Broom Collection (page 7)

L Assiette au Beurre, number 298, Satirique en couleurs, 1906_12_15: Automobile, Police - Lepine Louis (lithograph)
ICA4907856 L Assiette au Beurre, number 298, Satirique en couleurs, 1906_12_15: Automobile, Police - Lepine Louis (lithograph) by Camara, Leal de (1877-1948); (add.info.: L Plate au beurre)

193-0082166 There it goes, plate 66 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching)
IND81685 193-0082166 There it goes, plate 66 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 21x16.7 cm; Private Collection; Index Fototeca

193-0082144 They spin finely, plate 44 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching)
IND81663 193-0082144 They spin finely, plate 44 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 21.9x15.3 cm; Private Collection

A New Kind Battle (Colour Litho)
2809100 A New Kind Battle (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A new kind of battle)

Aerial view of Clashach cove surrounded by flowering Gorse (Ulex europaeus), Hopeman, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK. May, 2017

A Seizure, c. 1840 (litho) (b / w photo)
CHT217761 A Seizure, c.1840 (litho) (b/w photo) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) (after); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; © Archives Charmet

Man being punished by a woman (woodcut)
7201572 Man being punished by a woman (woodcut) by French School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man being punished by a woman)

Triangle work pattern
Avishek Das

The scent of spring, baekyangsa
Jaeyoun Ryu

Government charwoman cleaning after regular... Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman cleaning after regular working hours. [Mrs Ella Watson]

Grocery store across the street from Mrs. Ella Watson... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Grocery store across the street from Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

Grandchild of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, taking her... nap, Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Grandchild of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, taking her afternoon nap

Government charwoman cleaning after regular working hours, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman cleaning after regular working hours. [Mrs Ella Watson]

Government charwoman cleaning after regular hours, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman cleaning after regular hours

Bathrooms are scarce, farm of ex mill-worker, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bathrooms are scarce. Farm of ex mill-worker. Bonner County, Idaho

Family living in tent while building the house... near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
Family living in tent while building the house around them. Near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon

Government charwoman, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman. [Mrs Ella Watson]

Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath unit beyond. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

This family came to the potato harvest after the... FSA camp, Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon
This family came to the potato harvest after the Oregon hop harvest. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp unit. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Family living in tent while building... near Klamath Falls, Klamath county, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family living in tent while building the house around them. Near Klamath Falls, Klamath county, Oregon

Family living in tent while building the house around them, near Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family living in tent while building the house around them. Near Klamath Falls, Klamath county, Oregon

Women assembled at Wheeleys Church near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Women assembled at Wheeleys Church near Gordonton, North Carolina, to clean up church and grounds on annual cleaning up day

Women of the congregation of Wheeleys Church on steps... Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Women of the congregation of Wheeleys Church on steps with brooms and buckets on annual clean up day. Gordonton, North Carolina

Women of the congregation of Wheeleys Church... Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Women of the congregation of Wheeleys Church on steps with brooms and buckets on annual clean up day. Gordonton, North Carolina

Migrant family outfit on U. S. 99 between Bakersfield, California, and the Ridge, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family outfit on U.S. 99 between Bakersfield, California, and the Ridge

Kitchen door of Zollie Lyons house, Wake County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kitchen door of Zollie Lyons house. Note brushbroom. Wake County, North Carolina

Rural filling station becomes community center... for loafing, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Rural filling station becomes community center and general grounds for loafing. The men in baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. The team is called the Cedargrove Team

Scotts Run mining camps near Morgantown, West Virginia, 1935. Creator: Walker Evans
Scotts Run mining camps near Morgantown, West Virginia. Domestic interior. Shack at Osage

The Illustrated Voltaire, 1880_1_18 - Illustration by Louis Alexandre Gosset de Guines dit Gill (1840-1885)
ICA4936203 The Illustrated Voltaire, 1880_1_18 - Illustration by Louis Alexandre Gosset de Guines dit Gill (1840-1885): Farre Jean Joseph (Jean-Joseph) (1816-1887)

Witches moving in the air. Illustration by Angelo Jank (1868-1940) for Jugend, 1899
GIA4703082 Witches moving in the air. Illustration by Angelo Jank (1868-1940) for Jugend, 1899 by Jank, Angelo (1868-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Witches moving in the air)

A young girl cries over a dirty bonnet in a room. 1791 (engraving)
7234854 A young girl cries over a dirty bonnet in a room. 1791 (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801); Private Collection; (add.info)

17th century Dutch shoemaker in a small shop, 1803 (engraving)
7233061 17th century Dutch shoemaker in a small shop, 1803 (engraving) by Deuchar, David (1743-1808); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Whistle, number 49, Satirique en N & B, 1899_1_6: Mal an! Happy New Year
ICA4885693 Le Whistle, number 49, Satirique en N & B, 1899_1_6: Mal an! Happy New Year! - Anticlericalism, Dreyfus affair - Eg with reactionaries, Sabre and pin, Obscurantism, Dreyfus affair

