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Background imageCleaning Collection: Wringer, wet clothes dryer

Wringer, wet clothes dryer
Antique illustration of a wringer, wet clothes dryer

Background imageCleaning Collection: Naked woman showering, rear view

Naked woman showering, rear view

Background imageCleaning Collection: Victorian London boys begging and sweeping street, 1870

Victorian London boys begging and sweeping street, 1870
Vintage engraving of Victorian London boys begging and sweeping street. Mothers Last Words, Mrs Sewell, c.1870

Background imageCleaning Collection: Early Washing Machine

Early Washing Machine
circa 1860: An early labour-saving machine for clothes washing, comprising a water barrel, water boiler, agitator and mangle. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Background imageCleaning Collection: Railway Cleaner

Railway Cleaner
26th October 1907: A man sweeping a Great Central Railway carriage, at Marylebone. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCleaning Collection: Clearing Cloud from Machu Picchu

Clearing Cloud from Machu Picchu
I had waited for an hour in the rainy afternoon until the cloud started to clear from the beautiful ancient ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman Housewife Washing Dishes (1970 1970s) Dishwasher Kitchen Retro

Woman Housewife Washing Dishes (1970 1970s) Dishwasher Kitchen Retro
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Woman Housewife Washing Dishes (1970 1970s) Dishwasher Kitchen Retro

Background imageCleaning Collection: Nineteenth-Century Print of Slave Labor In Brazil

Nineteenth-Century Print of Slave Labor In Brazil
(Original Caption) Brazil: Ca. 1850- Slave labor in Brazil

Background imageCleaning Collection: Workers Clearing After Blizzard

Workers Clearing After Blizzard
(Original Caption) 1888- New York, NY: Workers dig out the snow from underneath an elevated train line after the blizzard of 1888. BPA2# 5413

Background imageCleaning Collection: Cleaning Tooth Powder Girl Trade Card

Cleaning Tooth Powder Girl Trade Card
(Original Caption) Cleaning tooth powder girl. Trade card. BPA2 #18

Background imageCleaning Collection: Girl Scouts Cleaning New York Street

Girl Scouts Cleaning New York Street
(Original Caption) Girl Scouts taking notes on methods of a New York street cleaner. Photograph, ca. 1930

Background imageCleaning Collection: Navy Boats At Valdez Cleanup

Navy Boats At Valdez Cleanup
(Original Caption) Valdez, Alaska- A U.S. Navy diving support vessel joins other craft large and small, combatting the massive oil spill

Background imageCleaning Collection: Art Carney Washing Hands

Art Carney Washing Hands
(Original Caption) Art Carney Comedian in undated photo

Background imageCleaning Collection: Street Sweeping Machine; Engraving

Street Sweeping Machine; Engraving
(Original Caption) Street sweeping machine. Undated engraving. BPA2# 4152

Background imageCleaning Collection: The Buffalo Thresher And Cleaner

The Buffalo Thresher And Cleaner
(Original Caption) Picture shows the Buffalo Thresher and Cleaner. Undated engraving

Background imageCleaning Collection: Soldiers Cleaning Clothes In Train Car

Soldiers Cleaning Clothes In Train Car
(Original Caption) 12/17/1919-Russia: Photo shows sanitary diinfecting car on the trans-Siberian Railway

Background imageCleaning Collection: The Mauretania in Drydocks

The Mauretania in Drydocks
(Original Caption) 3/1922- Southampton, NY: The Mauretania in drydock at Southampton undergoing overhauling and cleaning. BPA2#4439

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman polishing shoes on street

Woman polishing shoes on street
9/23/1923-Berlin, Germany-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: On September 23, a circle of German scientists announced the completion of special apparatus for the making of "speaking" motion pictures

Background imageCleaning Collection: Chimney Sweeps in Snow

Chimney Sweeps in Snow
(Original Caption) 3/28/1934-St. Moritz, Switzerland-Three merry chimney sweeps of St. Moritz, Switzerland, pose with a background of freshly fallen snow. Just by way of contrast you know

