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Chimney Sweeps 1866The young and the old, both looking tired after a days work
Philip NeriST FILIPPO (Philip) NERI popular and venerated Italian preacher known as the Apostle of Rome for his skill in winning converts; he founded the Oratorian community
Letchworth BrochureWHERE SHALL I LIVE ? In Letchworth, of course ! will be your answer when you have visited this exhibition (from 1907) promoting the joys of living in Letchworth Garden City
METROLAND MAPA map of Metro-Land, the residential area in Londons northwest hinterland, served by Londons Underground though in these parts most of it runs over ground. Date: 1926
Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planningAn advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities
Port Sunlight - a workers utopiaPage from The Illustrated London News with photographs reporting on the model factory village of Port Sunlight on the Wirral, near Birkenhead
Edward Bawden hanging his painting of Waltham CrossEdward Bawden (1903-1989), the first of a group of artists to settle in Great Bardfield, hanging his painting of Waltham Cross (just outside the village)
Corbetts VisionIn American planner Harvey Corbetts vision of a future city, fast traffic will be segregated from slow, and people from both Date: 1925
Policeman talk to Gypsies on Epsom DownsTwo Policeman talk to a Gypsy family by their caravan and wagon on Epsom Downs Date: circa 1920s
King George VI - Thanking British ChildrenA certificate from King George VI to the children of Great Britain on 8th June, 1946 - issued as a momento for sharing in the hardships and ultimate triumph during World War Two
London going out of town -- the expansion of LondonLondon going out of town, or, The March of Bricks & Mortar -- Cruikshanks cartoon comment on the expansion of London
Mobile Chimney SweepA chimney sweep stands with his equipment beside his car which has a model of a chimney on the roof with a broom sticking out of the top, to advertise his trade
Halifax Workhouse 1901A birdseye view of the workhouse infirmary at Halifax, Yorkshire
Silent HighwaymanDeath - The Silent Highway-Man of the polluted River Thames
Mens Pavilion & Recreation Grounds, Bournville, Birmingham, England - part of the model community set up around the Cadburys Cocoa Factory. Cricket being played at the Cadbury Sports Club. Date: 1910
Robert Owen / New HarmonyNew Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1928
HOOVER DAMAt the time of its construction, the Boulder Dam (subsequently renamed the Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River, is the worlds largest
Future New York will be pre- eminently the city of skyscrapers - and of noise, what with the elevated railway passing your window and the aircraft flying low overhead
London Rag & Bone MenA rag and bone horse and cart and other horse drawn vehicles, about to cross Tower Bridge, London, England
Court for King CholeraA Court for King Cholera
Male Chimney Sweep 1909
Pensions IntroducedThe scene at an English Post Office, when old age pensioners call in for the first time to receive their government pension
The Post Office and Library, Greendale Road, Port Sunlight. Date: circa 1910
Union Workhouse, Birkenhead, CheshireBirkenhead Union workhouse viewed from Church Road, Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire. A group of children stand in the foreground, with the workhouse infirmary behind them
Bedford Park / Bath Rd 4 / 9Bedford Park, Chiswick, London, considered the prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: Bath Road, looking east (4 of 9)
Scarborough WorkhouseA birdseye view of Scarborough New Workhouse
Charity BootblacksTo raise money for hospitals, English girls offer their services as shoeblacks to passing gentlemen in the streets of London
Turncock (Petherick)A London turncock, employed by the water company to turn on or off the cocks whereby water is channelled from the mains to domestic supply pipes
Pumping EngineKempton Park, Surrey : the triple expansion pumping engine in the waterworks. Note the size of the men
Babies in a cabbage patch. Date: circa 1900s
Margaret Thatcher at Marazion Community CentreMargaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, enjoying a Cornish pasty and a cup of tea during her visit to Marazion Community Centre, Cornwall. Also present are David Harris MP and the Lady Dowager St Levan
SOROLLA, Joaqu(1863-1923). Maria at the beachSOROLLA, Joaqu (1863-1923). Maria at the beach, Biarritz. 1905. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Sorolla Museum
Kabyle Village of Taourirt - Northern Algeria in the Bouira Province - The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s
Cartoon impression of the Russo-Japanese War 3 of 5Card 3 of 5 - The Wrestlers. A cartoon interpretation of the Russo-Japanese war, acted out by the principal ruling individuals from the International Community
St Pancras WorkhouseLondon : women in the refectory of Saint Pancras workhouse
BUEIL, John V of (1406-1477). Noble French, companion in the military campaign of Joan of Arc. Fighting in a city square. Illustration in Le Jouvencel (1461-1466) Folio 155 r
RANC, Jean. Charles III as a ChildRANC, Jean (1674-1735). Portrait of Charles III of Spain as a Child. ca. 1723. Rococo. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum
RIEGO, Rafael de (1785-1823). Spanish liberal military man, leader of the military coup of 1820. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠Still life with a bottleGUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). Still Life with Bottle. 1927. Contemporary Art. Oil on canvas. Private Collection
Charles VRUBENS, Peter Paul (1577-1640). The Emperor Charles V and the Empress Isabella. 1628. Copy of the original portrait by Titian destroyed in the fire at the Alcạ r of Madrid in 1734
Town Planning / JenaA 17th century town - Jena, Germany - still defended by its ramparts but spilling out beyond them into the surrounding countryside
London / Embankment / 1867A section of the Thames Embankment, showing the Subway, the Pneumatic Railway, the Metropolitan and District Railway and the Low-Level Sewer
Cedars Estate RickmanswhAerial view of Cedars Estate, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England - showing homes tastefully laid out with large gardens
Russian Jews in EnglandRussian refugees in the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, Leman Street, in the East End of London
Noise PollutionA knife-grinder, a milkmaid, dogs, beggars, musicians, a coalman, and a dustman, a postboy with his horn and a child with her rattle - noise pollution in the 18th century
Future City SatireA satirical view of the city of the future
Father Thames DiseasesFather Thames introducing his offspring to the fair city of London; diphtheria, scrofula and cholera
SOLAR PANELS 1929Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929