The marriage of reason - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries
LSE4088948 The marriage of reason - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries, text and drawing by Louis Edmond Duranty (1833-1880), Paris, 1863 by Duranty

French society in the Middle Ages: A handmaid sweeping, 1480 (miniature)
JLJ4660902 French society in the Middle Ages: A handmaid sweeping, 1480 (miniature) by Espinques, Everard de (fl.1440-1494); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

"Vue d un interieur"Une domestique passe la serpillere dans l ombre d un couloir (d une ecole ?)
FIA5341759 " Vue d un interieur" Une domestique passe la serpillere dans l ombre d un couloir (d une ecole ?). Peinture d Ivan Trofimovich Durnov (1801-1847)

Les voisines - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries
LSE4088927 Les voisines - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries, text and drawing by Louis Edmond Duranty (1833-1880), Paris, 1863 by Duranty

F. Infantryman
6523698 F. Infantryman by Henreaux, Lucien L. (pseudonym LSH) (active 1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: in " Silhouettes -- Alphabet. Publisher unknown, 1904 (legal depot BNF)

Le Whistle, number 28, Satirique en N & B, 1898_8_11: The beginning of the end - Anticlericalism, Antimilitarism
ICA4885930 Le Whistle, number 28, Satirique en N & B, 1898_8_11: The beginning of the end - Anticlericalism, Antimilitarism, Dreyfus affair - Eg with reactionaries, Sabre and pin, Dreyfus affair

Le marchand de coups de baton - Lithography, extracted from Theatre des puppets du jardin des Tuileries
LSE4088993 Le marchand de coups de baton - Lithography, extracted from Theatre des puppets du jardin des Tuileries, text and drawing by Louis Edmond Duranty (1833-1880), Paris, 1863 by Duranty

Sorcerer by Apoux, n. d. 19th
LSE4093062 Sorcerer by Apoux, n.d. 19th. by Apoux, Joseph (1846-1910); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Sorcerer by Apoux, n.d. 19th.); © Leonard de Selva

Sweeping Snow, 1890s (oil on canvas)
5672882 Sweeping Snow, 1890s (oil on canvas) by Hassam, Childe Frederick (1859-1935); 23 x 18 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA

The witches, if we believe the legends, were the first to practice aviation (witch on her broom)
LSE4095666 The witches, if we believe the legends, were the first to practice aviation (witch on her broom) - in " The adventures of aviation" by Xandaro by Xaudaro

Postcard depicting a Witch preparing a potion (colour engraving)
CHT163083 Postcard depicting a Witch preparing a potion (colour engraving) by Kardos, Boske (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sorciere preparant une potion)

Witches moving in the air. Illustration by Angelo Jank (1868-1940) for Jugend, 1899 DR
GIA4794797 Witches moving in the air. Illustration by Angelo Jank (1868-1940) for Jugend, 1899 DR by Jank, Angelo (1868-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Witches moving in the air)

Lady telling off servant for using Puryta Parchment, the fashionable writing paper (colour litho)
3100900 Lady telling off servant for using Puryta Parchment, the fashionable writing paper (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Great National Sweeping Up (colour engraving)
XIR438843 The Great National Sweeping Up (colour engraving) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: play on words)

House maid sweeping (engraving)
3245365 House maid sweeping (engraving) by British School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures

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"Broom: A Symbol of Timeless Tales and Everyday Necessity" In the enchanting world of literature, Cosette's humble broom in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables serves as a poignant reminder of her arduous journey towards freedom. Just like this young girl, the broom represents resilience and hope amidst adversity. Meanwhile, in bustling streets across the globe, mobile chimney sweeps rely on their trusty brooms to keep homes warm and safe. These unsung heroes diligently sweep away soot and debris, ensuring that families can enjoy cozy evenings by the fire. Stepping into a Netherlandish village landscape illustration, one might spot an intriguing scene where proverbs come alive. Amongst them stands a figure wielding a broom - an emblematic representation of cleanliness being next to godliness. Transporting us back in time is a retro-style desert scene featuring an old gas station and majestic saguaro cacti. Here, a solitary broom leans against weathered walls; its bristles whisper tales of countless swept floors and dusty journeys through forgotten highways. Amidst nature's symphony lies Emberiza calandra – the corn bunting perched gracefully on top of golden wheat fields. As it surveys its domain from high above, perhaps it contemplates how even the simplest tool like a broom has shaped human civilization over centuries. Ascending Ullapool's picturesque hillside reveals breathtaking vistas that capture hearts with their beauty. And yet amid this serene panorama lies evidence of human presence –a lone broom leaning against stone steps– reminding us that even amidst tranquility, everyday chores persist. Gordon Parks' iconic photograph "AMERICAN GOTHIC" immortalizes Ella Watson as she sits resolutely with her trusted companion –a sturdy broom– symbolizing strength and determination during challenging times when she served as US Government Chairwoman.