Ten historical clothes irons. A thematic selection, not an ironing-performance ranking. Licensed photographs. File:Charcoal iron in Bulgaria 01.jpg: Dimitar Boevski; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charcoal_iron_in_Bulgaria_01.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Flachbügeleisen aus Messing.jpg: Helge Klaus Rieder; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flachb%C3%BCgeleisen_aus_Messing.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Historisches Bügeleisen.jpg: Harke; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historisches_B%C3%BCgeleisen.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Iron, gas (51360824989).jpg: Auckland Museum Collections from Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iron,_gas_(51360824989).jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Brennspiritus Bügeleisen.jpg: Helge Klaus Rieder; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brennspiritus_B%C3%BCgeleisen.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Bügeleisen Therma 1930.jpg: Geca001; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B%C3%BCgeleisen_Therma_1930.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Historisches Rowenta Bügeleisen.jpg: Groupe SEB; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historisches_Rowenta_B%C3%BCgeleisen.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Antique fluter fluting iron.jpg: HelgeRieder; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antique_fluter_fluting_iron.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Antique electric iron (43190508310).jpg: Thomas Quine; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antique_electric_iron_(43190508310).jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Grossag Bügeleisen.jpg: Armin Pangerl; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grossag_B%C3%BCgeleisen.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. Adaptation: CC BY-SA 4.0. Original photographs retain their stated licenses. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/