Background imageCleaning Collection: Inside A Large Brewery/Men Clean Tanks

Inside A Large Brewery/Men Clean Tanks
(Original Caption) 7/30/1932-New York, NY: The International News Photo Cameraman takes you behind the scenes of a great beer brewing plant, that owned by Colonel Jacob Ruppert

Background imageCleaning Collection: Man Cleaning Glass-Lined Beer Tank

Man Cleaning Glass-Lined Beer Tank
(Original Caption) 7/30/1932-Where Government agents used to check each gallon of real beer manufactured in the Ruppert Brewery and tax the same

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman Cleaning Clothes in River

Woman Cleaning Clothes in River
A Sokacz woman pounds her families clothes clean on a table in the Danube River

Background imageCleaning Collection: Street Cleaners Pushing Squeegees

Street Cleaners Pushing Squeegees
(Original Caption) 12/17/1936-London

Background imageCleaning Collection: Sharecroppers Shack on Plantation

Sharecroppers Shack on Plantation
Two African American women wash clothes in the yard of a form slave shack on a Natchez, Mississippi plantation. Their younger children play nearby and 85 year old Horace Bailey rests on the porch

Background imageCleaning Collection: Cleaners Attempt to Wake Party Goers

Cleaners Attempt to Wake Party Goers
(Original Caption) 1/1/1940-New York

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman Vacuuming

Woman Vacuuming
(Original Caption) The joys of housekeeping. A homemaker vacuums in front of the fireplace. Undated photograph

Background imageCleaning Collection: Berliners Shoveling Debris After Bombing

Berliners Shoveling Debris After Bombing
Men and boys shovel debris off a Berlin street after the British bombed the north end of the city in 1940

Background imageCleaning Collection: African American Maid Cleaning Staircase

African American Maid Cleaning Staircase
(Original Caption) Domestic help. An African American maid cleans the staircase in a Washington home. Photograph, 1941

Background imageCleaning Collection: London Street, St. Pauls, After Air Raid

London Street, St. Pauls, After Air Raid
(Original Caption) 2/2/1942-London, England: With historic St

Background imageCleaning Collection: Black Soldier Cleaning Rifle

Black Soldier Cleaning Rifle
(Original Caption) 8/3/1942-Somewhere on the Atlantic: This Negro rifleman one of a contingent en route to the British Isles, is shown cleaning his rifle on board ship

Background imageCleaning Collection: Chorus Girl After Hours in Copacabana

Chorus Girl After Hours in Copacabana
(Original Caption) 9/13/1942-New York, NY- Day in a Nightclub-Free Show: The gent who has the job of polishiing the Copacabana floor gets entertained for free here as Pat Patrick, supple chorine

Background imageCleaning Collection: Soldier Cleans Gun On Tank

Soldier Cleans Gun On Tank
(Original Caption) 12/28/1942-U.S. soldier cleaning the guns of a U.S. tank on board a lighter while waiting to land in Algiers

Background imageCleaning Collection: Lumberjacks Clean Up Log Jam on Stream

Lumberjacks Clean Up Log Jam on Stream
(Original Caption) 1943: Wisconsin lumberjacks cleaning up a log jam on a stream

Background imageCleaning Collection: British Troops Clearing Up Debris on Malta

British Troops Clearing Up Debris on Malta
Bomb Damage on Malta

Background imageCleaning Collection: Rifleman Scraping Mud From His Trousers

Rifleman Scraping Mud From His Trousers
(Original Caption) 6/8/45-Okinawa, Japan: Pfc

Background imageCleaning Collection: Elephants Haul Rubbel In Hamburg Germany

Elephants Haul Rubbel In Hamburg Germany
(Original Caption) 11/12/1945-Hamburg, Germany: Two ceyonese elephants, "Kieri", who is 35 years old, and "Many", who is 25, are aiding in the cleaning up of much bombed Hamberg

