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Household Goods Collection

"Exploring the Rich History of Household Goods: From Dripping Taps to Migratory Families" Step into a world where household goods tell stories

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: A compund rotary washing machine with rollers for wringing or mangling, 1862

A compund rotary washing machine with rollers for wringing or mangling, 1862
7125117 A compund rotary washing machine with rollers for wringing or mangling, 1862; (add.info.: A compund rotary washing machine with rollers for wringing or mangling, designed by Richard Lansdale)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Thomas Bradford's washing machine combined with wringing and mangling apparatus, 1862

Thomas Bradford's washing machine combined with wringing and mangling apparatus, 1862
7125115 Thomas Bradford's washing machine combined with wringing and mangling apparatus, 1862; (add.info.: Thomas Bradford's washing machine combined with wringing and mangling apparatus)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Energy. Electric oven. c.1900 (chromo)

Energy. Electric oven. c.1900 (chromo)
2636207 Energy. Electric oven. c.1900 (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Energy. Electric oven. Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI.

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Publicity Poster Advertising Singer Sewing Machines, 1930 (litho)

Publicity Poster Advertising Singer Sewing Machines, 1930 (litho)
IND54612 Publicity Poster Advertising Singer Sewing Machines, 1930 (litho); Private Collection; Index Fototeca.

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Here food can be kept cool and fresh (litho)

Here food can be kept cool and fresh (litho)
8676269 Here food can be kept cool and fresh (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here food can be kept cool and fresh. Workings of a refrigerator)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Youthful hawker, pedlar

Youthful hawker, pedlar
7279671 Youthful hawker, pedlar by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Youthful hawker, pedlar)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Louis Vallet, Chalonss / Marne, 1905 (lithography)

Louis Vallet, Chalonss / Marne, 1905 (lithography)
398370 Louis Vallet, Chalons s/Marne, 1905 (lithography) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; (add.info.: Louis Vallet, Chalons s/Marne, 35, Rue Carnot)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Advantages of Modern Education, pub. Feb. 1825 by C. William (coloured engraving)

Advantages of Modern Education, pub. Feb. 1825 by C. William (coloured engraving)
SC22746 Advantages of Modern Education, pub. Feb.1825 by C.William (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Bean pickers camp, Oregon, Marion county, near West Stayton, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Bean pickers camp, Oregon, Marion county, near West Stayton, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers camp. Oregon, Marion county, near West Stayton, Oregon

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Sign on post office door: Farm animals and household equipment... Vader, western Washington, 1939

Sign on post office door: Farm animals and household equipment... Vader, western Washington, 1939
Sign on post office door: Farm animals and household equipment for sale. Vader, western Washington

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Camp of family with nine children who have been on the road... Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Camp of family with nine children who have been on the road... Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Yakima Valley. Camp of family with nine children who have been on the road for three years

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: The house trailer and the youngest little girl, Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish, 1939

The house trailer and the youngest little girl, Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The house trailer and the youngest little girl. Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Motherless migrant child, Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Motherless migrant child, Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Motherless migrant child. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Possibly: The house trailer and the youngest little girl, Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish

Possibly: The house trailer and the youngest little girl, Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish
[Untitled, possibly related to: The house trailer and the youngest little girl. Washington, Yakima Valley, Toppenish]

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Possibly: Camp of migratory families in 'Ramblers Park', Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Possibly: Camp of migratory families in "Ramblers Park", Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Washington, Yakima Valley. Camp of migratory families in " Ramblers Park." ]

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Camp of migratory families in 'Ramblers Park', Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Camp of migratory families in "Ramblers Park", Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Yakima Valley. Camp of migratory families in " Ramblers Park."

