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Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Dunlap vacuuming, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Dunlap vacuuming, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Dunlap vacuuming, between c1915 and c1920. Shows singer Marguerite Dunlap using a vacuum cleaner

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Sketches From Ireland: interior of portable hut for police in Mayo, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Sketches From Ireland: interior of portable hut for police in Mayo, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Sketches From Ireland: interior of portable hut for police in Mayo, 1870. 'Our Special Artist, who has lately visited the scenes of the agrarian outrages and conspiracies in Ireland

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: The Strangers' Home, West India Dock-Road, Limehouse, 1870. Creator: Unknown

The Strangers' Home, West India Dock-Road, Limehouse, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Strangers' Home, West India Dock-Road, Limehouse, 1870. 'The Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Africans, and South Sea Islanders...a handsome

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: At Broad Channel - the oil stove, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

At Broad Channel - the oil stove, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
At Broad Channel - the oil stove, between c1910 and c1915. Shows man at a primus stove in a home in Broad Channel, Queens, New York City

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Hulda Lashanska, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Hulda Lashanska, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Hulda Lashanska, between c1915 and c1920. Shows American soprano Hulda Lashanska (1893-1974) standing at a stove

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Rosedale, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Rosedale, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Rosedale, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Lillian Rosedale Goodman (1887-1972) who was born Lillian Rosenthal

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: The hermit of Wellington harbour, 1904-1912. Creator: Petrus van der Velden

The hermit of Wellington harbour, 1904-1912. Creator: Petrus van der Velden
The hermit of Wellington harbour, 1904-1912

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Army Stoves - Gettysburg, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Army Stoves - Gettysburg, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Army Stoves - Gettysburg, 1913. Shows the Gettysburg Reunion (the Great Reunion) of July 1913, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Interior of an Abyssinian house, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Interior of an Abyssinian house, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Interior of an Abyssinian house, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by C. M'Dowall, assistant surgeon, of the 3rd Light Cavalry of the Bombay Army at the camp of Senafe

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Thor: Electric Washing Machine - Chas E. Beck & Co. Ltd, 1920. Creator: Unknown

Thor: Electric Washing Machine - Chas E. Beck & Co. Ltd, 1920. Creator: Unknown
Thor: Electric Washing Machine - The Bugbear of Washing-day and the solution - Chas E. Beck & Co. Ltd. 1920. The Thor washing machine was the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: In Superior Camp - Mine strike, Pennsylvania, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

In Superior Camp - Mine strike, Pennsylvania, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
In Superior Camp - Mine strike, Pennsylvania, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Alpine Kitchen, 1918. Creator: Ernst Kirchner

Alpine Kitchen, 1918. Creator: Ernst Kirchner
Alpine Kitchen, 1918

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: The War in Schleswig: Austrian outpost near Lottorf - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

The War in Schleswig: Austrian outpost near Lottorf - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Austrian outpost near Lottorf - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. In the Engraving on our front page we see the interior of a public-house at Lottorf occupied by a

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Ascent of M. Godard's Montgolfier balloon from Cremorne Gardens, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Ascent of M. Godard's Montgolfier balloon from Cremorne Gardens, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ascent of M. Godard's Montgolfier balloon from Cremorne Gardens, [London], 1864. The...heated-air, balloon, with which M

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Naval student cooks, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Naval student cooks, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval student cooks, between c1915 and 1918. Students at a cooking range at the New York Cooking School, 126 East 59th Street. The school trained soldiers to cook for the Navy during World War I

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Hay box cooking, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Hay box cooking, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Hay box cooking, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Economy in fuel led to the adoption of hay-boxes for completing the cooking of partially cooked foods

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Soyer's Barrack Cooking Apparatus, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Soyer's Barrack Cooking Apparatus, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Soyer's Barrack Cooking Apparatus, 1858. Improved technology to improve soldiers diets during the Crimean War. The...kitchen was opened by the late much-lamented chef de cuisine, Alexis Soyer

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Soldier's Experience, 1847. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville

Soldier's Experience, 1847. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville
Soldier's Experience, 1847

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: The Royal Visit to India: private tent of the Prince of Wales at the camp of Delhi...1876

The Royal Visit to India: private tent of the Prince of Wales at the camp of Delhi...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: private tent of the Prince of Wales at the camp of Delhi, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876.'The Prince [future King Edward VII]

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Cold Fingers, c1865. Creator: Charles Felix Blauvelt

Cold Fingers, c1865. Creator: Charles Felix Blauvelt
Cold Fingers, c1865

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: When the Children have Gone to Bed. From A Home (26 watercolours), c1900s. Creator: Carl Larsson

