Toilet Collection

Gabrielle d Estrees and one of her sisters, duchesse de Villars. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Vespasienne (public urinal) on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
CHT430462 Vespasienne (public urinal) on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, c.1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris, Paris

Tattooed Victorian lady, 1897
An example of American tattoo work on a Mrs. Williams. Date: 1897

bronco, toilet, paper, advertisement

Gillette Razor Advert
Begin early... shave yourself - the Gillette Safety Razor lives up to its name

French Bathroom 1906
A chambermaid helps her mistress take a shower in this elaborate bathroom containing bath, shower, bidet and loo, as well as the geyser to supply the hot water

Female Barber Shaving
A female barber with a Marcel wave hairstyle holds down her client as she gives him a close shave, with a cut-throat razor!

Acme Moustache Guard
The Acme Moustache Guard. Solid comfort while eating. No use for napkins - does not interfere with use of mouth. Made of gold or silver plate. Everyone should have one!

Roman Baths, London
Ladies bathing in the Roman baths in the Strand, London, the remains of which exist today. circa 400

Get your Hair Cut
GET YOUR HAIR CUT A barber in his shop doorway and a group of people, including two jeering, pointing boys, ridicule a young mans long hair !

Tattooed masterpiece by Mr. Sutherland Macdonald of Jermyn S
A battle royal in mid-air: a tattooed masterpiece by Mr. Sutherland Macdonald of Hamman Studio, Jermyn Street, London. Date: 1897

WOMAN / MAKE-UP 1926
An attractive woman in a white dress, making up her face at her dressing table

Archer Cupid as a toilet sign, Oktoberfest, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Pifco electric vibratory massager
Beauty that is yours sincerely: 1950s electric vibratory massager, claiming to help you keep slim and trim, promotes a healthy scalp, affords relief for tired feet and many muscular aches and pains

Young Lady doing a pedicure on herself (before getting dressed!). Date: circa 1920s

Toilet / Hair / Hairdressers
Women sitting under hair dryers at the hairdressers

Art Deco Bathroom 1930
An elegant art deco bathroom

Girls on Sun Bed
A group of factory girls from Leeds, Yorkshire, England, topping up their tans with the aid of sunray treatment. Shame about the goggles... Date: early 1930s

Roman Bath, London
Roman bath discovered in 1800 in Strand Lane, London

Design for Gentlemens Lavatory sign at Paddington Station
Drawn in 1914, this design was for an illuminated sign advertising the Gentlemans Lavatory on Paddington Station

Advertisement for Vinolia Soap - Mother! Mother!! Fidos eaten my soap!!! early 20th century

Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady, 1897
Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady. The work on her back depicts the Last Supper, by Da Vinci, and was regarded at the time to be one of the finest piece of tattooing produced in America

Frank de Burgh, tattooed man, 1897
Frank de Burgh, tattooed man, displays his chest and forearms, which bear the name of his wife, Emma, and a forget-me-not motto, depicted on a scroll, held aloft by a maiden

Prince George having a tattoo, Japan 1881
" Everybody, it seemed, tattooed, whether belonging to the ward-room, gun-room, or lower deck, including, of course, both the Princes

Suffragette - Womens Rights - Bloomerism
A woman wearing bloomers is stopped by a Policeman from entering a Ladies Public Toilet as she is wearing bloomers, which PC Plod views as unsuitable for a lady! Date: 1913

Goodwins toilet soap, 1930s
An advert for Goodwins toilet soap, featuring a smiling young woman holding a tennis racket. 1937-1938

Anne Shirley / Hairdresser
Anne Shirley gets a new hair- do for the film Bombardier. Her blonde hair is curled and held in place with hair grips

Bathing / In Bathroom / 1926
A woman drying herself in front of the bathroom mirror

Juan Les Pins, Darling
Juan Les Pins, Cote D Azur, France: bronzed blonde, sunglasses in hand, reclines in a deckchair to enjoy a lager while she tops up her tan. N.B beach showers

Woman Shaving Man
A female barber or barbers assisitant, probably during World War Two, applies shaving soap to a mans face before his shave

