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Navajo Sweat House - Tuba City, ArizonaNavajo Sweat House (or Sweat Lodge or sweathouse ) - Tuba City, Arizona
King Edward VII Hospital, Tregaron, WalesStaff and patients at the entrance to The King Edward VII Hospital, Tregaron, Wales. The hospital was formerly the Tregaron Union workhouse, erected in 1876, on Dewi Road, Tregaron
Collecting supplies for refugees WWIIRich and poor alike bring gifts to the Womens Voluntary Service Depot for the Belgian refugees during World War II. Here the local chimney sweep brings a pram whilst Lady Lucas Tooth
Fireplace of the Hotel Terre NeuveA dog sitting in front of the fireplace of the Hotel Terre Neuve in Fontenay le Comte in France
Winter sunrise over isolated cottageThe weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Two thatchers at workTwo thatchers repair the thatch on the roofs of two traditional country cottages. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Garden in CambridgeshireAn unidentified garden in Cambridgeshire with a view across the lawn, showing colourful plants and shrubs growing on either side of a flight of stone steps, a red brick garden wall
Alices Adventures Underground: Bill the lizard comfortedVarious creatures minister onto a sickly companion. Bill the lizard is restored with a drink after being ejected from the chimney of the white rabbits house
Industrial School, Cockermouth, CumbriaThe Cumberland County Industrial School on Lorton Road, Cockermouth, Cumbria, was opened in 1881 to hold 150 boys. Industrial Schools housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a
Saint Nicholas / Father Christmas / Santa Claus - delivering presents to the children of the world by climbing down chimneys on Christmas night
Union Workhouse, Battle, SussexThe Battle Union workhouse, designed by Frederick Thatcher, was erected in 1840. It later became Battle Hospital
Sandhurst, AustraliaGeneral view of the mines at Sandhurst, Australia
Saltaire, YorkshireThe factory and model town of Saltaire, Yorkshire, built by the manufacturer Titus Salt to house the workers in his factory. Apparently there were no pubs!
They ve Evidently Seem Me by Bruce BairnsfatherA later version of a " Fragment from France" drawn by the famous World War One cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather for the Bystander magazine
ManchesterFactories at night on the Irwell at Manchester
View up Putney High Street, LondonA photograph taken from the top of the tower of Putney Church (on the south bank of the Thames, London) looking up Putney High Street
A Leg-up, by Harold. C. EarnshawFather Christmas climbing into a chimney assisted by a young boy scout
A chimney sweep takes a break from his work to enjoy a well-deserved snack. A dog looks on expectantly, hoping for a share of the food
London fog. Pollution from the cityA London fog; smoke carried from the city covering an area of twenty miles with thick smog. Smog tends to form in urban areas when there is a large amount of chimney
Tom in the BedroomTom the chimney sweep finds himself in the beautiful and very clean bedroom of Ellie, the Squires daughter, at Harthwood House
Milkmaid / Boy Sweep C1890A little milkmaid and a little chimney sweep stop to talk in a field
Santa on the Front LineFather Christmas Somewhere in France. " Hang it all - its quite annoying enough to have to get down this blinking chimney without being mistaken for a German spy!"
Climbing Factory ChimneyThese brave men are climbing a huge factory chimney, risking life and limb in the process
England / AlburyA glimpse of Albury, a Surrey hamlet with a delightful valley. Note the fine, intricate details on the various chimney stacks
C17 ChimneysweepA chimney sweep and his apprentice, who was sent up the chimney
Reed Thatched CottagesA beautiful example of Norfolk reed-thatched cottages at Somerleyton, on the Suffolk - Norfolk border
Tunnelling / Kilsby / ShaftThe Head Gear at the Great Shaft during the construction of the Kilsby Tunnel
London SmogA cart and a sweep dimly seen in a London smog
Factory / Bianchi M cyclesThe Bianchi motorcycle factory in Italy
Dream of Flight 1922A boy dreams of great fun and mischief to be had if only he had wings like his pet parrot!
The Sweeps HomeThe sweeps home
Victorian Toys. HoopsVictorian children playing with their hoops in the street as a smart boy struts by
Small Boys / Toy YachtsTwo small boys race their toy yachts in a country stream. A thatched cottage with smoking chimney is in the background
Shot mill, Waterloo Bridge, LondonManufacture - The Shot Mill at Waterloo Bridge, London
B Franklin / BirthplaceBENJAMIN FRANKLIN Birthplace of the American statesman, scientist and philosopher
Livingstone / BlantyreDAVID LIVINGSTONE Birthplace at Blantyre, Scotland, of the Scottish missionary and traveller in Central Africa
Glasgow Attacks DresdenThe British ship Glasgow fires upon the Dresden off the Chilean coast. The German captain scuttled his vessel after realising that the battle was lost
Chimneysweep (Petherick)London characters: the CHIMNEY SWEEP walks the streets with his brushes, offering his services - for every home is heated with coal fires which clog the chimneys with soot
US / IRONWORKS / 1876USA Cambria Iron & Steel works, Johnston, PA
Chimney Sweep / BoyA young chimney sweep cleans the pipe of a stove with his brush
Toss up for Derby 1849A toss up for the Derby A satire on gambling
Hands up SantaSanta is accosted by two small boy, one with a torch and the other with a gun and club as he comes down the chimney
Evans Oruktor AmphibolisAn early steam-powered amphibian craft, Evans Oruktor Amphibolis
English ChimneysweepsA London chimneysweep offers his services - or rather, those of his two lads who will go down the chimneys getting rid of the accumulated soot which they cart away in sacks
Heating StoveMetal stove
Smokey Fireplace / CartoonSir Pompey Bedell: " This wretched chimney has got into a most objectionable way of smoking! I can t cure it" Bedell Junior: " Give it a couple of your cigars!"
Cries of London / G breadHot spice gingerbread A man sells gingerbread while behind him some boys, who are clearly chimney sweeps, seem to be riding on the back of a pig!
Jet Black Chimney SweepA young male chimney sweep is jet black after a day cleaning chimneys