When the Children have Gone to Bed. From A Home (26 watercolours), c1900s. Creator: Carl Larsson
When the Children have Gone to Bed. From A Home (26 watercolours), c1900s

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: The Nantucket School of Philosophy, 1887. Creator: Eastman Johnson

The Nantucket School of Philosophy, 1887. Creator: Eastman Johnson
The Nantucket School of Philosophy, 1887. A group of elderly men, seated around a stove in a cobbler's shop, reminisces about the past

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: The Alchemist, late 17th-mid 18th century. Creator: Alessandro Magnasco

The Alchemist, late 17th-mid 18th century. Creator: Alessandro Magnasco
The Alchemist, late 17th-mid 18th century

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Studio Interior, 1892. Creator: Lotten Rönquist

Studio Interior, 1892. Creator: Lotten Rönquist
Studio Interior, 1892

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Paris Interior, c1910s, (1956). Creator: Eugene Atget

Paris Interior, c1910s, (1956). Creator: Eugene Atget
Paris Interior, c1910s, (1956)

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Allons bon!...la v'là qui...verse du cirage dans mon chocolat!... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier

Allons bon!...la v'là qui...verse du cirage dans mon chocolat!... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Allons bon!...la v'la qui...verse du cirage dans mon chocolat!... 1844. Allons bon!...la v'la qui au lieu de lait, verse du cirage dans mon chocolat!...satane roman va!...'

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: La Vivandière à la Grecque, 1771. Creator: Bossi

La Vivandière à la Grecque, 1771. Creator: Bossi
La Vivandiere a la Grecque, 1771. From Mascarade a la Grecque

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Grandfather. Creator: August Jernberg

Grandfather. Creator: August Jernberg
Grandfather, unknown date

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Funerary Sculpture of a Stove, 25-220. Creator: Unknown

Funerary Sculpture of a Stove, 25-220. Creator: Unknown
Funerary Sculpture of a Stove, 25-220

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: The British Army Post-Office, Constantinople, 1856. Creator: Unknown

The British Army Post-Office, Constantinople, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The British Army Post-Office, Constantinople, 1856. Crimean War: The staff employed consists of a postmaster and three assistant postmasters; eight clerks

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: The Desert Route - Khan near Nahar-el-Kelb, the Ancient Lycus, three leagues from Beyrout, 1857

The Desert Route - Khan near Nahar-el-Kelb, the Ancient Lycus, three leagues from Beyrout, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Desert Route - Khan near Nahar-el-Kelb, the Ancient Lycus, three leagues from Beyrout, 1857. The Khan, as you perceive, is a wretched old affair, damp, and full of rubbish

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: View, cross -sections and floor plans of an oven, c.1835-c.1860

View, cross -sections and floor plans of an oven, c.1835-c.1860. Creator: Workshop of Franz Jakob Kreuter
View, cross -sections and floor plans of an oven, c.1835-c.1860

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Gentleman ties a lady's shoe and a woman puts fire in a stove, c.1650. Creator: Gesina ter Borch

Gentleman ties a lady's shoe and a woman puts fire in a stove, c.1650. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Gentleman ties a lady's shoe and a woman puts fire in a stove, c.1650

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Design for a stove with Mars and two overcome, chained naked men, in a niche, c.1750. Creator: Anon

Design for a stove with Mars and two overcome, chained naked men, in a niche, c.1750. Creator: Anon
Design for a stove with Mars and two overcome, chained naked men, in a niche, c.1750

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Room in Amersfoort, 1840. Creator: Anon

Room in Amersfoort, 1840. Creator: Anon
Room in Amersfoort, 1840. Interior of a room with a stove, table, chairs, display and chaise longue

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y. between 1902 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y. between 1902 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y. between 1902 and 1910

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y. between 1902 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y. between 1902 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y. between 1902 and 1910

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Soldiers Reading-Room, St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Soldiers Reading-Room, St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Soldiers Reading-Room, St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, 1856. The annual return of between three and four thousand soldiers from India and the British Colonies - who, either from impaired health

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: S.O. Grimes general store, Westminster, Md. between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

S.O. Grimes general store, Westminster, Md. between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
S.O. Grimes general store, Westminster, Md. between 1895 and 1910

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Twilight. The Artist's Wife, 1898. Creator: Laurits Andersen Ring

Twilight. The Artist's Wife, 1898. Creator: Laurits Andersen Ring
Twilight. The Artist's Wife, 1898

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Interior - An Old Stove;The Old Jamb Stove, 1888. Creator: Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior - An Old Stove;The Old Jamb Stove, 1888. Creator: Vilhelm Hammershøi
Interior - An Old Stove;The Old Jamb Stove, 1888

