Community Collection (page 31)

Pompeii / Covered Market
Pompeii Yesterday and Today The covered market

Chimney Sweep / Boy
A young chimney sweep cleans the pipe of a stove with his brush

Window Cleaners / Stamford
Cleaning the sash windows of a Georgian house in Stamford Le Hope

Party at Crossness
A sumptous luncheon is served to mark the opening of drainage works at Crossness, London

Netherlands Types
Men, women and children of a Dutch fishing community : note the wooden pram

Lord Morpeth / Health Bill
SANATORY MEASURES. LORD MORPETH THROWING PEARLS BEFORE - ALDERMEN Morpeths bills, to be passed as the Public Health Act 1848, initially encounter opposition

Tramp and Pipe
Theres nothing so satisfying, of an evening, as sitting in ones favourite armchair, smoking a pipe

Vagrant & Theatre
A Paris vagrant looks at theatre posters to see how he should pass the evening

A Drop of London Water
THE WONDERS OF A LONDON WATER DROP A water drop as it would be seen under the Molecular Magnifier. It is home to many hideous microscopic creatures

March / Pension Increase
30 old age pensioners marched from St Pauls to the House of Commons to demand an increase from 10 shillings to 1 a week. Here they gather for a chat before the march

A Charity Visit 1854
Two fashionably dressed ladies call on a sick woman in an attic, who is already being cared for by a sister of charity

Irish Stew for the Poor
An Irish-stew dinner to the poor at the Conder Street mission hall, Limehouse, east London

London / Cries / Dustman
The dust man who carries with him a bell to let people know he is coming

Money to Nun
A Frenchwoman gives some money to a nun

Benefactress
Dressed in their best clothes, some orphans are brought by a nun to thank their benefactress for her kindness

Sleeping Beggar Rewarded
A Frenchwoman drops a coin into the hat of a sleeping beggar, whose dog looks up at her inquisitively

Bishopsgate Workhouse
A view of the Bishopsgate workhouse in London

Building on Rubbish
Terrace of the future on refuse of the past : building on rubbish dumps

Letchworth Cottages
Projection, elevation and plan for a detached cottage in Letchworth Garden City

Whitefields Tabernacle
The building that replaced an earlier tabernacle erected by Whitefields Calvinistic Methodits in Moorfields. Whitefields first pulpit was a grocers sugar hogshead!

Children in Snow 1893
Children take Christmas gifts through a snowy village to people less fortunate than themselves. Date: 1893

Water Supply / Dam 1936
An unidentified dam

Water Supply for London
There may be a shortage of clean water in London, but theres no shortage of plans for what should be done about it : the trouble is, they are all different !

Chelsea Waterworks
Chelsea waterworks in the 18th century : the Newcomen steam engine which provides the pumping power can be seen between the two brick buildings

Foundling Hospital
The Foundling Hospital, London

Foundling Hospital Lond
Children of the Foundling Hospital, London, enjoy their meal despite the number of sightseers

Ham Yard Soup Kitchen
Interior view of the soup kitchen at Ham Yard Hospice, London

Almshouse at Coventry
Almswomen in their traditional costume sitting in the interior courtyard of Fords Hospital, Coventry, a fine 16th century building. The cat, though, is camera-shy

Castle Rising Bedeswomen
Two bedeswomen (or beadswomen) of Castle Rising, Norfolk : in return for food and lodging, they are required to pray for the souls of their benefactors

French Chemineau in Rain
An old French chemineau makes his way along a never-ending country road, in the pouring rain

Sheffield Pollution
Industrial smoke from the factories of Sheffield, Yorkshire (England)

Sheffield Smoke
SHEFFIELD SMOKE factories at Sheffield, Yorkshire (England)

Dustman and Basket
Dust, ho ! - a dustman stands with his basket, calling out for custom

All Shall have Dowries
- Two more charity balls, my dears, and you ll all have dowries !

Flag Day Flags
Flags sold on behalf of the YMCA and the Red Cross (possibly with St Johns, hence the unusual shape)

Paris Streetfolk C16
Paris beggars, one of them crippled but there doesn t seem much wrong with the two others

Fishy Handouts
Children of the London poor hoping for scraps from the fishmonger at the close of the days trading

Its for the Victims
- Its for the victims. - Yours ?

English Chimneysweeps
A 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

CAB RUNNER
He waits at a railway station for passengers with a lot of luggage, then he runs beside their cab hoping to be paid for helping to unload the luggage at their destination

English Well
England : country girls gossiping at the village well

Bulgarian Well 1915
Bulgaria : a peasant woman fetches water from the well

Egyptian Shadoof 2
Egyptian farmers raise water from the Nile to irrigate their fields, by means of a Shadoof

How to Drink Sewage
How people drink sewage - it leaves the house, soaks into the soil and enters the well from which people pump their drinking water

Water in Winter
A mother and her children go to the stream for water, where they have to break the ice. The duck will be pleased, too

Selective Breeding
Winners of a contest for selective breeding, matching brains with beauty, the academic with the athletic

British Identity Cards 2
During World War Two, every British citizen must carry his or her identity card at all times. Otherwise you may be arrested as a spy or saboteur

British Identity Cards 1
During World War Two, every British citizen must carry his or her identity card at all times. Otherwise you may be arrested as a spy or saboteur

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