Background imageCleaning Collection: Workman Cleaning Ear of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French in the Lincoln Memorial

Workman Cleaning Ear of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French in the Lincoln Memorial
National Parks Service workman James Hudson uses a cloth wrapped pole to clean the ear of the statue at the Lincoln Memorial. | Detail of: Lincoln by Daniel Chester French

Background imageCleaning Collection: Boom Boat Collecting Oil From Spill

Boom Boat Collecting Oil From Spill
(Original Caption) 4/1/1989-Prince William Sound, AK- A boom boat at work collecting oil off of Latouche Island in the Prince William Sound

Background imageCleaning Collection: Window Cleaner At Work Waves/Woman

Window Cleaner At Work Waves/Woman
(Original Caption) Photo shows a window cleaner at work. He waves to a woman in an office in a building while dtanding on the outside window frame, sponge in his hand and bucket at his side. Ca. 1940s

Background imageCleaning Collection: Man Cleaning Up After A New Years Party

Man Cleaning Up After A New Years Party
(Original Caption) Picture shows a man cleaning up after another night of revelry welcoming in the New Year. Undated photo circa 1940s

Background imageCleaning Collection: Boy Ringing Out Mop In Tenement

Boy Ringing Out Mop In Tenement
(Original Caption) Young boy ringing out mop in tenement flat. Photograph, ca. 1900

Background imageCleaning Collection: Bon Ami Scouring Powder Advertisement

Bon Ami Scouring Powder Advertisement
1920 magazine advertisement for Bon Ami cleansing soap and powder, depicting a maid in a white and yellow uniform cleaning a pair of lady's white shoes

Background imageCleaning Collection: Lighthouse Keepers Clean Windows

Lighthouse Keepers Clean Windows
Illustration depicting two lighthouse keepers cleaning the glass atop the lighthouse in stormy weather

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman & Servants Do Laundry/1900S Illus

Woman & Servants Do Laundry/1900S Illus
(Original Caption) Smith Brothers Chemically Pure Borax--drawing of lady of the house and her servants doing laundry ca. 1900's. Undated colored illustration

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman Presents Laundry To Queen/Illust

Woman Presents Laundry To Queen/Illust
(Original Caption) Advertisement for laundry soap: "'Queen of the Laundry, Jas.S.Kirk & Co

Background imageCleaning Collection: Illustration of Joseph Lister Using Carbolic Spray During Surgery

Illustration of Joseph Lister Using Carbolic Spray During Surgery
Joseph Lister directing use of carbolic acid spray in one of his earliest antiseptic surgical operations, circa 1865

Background imageCleaning Collection: Duz Laundry Detergent Advertisement

Duz Laundry Detergent Advertisement
(Original Caption) 11/1950-Advertisement for laundry detergent, "DUZ". October 1950 Illustration

Background imageCleaning Collection: Maid Cleaning

Maid Cleaning
(Original Caption) Maid cleaning. Undated engraving. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive)

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman Cleaning Silver-Ware

Woman Cleaning Silver-Ware
(Original Caption) 5/27/1949-Las Vegas, NV: None can say that Thelma Winslow's job isn't a bright one. The Plymouth, Mass. lass has charge of the silver room at the Hotel Flamingo

Background imageCleaning Collection: Father Teaching Son About Guns

Father Teaching Son About Guns
(Original Caption) 10/31/1949-Pittsburgh, PA: Steelworker Joe Habovich, an employee of the Universal-Cyclops Steel Corporation, is making the most of the hunting season while out on strike

Background imageCleaning Collection: Cleaning in the Family Room

Cleaning in the Family Room
(Original Caption) 3/31/1950-Detroit, MI: Mary Jolokai uses a carpet sweeper instead of the vacuum cleaner as her husband and the children listen to the portable radio

