur Dite Yo (1879-1943), 19th century. Coll. Leave. Careful

Homework A mother helps children do their homework. Painting by Henri Jamet (1858-1940) 20th century Orleans
JLJ4654347 Homework A mother helps children do their homework. Painting by Henri Jamet (1858-1940) 20th century Orleans, Musee des Beaux Arts by Jamet, Henri (1858-1940); Musee des Beaux-Arts

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