Mattresses Collection

"I Have Hardly Closed My Eyes The Whole Night! Heaven Knows What Was In The Bed
" I Have Hardly Closed My Eyes The Whole Night! Heaven Knows What Was In The Bed. I Seemed To Be Lying Upon Some Hard Thing, And My Whole Body Is Black And Blue This Morning

Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, [in London] 1858. A craft, attracting attention by its singular appearance

Ruins of the Church and the House of General Chassé, 1832, (1833). Creator: Auguste Raffet
Ruins of the Church and the House of General Chasse, 1832, (1833). On the right in the foreground a group of soldiers carrying mattresses

Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, Northern Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country. Northern Florida

Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country, North Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day in the turpentine pine forest country. North Florida

The Crocker Co. Mattress Factory, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
The Crocker Co. Mattress Factory, between c1900 and c1930

African American students in mattress-making class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1902
African American students in mattress-making class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. 1902. [Young women learning upholstery and soft furnishing]

Students making and upholstering barrel furniture, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1902
Students making and upholstering barrel furniture, 1902. [Young black women learning upholstery and soft furnishing]

The Tenements, Winter Quarters, from Scotts Last Expedition (b / w photo)
STC255071 The Tenements, Winter Quarters, from Scotts Last Expedition (b/w photo) by Ponting, Herbert (1870-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Prisoners Mattress and a Cell Indicator (engraving)
614690 A Prisoners Mattress and a Cell Indicator (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A prisoners mattress and a cell indicator, both at Wandsworth Prison)

The Tenements during the Terra Nova expedition (1910-13
3106129 The Tenements during the Terra Nova expedition (1910-13) to the South Pole (bromide print) by Ponting, Herbert (1870-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Parisian street characters, France (engraving)
6001358 Parisian street characters, France (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parisian street characters, France)

An example of a peasants home, with its manger, in a village of Palestine (engraving)
2774948 An example of a peasants home, with its manger, in a village of Palestine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An example of a peasants home)

Cabinet Maker, James Kinlock Walker, trade card (engraving)
984056 Cabinet Maker, James Kinlock Walker, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cabinet Maker, James Kinlock Walker)

On the Way to Pretoria, approaching Dannhauser Station (litho)
1599834 On the Way to Pretoria, approaching Dannhauser Station (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Way to Pretoria)

A mobile, military washing machine being guarded by troops
Horse-drawn machine was designed to rid a soldiers bedding from lice and infectious diseases. Steam is used to clean the bedding and uniforms. Straw-filled mattresses can be seen in the foreground

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Japan, Tokyo, Exterior or an apartment block with futon mattresses hung over balcony rails to dry

Aesculapius nurses sick temple lauded Aesculapius
Aesculapius nurses the sick in a temple, The lauded Aesculapius, god of health and medicine, with his staff in his hand nurses the sick who lie on mattresses in a temple

People next buildings left mattresses floor right
People next to buildings (left); mattresses on floor (right). 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Mother And Daughter Snorkeling

Mattresses on the floor in a glass sided house in Ibiza

Telegram mobilising VAD 1914
This telegram, sent to Birchington late in the day on 14 October 1914, was the call to mobilise the local Voluntary Aid Detachments to set up their hospitals

Advert for Geo. Gale & Sons, hospital bed 1889
Dominion, patent wire spring mattress and Lawson Tait hospital bed, wire carefully coppered and lacquared to prevent rust. Date: 1889

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1937
Why theres so much extra comfort in Vi-Spring overlay mattress! 1937

Children play on mattresses in Patricroft, Eccles
Children playing on a pile of abandoned mattresses in Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1978

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1934
How wonderfully soft ! The Vi-Spring overlay mattress is made by hand throughout. Unlike the cheap mattress the Vi-Spring will last and last

The aftermath of fire at Sir Johns Frenchs home, Aldershot. Date: 1903

Apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck
Various apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck. A Dennetts rocket line is shown both in action and arranged for firing, as well as and the landing of a crew using the breeches buoy

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1939
Get up wide awake ! How you feel in the morning depends largely upon how you sleep during the night. Take no chances with your nights rest, sleep on a Vi-Spring

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1935
30 years supremacy in sleeping comfort. The Vi-Spring overlay mattress. Never in its years of unparalleled success has the wonderful Vi-Spring mattress occupied so higgh a position in the favour of