Background imageCleaning Collection: Homer Ferguson Watching Men Painting House

Homer Ferguson Watching Men Painting House
(Original Caption) 4/30/1950-Washington, DC- Senator Homer Ferguson (R-MI) blows the whistle on the start of a "paint-up

Background imageCleaning Collection: Blood on the Blair House Steps

Blood on the Blair House Steps
A Blair House employee scrubs blood from the Blair House steps and walk after White House police shot down two gunmen who opened fire on the President's official residence

Background imageCleaning Collection: Female Artist Cleaning for Supplies

Female Artist Cleaning for Supplies
(Original Caption) 12/1/1950-Berlin, Germany- The 42-year-old artist, wearing an apron and kerchief, gets to work on the stairs of an office building as dusk falls over Berlin

Background imageCleaning Collection: Mycenae Excavation

Mycenae Excavation
George Mylonas excavates a grave a Mycenae

Background imageCleaning Collection: La Mayor With Clean Up Girls On Street

La Mayor With Clean Up Girls On Street
(Original Caption) 1952-Los Angeles

Background imageCleaning Collection: Man Cleans & Checks Machine Guns

Man Cleans & Checks Machine Guns
(Original Caption) 07/09/1953-Fifth Air Force, Korea. There are men behind the men who man the planes... Armorer A/2C, Walter J. Strauss of 715 W.175th St. N.Y.C

Background imageCleaning Collection: Mother Leaving for Work

Mother Leaving for Work
(Original Caption) Cleveland: When Mrs. E.J. Siegwarth, Jr

Background imageCleaning Collection: Prime Minister U Nu of Burma Cleaning Himself

Prime Minister U Nu of Burma Cleaning Himself
(Original Caption) Premier gets in shape. Rangoon, Burma: Burmese premier U Nu rubs himself down briskly after taking a half hour rowing workout

Background imageCleaning Collection: Women of 'Red Hoods' Dust Skulls

Women of "Red Hoods" Dust Skulls
Members of the religious sect known as the "Red Hoods, " dust the skulls of those who have died in the depths of the Tiber River. | Location: near Tiber River, Italy

Background imageCleaning Collection: William Wyler Directing Audrey Hepburn on Movie Set

William Wyler Directing Audrey Hepburn on Movie Set
(Original Caption) Director William Wyler, three-time winner of the Academy Award, demonstrates that attention to detail is the secret of good movie-making

Background imageCleaning Collection: Man Put Detergent In Oil Water @ Sm Port

Man Put Detergent In Oil Water @ Sm Port
(Original Caption) 3/26/67-Porthleven

Background imageCleaning Collection: Dirk Bogarde and James Fox in The Servant

Dirk Bogarde and James Fox in The Servant
(Original Caption) 12/9/1967- Dirk Bogarde portrayed a manservant who subtly switched roles with and degraded his employer, James Fox (background), in "The Servant"

Background imageCleaning Collection: Soliders Next to Their Christmas Tree

Soliders Next to Their Christmas Tree
(Original Caption) 12/20/1967-Ka Tum, South Vietnam- A Christmas tree brightens the "home sweet home of a couple of GI's at Ka Tum

Background imageCleaning Collection: US Transport Plane Dropping Supplies

US Transport Plane Dropping Supplies
US marines clean their weapons behind sandbag fortifications as a transport plane drops supplies near the Khe Sanh outpost

Background imageCleaning Collection: Volunteers Clean Up Block; Garbage Truck

Volunteers Clean Up Block; Garbage Truck
(Original Caption) 4/20/1968-New York

Background imageCleaning Collection: 3 Men Rake Hay @ Oil-Soaked Waterline

3 Men Rake Hay @ Oil-Soaked Waterline
(Original Caption) 2/5/69-Santa Barbara, California- Prisoners called in from forest conservation camps rake oil-soaked hay aong the surf line of Santa Barbara harbor Feb. 5th

Background imageCleaning Collection: Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus
4/4/72-Augusta, GA-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Jack Nicklaus appears to be cooling off a hot putter April 4th, as he blows some dirt off the club during a practice round for the Masters Tournament

