Communal Collection

Daily lives in London during the Blitz
Four images relating to air-raided London in October 1940. Top left shows cast members at the Windmill Theatre which was the only theatre to remain open; the cast slept in the theatre on mattresses

Lionel L. Cohen, Vanity Fair, Lib
LIONEL LOUIS COHEN (1832-1887) English financier, politician, and communal worker. Trustee and later manager of the London Stock Exchange. MP for Paddington North

Jain monks arriving in New Delhi after fleeing Western Punja
Victims of the violence sweeping through India following Partition in 1947 - Jain monks arrive at Willingdon airport, New Delhi from the Gujranwala district north of Lahore in Western Punjab

Rag n Bone man Stockport slum yard
A Rag n Bone man pushes his barrow though a slum cummunal yard in Stockport, Cheshire, England. He is watched by small children. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

Slum communal yard, Stockport
Small children and mongrel dogs beneath the washing lines in the communal back yard of slum property in Stockport, Cheshire, England. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

Boy in slum housing yard
Rear view of small fair-haired boy walking alone past dustbins and washing lines in the communal back yard of slum housing in Brinksway, Stockport, Cheshire, England

Sheffield United footballers in communal bath
Sheffield United footballers hosed in the communal bath by their trainer Date: 1946

Two schoolboys in a dormitory at Atlantic College (United World College of the Atlantic), St Donat's Castle, Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, South Wales. Date: 1969

Communal violence at its worst, Partition 1947
Communal violence at its worst: massacres in a divided Punjab. Page from the Illustrated London News, 6th September 1947 reporting on the Partition of India. Date: 1947

Washing clothes, Reykjavik, Iceland
Vintage 19th century/1900 photograph: washing clothes, communal, Reykjavik, Iceland

Interior of a large communal house in Nootka Sound, with villagers smoking and drying fish, sleeping and caring for children. The beams are decorated with large totemic faces

On the threshold of nationhood, Partition 1947
On the threshold of nationhood: communal rioting in the Punjab. Page from the Illustrated London News, 22nd March 1947 reporting on the Partition of India. Date: 1947

Victims of communal rioting during the Partition of India
Two victims of communal rioting during the period of the partition of India. Here, a bandaged member of a caravan of sikh refugees rests by the roadside during a halt from the often lengthy

Russian workers taking their communal meal out in the open air Date: 1890s

WATER FEATURE
A lovely water fountain, a feature in this tranquil communal park, where a black cat snoozes blissfully on a park bench in the background. Date: 1930s

WOMENS WORK TEAM CHINA
Womens mutual aid team setting off for work on a communal farm Date: 1951

NEW FARMING METHODS
Workers on a communal farm are given instruction in new farming methods Date: 1951

CHINA WOMEN AID 1951
Womens mutual aid team on a communal. Date: 1951

Interior of a British Restaurant, one of a number of communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea, for around the cost of 1s.2d

Scene inside the first British Restaurant, one of a number of communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea, for around the cost of 1s.2d

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). Realist movement. Young ladies
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). French painter. Realist movement. Young ladies of the village, 1851-1852. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum. New York. United States

Memorial to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Graye, Normandy
Plaques to the Rifles and to the Canadian Scottish were unveiled on this renovated lavoir (a communal washing place) on 5 June 1994 to commemorate the liberation of Graye by the two Regiments whose

Community heating by G. H. Davis
Community heating: a system which keeps an entire town warm and abolishes household drudgery. A central power station provides a day

A Russian Workers Canteen in 1904
A large group of Russian workers eating whilst sitting at long wooden tables in their canteen. Date: 1904

The Bungalow, Whiteway Colony, Gloucestershire
The Bungalow, Whiteway Colony, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, was established in 1898. A group of Tolstoyan anarchists bought 40 acres of land

Communist China - communication team in water
Adults and children, members of a philosophy communication team, crossing a river in the mountainous area of Dabie, in Henan (He Nan)

Communist China - communal exercise session
Communal exercise session for timberyard workers during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Woman using water pump
Woman pumping water from a village pump, England. circa 1937

Salvan, Switzerland - Millionaires Street
Salvan in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais, Switzerland - Millionaires Street Date: circa 1905

Ephesus. Roman latrinae
Ephesus. Latrinae, roman public toilets, 1st century AD. Turkey

Ostia Antica. Latrine at the Domus of Triclini, headquarters of the guild of builders. 2nd century AD. Near Rome

Prehistoric Houses
Pre-historic dwellings at Sumburgh, Shetland. These buildings were excavated by H. M. Office of Works and were communal villages of the past, partly built underground Date: March 1939

Cartoon, Communism and women. Husband and wife at the dinner table. He reads in the newspaper about how women are shared around the community under Bolshevism

Early British Homestead
Communal homestead typical of those in celtic Britain

Communal Kitchens, WWI by Will Owen
Cartoon by Will Owen, a humorous comment on the rise of the communal kitchen, introduced during the First World War as a way of providing war workers and the poor with nourishing meals

German colony near Haifa, Galilee, Northern Israel
German religious and agricultural colony named after Bethlehem, near Haifa, Galilee, Northern Israel. It was established in 1906 by Templers, members of the Temple Society, a German Protestant sect

Typical menu at a communal kitchen, WW1
A blackboard showing a typical menu at a communal kitchen in 1918. Communal and National Kitchens were established to help combat food shortages during the First World War by catering in bulk

National / Communal Kitchens, WW1
A cartoon showing the public feeling towards the communal kitchens that were to be set up during WW1. Its aim was to provide meals to the lower classes for a very small price

Dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Checking a dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Man checking a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Boys in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Two boys in a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Girl Guides in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides in a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Man in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
A man adjusting his tie in the mirror of a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961

Communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, London
Washbasins in a communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Communal water tank, China. Date: circa 1890

The Albergo Popolare in Milan
Milans Albergo Popolare, opened in 1901, was modelled on Londons Rowton Houses and provided cheap accommodation for working men

Russian Communal Kitchen
Seven women busying themselves around a stone work top adorned with an array of large tins and pots in a 1920s Russian communal kitchen. Date: 1920 s

Russian Commune
Withered looking Men and women eat lunch in a 1920s Russian commune. Date: circa 1920

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