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1930
Its luxuriously comfortable ! Only thoses who slept upon a Vi-Spring can really appreciate the luxurious comfort of this fine overlay mattress

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1929
Too tired to dance, a good partner - a fine band - a jolly evening wasted, because they are too tied to enjoy themselves. What a joy it is to get up each moring felling thoroughly rested

French Mattressmaker
A French matelassiere (mattress-maker) stuffs a mattress. Date: circa 1845

Construction of mattresses, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, Railroad construction & maintenance, Jetties, Construction industry, Mexico, Tampico, 1880

Dairy farming, Holstein cows in cubicle house with rubber mattresses and sawdust bedding, Lancashire, England, April

TEMPUR memory foam, SEM
TEMPUR memory foam, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This viscoelastic memory foam, made from polyurethane, was originally developed in the 1970s at NASA Ames Research Center, California

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1938
Its the inside that matters most! If you are buying mattress you will, of course, buy one of the spring-interior type to-day demanded by everybody with modern ideas of comfort

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1933
Unequalled for comfort, The Vi-Spring - Vibase combination. The Worlds most luxurious bed equipment. The Vi-Spring - Vibase combination is unquestionably the finest bed equipment ever made to ensure

Boys linking bed-springs. 14 and 15 years old. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. Date 1917 January 25. Boys linking bed-springs. 14 and 15 years old. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Advert for Vi-Spring Mattress 1931
Built to give better rest. Inmaking of a Vi-Spring overlay mattress spring follows spring until beneath every square inch of its surface there lies a small spring to give an exquisite softness

Austrio-Hungarian troops in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1
Austro-Hungarian troops bringing forward wire mattresses and trestles in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Making Mattresses - Blind Workers, London
The Mattressmakers Song - Postcard produced by the Greater London Fund for the Blind. The charity was formed in 1921 by Sir Arthur Pearson to co-ordinate the raising of funds to improve the lives of

Housewives Stunt School
Housewife Teresa Vincent leaps from the first floor of a building onto cardboard boxes and mattresses 20 feet below. It makes a change from washing up, she explained. Date: 1960s

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1928
1056 springs make the Vi-Spring mattress the most luxurious mattress obtainable Date: 1928

Arab Mattress-makers - Tangiers, Morocco
Stuffing Mattresses with straw - Tangiers, Morocco Date: circa 1910s

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"Sleepless Nights and Bruised Bodies: The Mattress Dilemma Unveiled" In the realm of slumber, a good mattress is paramount. Yet, for many unfortunate souls throughout history, finding solace in their beds has been an elusive dream. As Edmund Dulac's haunting illustration from "The Real Princess" suggests, the agony of sleepless nights plagued countless individuals. One can only imagine the torment endured by those who tossed and turned upon hard surfaces, waking up with black-and-blue bodies. Enter Vi-spring Mattress - a revolutionary solution to this age-old predicament. In 1938, this advert promised unparalleled comfort and restful nights to weary sleepers. No longer would one have to endure the hardships depicted in Dulac's artwork or suffer through uncomfortable winter quarters like Scott's expedition members did during their treacherous journey. Even prisoners found respite on mattresses that doubled as cell indicators – a small luxury amidst confinement. Meanwhile, Parisian street characters roamed the cityscape on their daily endeavors without worrying about bruised backs or restless minds caused by inadequate bedding. Beyond Europe's borders lay Palestine, where peasants' homes boasted simple yet functional mattresses alongside mangers for livestock – a testament to humanity's ingenuity in creating comfortable spaces even under challenging circumstances. James Kinlock Walker, a skilled cabinet maker captured in an engraving trade card, dedicated his craft to crafting exquisite sleeping surfaces that provided blissful repose for customers fortunate enough to afford his creations. As we travel further back in time along dusty roads towards Pretoria Station lithograph depicts soldiers guarding mobile military washing machines; it becomes evident that even amidst war-torn landscapes and uncertain times when mobilizing VADs via telegram was necessary – ensuring quality rest remained crucial for both physical rejuvenation and mental resilience. Today we are spoiled with choices when it comes to mattresses - memory foam wonders designed specifically for individual preferences await us at every corner.