Background imageCleaning Collection: Angolan Boy Cleans Cuban Soldier'S Boots

Angolan Boy Cleans Cuban Soldier'S Boots
(Original Caption) 6/8/1976-Luanda, Angola-An Angolan boy cleans the boots of a Cuban soldier in Luanda

Background imageCleaning Collection: Window Washer Hanging Outside Window

Window Washer Hanging Outside Window
British window washer Jim Cook cleans a pane of glass on the Empire State Building. Cook was brought to New York as a winner of Smirnoff's Great Dreams contest. New York, April 15, 1981

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman Housewife Wear Apron Living Room Run Vacuum Cleaner Door Window With Curtains

Woman Housewife Wear Apron Living Room Run Vacuum Cleaner Door Window With Curtains
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Woman Housewife Wear Apron Living Room Run Vacuum Cleaner Door Window With Curtains Floral Print Chair Carpet Floor

Background imageCleaning Collection: Baby sitting in porcelain sink in bathroom, sticking out tongue. (Photo by H

Baby sitting in porcelain sink in bathroom, sticking out tongue. (Photo by H
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Baby sitting in porcelain sink in bathroom, sticking out tongue

Background imageCleaning Collection: Injecting water into ear with syringe

Injecting water into ear with syringe
Anatomy, Biomedical Illustration, Cleaning, Close-Up, Cross-Section, Drop, Earwax, Healthcare and Medicine, Human Ear, Human Representation, Hygiene, Medical Injection, Medical Procedure, No People

Background imageCleaning Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Mule that boasted of his family

La Fontaines Fables - Mule that boasted of his family
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Mule that boasted of his family

Background imageCleaning Collection: Premier Junior In Action

Premier Junior In Action
A woman cleaning a rug with a Premier Junior vacuum cleaner, circa 1930. (Photo by Hirz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageCleaning Collection: Woman Holding Clean Laundry Shirts Wearing Polka Dot Dress And Apron Pride Housewife

Woman Holding Clean Laundry Shirts Wearing Polka Dot Dress And Apron Pride Housewife
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Woman Holding Clean Laundry Shirts Wearing Polka Dot Dress And Apron Pride Housewife

Background imageCleaning Collection: High Rise Window Cleaners

High Rise Window Cleaners
Two window cleaners working on the 40th floor of the New Yorker Hotel in New York City in 1930. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageCleaning Collection: Standard washcare symbols found on clothing

Standard washcare symbols found on clothing

Background imageCleaning Collection: Hallstatt in the Cloudy Morning (Vertical Image)

Hallstatt in the Cloudy Morning (Vertical Image)
Hallstatt in the cloudy morning. Though there was no sunrise but during morning twilight, the clearing fog was so beautiful and the city light from the village made the contrast to the background

Background imageCleaning Collection: actinopterygii, animal, animals, aquatic, asia, asian, bluestreak, bony, cleaned

actinopterygii, animal, animals, aquatic, asia, asian, bluestreak, bony, cleaned
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a Yellow-edged Moray (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus), Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean

Background imageCleaning Collection: animal, antennae, behaviour, body part, cleaning, color, colour, coral, coral hermit crab

animal, antennae, behaviour, body part, cleaning, color, colour, coral, coral hermit crab, country, crab, crustacean, emerging, faviidae coral, feeding, fiji, food, hermit crab, invert, misc

Background imageCleaning Collection: Chinese workers doing laundry in the the Palace hotel

Chinese workers doing laundry in the the Palace hotel
Vintage engraving of chinese workers doing laundry in the the Palace hotel, San Francisco, 19th Century

Background imageCleaning Collection: Disinfecting Apparatus

Disinfecting Apparatus
Apparatus for separate on - and dissipation

Background imageCleaning Collection: Matches making machine, cutting machine

Matches making machine, cutting machine
Machinery for making matches



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