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: The oldest girl seated in the doorway of the house trailer... Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

The oldest girl seated in the doorway of the house trailer... Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The oldest girl seated in the doorway of the house trailer cares for the family. Yakima Valley, Washington

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Tennessee farmhouse near Ridgeley after flood had subsided, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans

Tennessee farmhouse near Ridgeley after flood had subsided, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
Tennessee farmhouse near Ridgeley after flood had subsided

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Possibly: Flood refugee encampment at Forrest City, Arkansas, ca. 1937. Creator: Walker Evans

Possibly: Flood refugee encampment at Forrest City, Arkansas, ca. 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Flood refugee encampment at Forrest City, Arkansas]

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Flood refugee encampment at Forrest City, Arkansas, ca. 1937. Creator: Walker Evans

Flood refugee encampment at Forrest City, Arkansas, ca. 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
Flood refugee encampment at Forrest City, Arkansas

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the 1937 flood waters... 1937

Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the 1937 flood waters... 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the 1937 flood waters had subsided

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Household utensils (colour litho)

Household utensils (colour litho)
7153910 Household utensils (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Household utensils.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Hampton Court Palace: The Fish Court (engraving)

Hampton Court Palace: The Fish Court (engraving)
7179037 Hampton Court Palace: The Fish Court (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fish Court)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Moving their Household Goods (colour litho)

Moving their Household Goods (colour litho)
7181588 Moving their Household Goods (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moving their Household Goods)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Advertisement for Rex & Co. from Styl, pub. 1922 (pochoir print)

Advertisement for Rex & Co. from Styl, pub. 1922 (pochoir print)
3496732 Advertisement for Rex & Co. from Styl, pub.1922 (pochoir print) by German School, (20th century); The Stapleton Collection; German, out of copyright

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Looting a Broken-down Boer Wagon containing Household Goods (litho)

Looting a Broken-down Boer Wagon containing Household Goods (litho)
1599683 Looting a Broken-down Boer Wagon containing Household Goods (litho) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Scenes at a Fire at Tokio, Japan (engraving)

Scenes at a Fire at Tokio, Japan (engraving)
1060138 Scenes at a Fire at Tokio, Japan (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scenes at a Fire at Tokio, Japan)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: From the German side: Schoolboys bringing domestic copper articles to school to replenish

From the German side: Schoolboys bringing domestic copper articles to school to replenish
STC312651 From the German side: Schoolboys bringing domestic copper articles to school to replenish supplies for the making of ammunition, from The Illustrated War News

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: The War, the Railway Station at Rustchuk, Inhabitants leaving with their Household Goods (engraving)

The War, the Railway Station at Rustchuk, Inhabitants leaving with their Household Goods (engraving)
1106321 The War, the Railway Station at Rustchuk, Inhabitants leaving with their Household Goods (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Raree t Fraay Curieus De rarekiek artist interior

Raree t Fraay Curieus De rarekiek artist interior
The Raree show ( t Fraay Curieus), De rarekiek ( t Fraay Curieus), De rarekiek (called t Fraay Curieus by the artist). In an interior

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Tobit Anna Kid Interieur goat left old blind Tobit

Tobit Anna Kid Interieur goat left old blind Tobit
Tobit and Anna with the Kid, Interieur with Tobit and Anna with the goat. On the left is the old blind Tobit with his dog by a fire. He has folded his hands

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Abraham Leaves Haran Abraham departs Haran Gods command

Abraham Leaves Haran Abraham departs Haran Gods command
Abraham Leaves Haran, Abraham departs from Haran at Gods command (Genesis 13: 1-2). Previously interpreted as the exodus from Egypt. A procession draws people and animals through gate

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Peasant Family Singing Singing Peasant Family

Peasant Family Singing Singing Peasant Family
Peasant Family Singing, Singing Peasant Family. Interior of a farmhouse with five people. In the middle a man with a violin, behind it a singing man with a jug of beer, on the right a working woman

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: A Housewife inner Courtyard Cleaning Fish courtyard

A Housewife inner Courtyard Cleaning Fish courtyard
A Housewife in an inner Courtyard Cleaning Fish, In a courtyard by a barn, a young woman is cleaning fish. To the left lies an already cleaned fish on a colander on a basin

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Sint-Antoniuswaag Amsterdam View Sint Antoniuswaag

Sint-Antoniuswaag Amsterdam View Sint Antoniuswaag
The Sint-Antoniuswaag in Amsterdam The Sint-Antoniuswaag in Amsterdam, View of the Sint Antoniuswaag on the current Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Interior barn farmers part farmhouse woman working

