Accommodation Collection (page 4)

County Poor House, Burlington, Iowa, USA
The county poor house at Burlington, Iowa, USA. The poor house was a welfare establishment providing accommodation for the destitute, particularly the elderly and chronic sick

House of Industry, Beeton, Ontario, Canada
The House of Industry at Beeton, Ontario. The House of Industry was Canadas equivalent to the British workhouse

Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex
Girls and staff in the grounds of Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex, with childrens cottages in the background. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up a Village Home for Orphan

Smithston Asylum and Poorhouse, Greenock, Renfrewshire
The Smithston Asylum and Poorhouse, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, was opened in 1879 to house the areas lunatics and paupers

Woolwich Union Goldie Leigh Homes, Plumstead
A group of children and their house mother at the Woolwich Union Goldie Leigh cottage homes. The homes, at Bostall Heath, Plumstead (then in Kent, now in south east London)

School & Petworth Union Workhouse, Wisborough Green, Sussex
The Petworth Union workhouse (far centre) and a local school (near right) at Wisborough Green, Sussex. The workhouse was one of three operated by Petworth Union

Residential accommodation, Marlborough College, Wiltshire
Residential accommodation, Somerfield House, Marlborough College, Wiltshire. circa 1900s

Family group on holiday, Southwold, Suffolk
Family group outside their holiday home at 25 North Parade, Southwold, Suffolk -- Albert, Lucy, Arthur, Harold, Ellen and Violet Auerbach, summer 1912. Date: 1912

Mother and daughter on holiday, Southwold, Suffolk
Mother and daughter (Ellen and Violet Auerbach) in Southwold, Suffolk, in the drawing room of their holiday accommodation, 25 North Parade. Date: 1911

Prince of Wales Terrace, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Date: 1904

Last day of the holidays, saying goodbye, Southwold, Suffolk -- members of the Auerbach family (Albert, Harold, Lucy and Violet), and members of the Cattley family, September 1912. 1912

Connemara Hotel, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Bachelors quarters, Connemara Hotel, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1904

Laying the Tables at the Gordon Services Club
A volunteer lays the tables at the Gordon Services Club, based at the former Gordon Hospital in London. The Club, established in June 1940 by the Canadian Red Cross

The Gordon Services Club, 1940
Margerie Doutie writing up the menu for the Gordon Services Club, based at the former Gordon Hospital in London. The Club, established in June 1940 by the Canadian Red Cross

The Maple Leaf Club, Brabazon House
Two soldiers share a joke with Mrs Murray, matron of the Maple Leaf Club, established during the War to provide food, medical treatment and accommodation for Canadian soldiers stationed in Britain

Billeted, by F Tennyson Jesse and H M Harwood
Billeted, a play by F Tennyson Jesse and H M Harwood. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, August 1917. A neighbour has told a woman whose husband is missing in the war that it is improper for her

Shelter for the Night by Leonard Potts
A couple rather regret knocking on the door of a house to find shelter. 1930

A chalet at Squires Gate Holiday Camp
A rather austere looking chalet at Squires Holiday Camp in Blackpool. Date: 1930s

Soho, London - Westminster City Council building works - to contain 52 dwellings, plus office and showroom accommodation. 1973

Milford Track, New Zealand -- Glade House
Milford Track (Piopiotahi), South Island, New Zealand -- Glade House. Date: circa 1930s

Cassel, France - St Louis Mansion womens boarding home
Cassel, France - St Louis Mansion, set in a field in Cassel, served as a home for women of the Dames de St-Maur (Sisters of the Infant Jesus). circa 1910s

Lieutenant-Colonel Dykes temporary HQ, East Africa, WW1
Lieutenant-Colonel P H Dykes temporary HQ, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

Soldiers home, Potchefstroom, NW Province, South Africa
Soldiers home (connected to a British garrison), Potchefstroom Cantonments, NW Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

The Railways Reply to Increasing Road Competition
" For the first time in British railway history - sleeping compartments for 3rd class travellers: a sectional view of the new corridor " sleepers" on the L.N.E.R trains to

Cartoon, Soldiers approach new billet, WW1
Cartoon, Soldiers approach their new billet, hoping for good cooking and good wine. Date: 1918

Cartoon, A soldier in his billet, WW1
Cartoon, A soldier in his billet. He undresses, washes in a series of small containers, then goes to bed for a couple of hours. Date: 1918

Cartoon, Soldiers and boy in street, WW1
Cartoon, Soldiers talking to a boy carrying wine in the street. They ask him if its for them. No, he says, its for me. Date: 1918

Cartoon, A soldiers billet, WW1
Cartoon, A soldiers billet. One soldier has found a large fireplace in a bombed-out house to sleep in, and imagines that its a four-poster bed. Date: 1918

Cartoon, Soldiers discuss their billet, WW1
Cartoon, Soldiers discuss their billet. One of them says you can hardly call it a billet, as theres no bistro! Date: 1918

Women police officers at Pembridge Hall Section House, WW2
Women police officers in the dining room at Pembridge Hall Section House, Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2. Date: circa 1940

Woman police officer at Pembridge Hall Section House
Woman police officer doing her hair in a mirror, sitting in her bedroom at Pembridge Hall Section House, Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2

Women police officers off duty in Section House
Women police officers off duty, relaxing in the Section House. Date: 1919

Elizabeth House Hostel for women police cadets, London
Elizabeth House Hostel in Highgate, North London, acquired by the Met Police in 1951 for use as accommodation for women police cadets. Date: circa 1950s

Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers, at 17 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2. It opened in 1936. Date: circa 1930s

Artisans Model Cottage
Example of an artisans model cottage, the type of which was suggested by The Artisans Suburban Cottage Movement to provide comfortable homes for working populations in towns and cities. 1862

Nazareth House, Lancaster
A view of the Nazareth House, Lancaster, which provided accommodation for the elderly and orphaned children. Date: Date unknown

Poorly Vented Drains
Satire on poorly vented labyrinthine drainage in rented accommodation

Villa Des Orangers, Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria
Villa Des Orangers (family hotel), Mustapha, a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1910

Publicity Card, Grand Hotel Vittoria, Sorrento, Italy. 1892

Publicity Card, Grand Hotel du Vesuve, Naples, Italy - Fiorentino Freres. 1892

Hotel Restaurant du Midi, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hotel Restaurant du Midi, Avenida Corrientes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America, under the management of Baget and Benazet. Date: circa 1880

The Hall - Aged Pilgrims Asylum, Hornsey Rise, North London
The Hall at the Aged Pilgrims Asylum, Hornsey Rise, North London. 1649 Pensioners, 120 inmates (!) - 43 Daily Expenditure

Temporary Accommodation Aden Date: 1959

Article on opening of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, 1917
Article in The Graphic, written by Margaret Chute, reporting on the opening of the Eagle YMCA Hut in Aldwych, London, which opened 3rd September 1917

Early days at Twin Falls, Idaho, USA -- a wooden shack advertising Beds. Date: circa 1910

Flamingo Hotel, Harlingen, Texas, USA, offering a swimming pool, and air conditioned rooms with TV and telephone. Date: circa 1950s

Interior on the Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Interior of an private luxurious sitting-room, with comfortable dinning room chairs, wooden panels and soft furnishings. 118 feet long assembly room for cabin class

Old arcaded inn, Acre, Galilee, Northern Israel
Khan al Umdan (Caravanserai of the Pillars, Inn of the Columns, Khan-i-Avamid), an old arcaded roadside inn at Acre, Galilee, Northern Israel, built in the Ottoman era. Date: 1920s

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