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Home Economics Section, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Home Economics Section, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Home Economics Section, between 1910 and 1920
Home Economics Section, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Women in an industrial kitchen

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flour Sifter, c. 1937. Creator: Arthur Wegg

Flour Sifter, c. 1937. Creator: Arthur Wegg
Flour Sifter, c. 1937

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Rippingille's Stoves, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Rippingille's Stoves, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Rippingille's Stoves, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: African American workers doing laundry at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, c1895

African American workers doing laundry at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, c1895

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Le singe antiquaire, 1740. Creators: Unknown, Jean-Simeon Chardin

Le singe antiquaire, 1740. Creators: Unknown, Jean-Simeon Chardin
Le singe antiquaire, 1740. Monkey antiquary looking at coins with a magnifying glass

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: A letter from de ole man, 1882. Creator: Unknown

A letter from de ole man, 1882. Creator: Unknown
A letter from de ole man, 1882

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flatiron, 1935/1942. Creator: Unknown

Flatiron, 1935/1942. Creator: Unknown
Flatiron, 1935/1942

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Lazar Rubinstein

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Lazar Rubinstein
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Joseph Rothenberg

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Joseph Rothenberg
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flatiron, 1935/1942. Creator: Esther Williams

Flatiron, 1935/1942. Creator: Esther Williams
Flatiron, 1935/1942

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Bernard Krieger

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Bernard Krieger
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Holger Hansen

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Holger Hansen
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Holger Hansen

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Holger Hansen
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flatiron Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Holger Hansen

Flatiron Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Holger Hansen
Flatiron Holder, c. 1939

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Holger Hansen

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Holger Hansen
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S

Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S
Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1940. Creator: Neva Coffey

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1940. Creator: Neva Coffey
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1940

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1940. Creator: Neva Coffey

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1940. Creator: Neva Coffey
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1940

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Xie An. Creator: Su Liupeng

Xie An. Creator: Su Liupeng
Xie An

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson

Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson
Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson

Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson
Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson

Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson
Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson

Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson
Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson

Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson
Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson

Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Elmer G Anderson
Pa. German Stove Plate, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Gordon Sanborn

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Gordon Sanborn
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Hand Iron, c. 1938. Creator: Robert Rigsby

Hand Iron, c. 1938. Creator: Robert Rigsby
Hand Iron, c. 1938

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Department Of Agriculture, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Department Of Agriculture, 1917

Department Of Agriculture, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Department Of Agriculture, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Department Of Agriculture, 1917. First World War, USA: young people with badges reading Boys & Girls Achievement Work Club, preserving fruit and vegetables

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Pa. German Flat-iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Albert Taxson

Pa. German Flat-iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Albert Taxson
Pa. German Flat-iron Holder, c. 1938

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Albert Taxson

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Albert Taxson
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1939

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron, c. 1936. Creator: Joseph Stonefield

Flat Iron, c. 1936. Creator: Joseph Stonefield
Flat Iron, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Front page of the Christmas supplement of the Illustrated London News, 23 December 1854

Front page of the Christmas supplement of the Illustrated London News, 23 December 1854. Creator: George W. Terry
Front page of the Christmas supplement of the Illustrated London News, 23 December 1854. Calendar for the year 1855, with central image of a woman by a kitchen range

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat-iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Jack Staloff

Flat-iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Jack Staloff
Flat-iron Holder, c. 1937

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Pa. German Flat-iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Jack Staloff

Pa. German Flat-iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Jack Staloff
Pa. German Flat-iron Holder, c. 1938

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Jack Staloff

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Jack Staloff
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Jack Staloff

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938. Creator: Jack Staloff
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1938

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Stand, c. 1939. Creator: John Petrucci

Flat Iron Stand, c. 1939. Creator: John Petrucci
Flat Iron Stand, c. 1939

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flatiron Holder, c. 1936. Creator: Isidore Sovensky

Flatiron Holder, c. 1936. Creator: Isidore Sovensky
Flatiron Holder, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Isidore Sovensky

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Isidore Sovensky
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Stand, c. 1936. Creator: Columbus Simpson

Flat Iron Stand, c. 1936. Creator: Columbus Simpson
Flat Iron Stand, c. 1936

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Vincent McPharlin

Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Vincent McPharlin
Flat Iron Holder, c. 1937

Background imageHousehold Appliance Collection: Bronze and iron, sketch for the amphitheatre of palaeontology at the Museum of Natural...Paris

Bronze and iron, sketch for the amphitheatre of palaeontology at the Museum of Natural...Paris
Bronze and iron, sketch for the amphitheatre of palaeontology at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, 1897



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