Interior barn farmers part farmhouse woman working
Interior of a barn, A farmers part. Interior of a farmhouse with a woman working in the kitchen, a girl watching. In the foreground a display of household goods (kettles, plate, jug, ladle)

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Women Rome Gathering Capitol Rising Rome Account

Women Rome Gathering Capitol Rising Rome Account
The Women of Rome Gathering at the Capitol, The Rising of the Women of Rome on the Capitol on Account of Papirius, The rise of Roman women at the Capitol in Rome after the announcement by little

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Creditor man gives coins bills figure table Next

Creditor man gives coins bills figure table Next
Creditor, A man gives coins and bills to a figure behind a table. Next to him is a man with a raised finger. In the foreground two putti, one with rod, view a painting

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Interior farmers family farm kinds household goods

Interior farmers family farm kinds household goods
Interior with farmers family, Interior of a farm with all kinds of household goods and a box bed. A woman has a child on her lap and gives this to eat

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Sacking house A. M van Arssen Amsterdam 1748 Plundering

Sacking house A. M van Arssen Amsterdam 1748 Plundering
Sacking the house of A.M. van Arssen in Amsterdam, 1748 Plundering the house of A.M. van Arssen, on the Cingel at the Huiszittensteeg in Amsterdam

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Camel laden peasant children household goods

Camel laden peasant children household goods
Camel laden with peasant children & household goods. 1934, Egypt, Cairo

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Workbench with tools, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563 - before 1619

Workbench with tools, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563 - before 1619

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Col. SEM of filaments of a tooth brush

Col. SEM of filaments of a tooth brush
Toothbrush. Coloured scanning electron micrograph of the filaments of a toothbrush. Magnification: x37 at 6x7cm size. x74 at 8x6ins, x40 at 9x7cm master size

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Coloured SEM of biological washing powder

Coloured SEM of biological washing powder
Washing powder. Coloured Scanning Electron Micro- graph (SEM) of granules of biological washing powder. Encapsulated in these granules are biological enzymes which act as a cleansing agent

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Coloured SEM of household dust (allergens)

Coloured SEM of household dust (allergens)
Household dust. Coloured Scanning Electron Micro- graph (SEM) of a sample of household dust. Dust contains an assortment of substances which can cause asthma or other allergic reactions

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Household dust, SEM

Household dust, SEM
Household dust, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Magnification: x130 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

Background imageHousehold Goods Collection: Water purifier

Water purifier. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of coconut shell charcoal from a water purification filter. The charcoal removes odours and gases from water passed through it



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"Exploring the Rich History of Household Goods: From Dripping Taps to Migratory Families" Step into a world where household goods tell stories, from the incessant drip of a tap to the vibrant colors of vintage advertisements. In 1932, an enticing advertisement for the Frigeco fridge captured hearts with its captivating color lithography by Louis Vallet in Chalonss / Marne. This piece showcased how innovation and style merged seamlessly in everyday life. But let's rewind even further back in time, to February 1825 when C. William published "Advantages of Modern Education, " a colored engraving that highlighted how education revolutionized households across generations. Moving forward to 1939, we encounter powerful images by renowned photographer Dorothea Lange. Her lens captures poignant moments such as bean pickers camped near West Stayton, Oregon or families seeking refuge at Vader's post office door adorned with signs advertising farm animals and household equipment. Lange also immortalizes scenes from Yakima Valley, Washington - a camp filled with migratory families struggling on their journey. Among them is a motherless migrant child whose resilience shines through despite adversity. Another image portrays a house trailer housing both hope and innocence embodied by the youngest little girl. These glimpses into history remind us that they can not just objects; they hold memories and narratives within their very essence. They reflect our triumphs over challenges while serving as witnesses to our daily lives. So next time you turn off that dripping tap or admire your modern appliances, take a moment to appreciate the rich tapestry woven by these seemingly ordinary items – for they carry stories that connect us all throughout time.