Japanese Tattoo C1900
A TATTOOED JAPANESE MAN Tattooing of this complex and highly-coloured type was at one time not uncommon in Japan

The Toilet Drawing by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) 19th century Paris, Louvre Museum
JLJ4574478 The Toilet Drawing by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) 19th century Paris, Louvre Museum by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); Louvre, Paris

Bathing, (oil on canvas)
989873 Bathing, (oil on canvas) by Irolli, Vicenzo (1860-1945); 137.8x105.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bathing. Vincenzo Irolli (1860-1942). Oil on canvas

Way to toilet, Indic scripts, Tamil Nadu, India

Hand Manicure
A hand manicure. Nails are carefully clipped and a choice of stylish nail varnishes in little bottles is offered. Date: 1930s

Epsom Derby - 1954
Epsom Downs, the Gentlemens Mobile Toilet, provided by Ewell Council 3rd June 1954

Old fashioned outdoor lavatory or pissoir, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

Outback dunny and Uluru (Ayers Rock), Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Boy / Hairdressers 1930S
A seat inside a model toy car ensures a boys co-operation at the hairdressers Date: 1930s

Body Culture / Building
Charles Atlass body-building programme: " No other physical instructor in the world has ever dared to make such an offer!" Date: 1932

ADS: BATHROOM, 1905. Advertisement for Standard porcelain enameled baths and one-piece lavatories. Line engraving, English, 1905

Lipstick 1960S
Girl with thick dark hair cut into a fashionable hairstyle with a fringe, applying pale lipstick

Toilet / Manicure 1930
Frumpish middle-aged woman gives a manicure to a pretty young woman in her bedroom

Woman Washing / Basin 1927
An attractive woman wearing a patterned dressing gown washes in a basin

Nail Polish Remover
A beautiful art nouveau label for Wlandres Venus nail polish remover, distributed by Wadanola Beauty Supply of Syracuse, New York

Hairdresser on Stilts
Il faut souffrir pour etre belle - one must suffer to be beautiful

Barber / Mr Block
Mr Block the Barber, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Toilet / Hair / Barber
Gentleman at the barbers gets a haircut, while a chap in the background has his washed

Rubinstein Make-Up Ad
Advertisement for beauty products of Helena Rubinstein

Travelling Hairdresser
Roadside Beauty Service. A travelling hairdresser gives a girl a fashionable haircut. Date: early 1930s

Searching for Head-Lice
A Catalan woman searches a childs head for lice (pediculis capitis) and nits (eggs or young lice) at Amelie-les-Bains

Exercise Machine
Two young women, toning up and staying slim with the aid of their new fangled rowing exercise machines!

Lady in Bedroom, Knole
An aristocratic lady at her toilet, in a bedroom at Knole, Kent

Real street picture of vintage women toilet sign in Vienna, Austria Real street picture of vintage women toilet sign in Vienna, Austria

Drag artist Ron Storme finds that a man has to do what a man has to do - no matter what he is wearing 1970 10/08/1970

Drag artist Ron Storme finds that a man has to do what a man has to do - no matter what he is wearing. 6th August 1970

Big Bathtub (Nude), 1937-1939. Artist: Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947)
Big Bathtub (Nude), 1937-1939. From a private collection

Madame Poupoule at her Toilet, 1898, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Madame Poupoule at her Toilet, 1898, (1952). Woman combing her hair in front of a mirror. Painting in the Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France

Nude from behind (Morning toilet), 1841. Found in the collection of Hirschsprung Collection

Outdoor privy a083874
King Cross, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Redhead (The toilet). Painting by Henri De Toulouse Lautrec (Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901)
JLJ4663399 Redhead (The toilet). Painting by Henri De Toulouse Lautrec (Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901), 1889

Rousse (La Toilette), 1889. Artist: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901)
Rousse (La Toilette), 1889. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Crane Company. - The Bathroom, 1940. Newvogue Receptor Bath with glass spray shield, walls in yellow ground Salubra wallpaper with grey and silver pattern, wainscoting in grey tiles

The Valpincon Bather (La Grande Baigneuse), 1808. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

Sanitary ware, Plate 42, showing wash basins, urinals and toilet bowls in a range of styles. Date: circa 1880s

Toilet at Hanging Lake in Eastern Arthurs Range, Tasmania

Illustration of child sitting on toilet holding roll of toilet paper

Patent drawing for Thomas Crappers sanitary innovation, the Water Waste Preventer, 1880s
WATER WASTE PREVENTER. Patent drawing for Thomas Crappers sanitary innovation, the Water Waste Preventer, 1880s

Poster, Don t be afraid of Soap and Water. Showing a little boy welcoming a humanised jug and a bar of soap. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Drunk Stockbroker - confused by toilet roll
Drunk Stockbroker - confused by a toilet roll, which he takes to be the ticker tape! (which would have provided him with the latest market prices). Date: circa 1910s

TITANIC: SOAP AD, 1912. The White Star liner Titanic used in an English newspaper advertisement for Vinolia Otto toilet soap shortly before the liner sank, April 1912, in the Atlantic Ocean

Toilet / Massage / Japanese
A Japanese masseur works on his client, using his elbows to relieve tension in the back

Wigs in Hairdressers
A blonde curly wig on a dummy with a tiara in a hairdresser s

Chinese Foot-Binding
The damage caused by the practise of Chinese foot- binding to the structure of the foot, and the foot as it would appear encased in a shoe

Aristocratic French lady bathing and dressing
An aristocratic French lady is helped by her maids to bathe and dress

Le Bidet. Private Collection

Toilet Services, Real Wedgwood Ware, Plate 50, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs, soap dishes, and a slop pail far too nice to put slops in. Date: circa 1880s

Urinal Advert 1889
Milton Syers Peckham urinal 1889

His and Hers outhouses, Florida, USA
His and Hers outhouses labelled Ma and Pa, somewhere in Florida, USA. Date: 1930s

Rokeby Venus, also called The Toilet of Venus, Venus and Cupid, Venus at her Mirror, c1647-1651. Oil on canvas. Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) Spanish painter

Zon Sunbathing Oil 1930S
Zon sunbathing oil which makes you a glorious brown

Public Convenience
Cast iron gents urinal, located in Hockley, Birmingham. IoE 217725

Morny Freres June Roses Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Morny Freres Limited, London based chemist-perfumers. The image promotes a range of toilet products fragrant with parfum, June Roses

Advertisement in London and Suburbs Old and New, October 1933 (litho)
7182825 Advertisement in London and Suburbs Old and New, October 1933 (litho) by English School

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"From Bronco to Tattooed Masterpieces: A Journey Through the Evolution of Toilets" Step into a time machine and travel back to French Bathroom 1906, where the humble toilet takes center stage. Amidst the elegant decor, an advertisement for toilet paper catches your eye, showcasing its importance even in those early days. Fast forward to 1897, and witness a truly unique sight – a Female Barber Shaving. This unconventional profession challenges societal norms while highlighting the versatility of toilets as spaces for grooming and self-care. Just next door, a Tattooed Victorian lady proudly displays her intricate body art, created by none other than Mr. Sutherland Macdonald of Jermyn S. As you continue your journey through time, stumble upon an unexpected invention – the Acme Moustache Guard. This quirky contraption ensures that no facial hair interferes with one's toileting experience; a testament to human ingenuity. But let's not forget about personal hygiene - Gillette Razor Advert reminds us of the importance of smooth shaving routines within our daily bathroom rituals. Venturing further eastward brings you to Tamil Nadu, India. Indic scripts guide visitors on their way to toilets in this vibrant region known for its rich cultural heritage. Meanwhile, Roman Baths in London transport you back centuries ago when communal bathing was not only essential but also served as social hubs. Intriguingly enough, even Cupid himself has been enlisted as a toilet sign at Oktoberfest in Munich. Archer Cupid playfully points towards restrooms amidst merriment and revelry. Finally, we encounter Gabrielle d'Estrees and her sister depicted by the Master of Fontainebleau during the 16th century. While seemingly unrelated at first glance; this artwork serves as a reminder that even royalty required moments of privacy behind closed doors. The evolution of toilets is indeed fascinating; from functional necessities to artistic expressions, they have played a significant role in shaping our daily lives.