Community Collection (page 33)

Artists Model & Beggar
James Turner a beggar aged 93 who made a lucrative living even posing as an artists model for Sir Joshua Reynolds & Nathaniel Hone at the rate of a shilling an hour

Study of a Tramp
A study of an old man, a tramp, with matted hair, a gypsy sprig pinned to his lapel and a couple of war medals pinned to his coat with a safety pin

Jack Haugh Irish Beggar
Jack Haugh also known as Mill Cushin was an Irish Beggar and character in Dublin. Blind in one eye & with a bottle nose & permanent grin he daily tried the generosity of Dubliners

Daylesford Victoria
Daylesford, Victoria, a typical Australian country community

YMCA FLAG
Flag sold in the streets in aid of the lodgings provided by the Young Mens Christian Association

Whittington Almshouse
Whittingtons Almshouses, Highgate : reputedly founded by the generosity of the semi- legendary Lord Mayor of London

Population / Census 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English

Drainage / Peckham Sewer
Tunnelling for a sewer in Peckham, London : The bottom of a shaft in the southern high-level sewer

Water Supply / House
System for the supply of hot and cold water throughout a residence

Chimney Sweep / Mr Soot
Mr Soot the Sweep, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

C17 Water Carriers / 11
Two water carriers carry their water in a heavy container suspended from a yoke

London, Future
Mansion House Corner, in the City of the London, as it will be a hundred years from now, with roof-top aeroplane stations, the sky loud with the sound of flying machines

City of the Future
The city of the future... an enormous complex structure, combining beauty with utility... gardens will occupy the roof of the city, also the aeroplane stations

Fourier Community
A phalanstery, or ideal community, on the pattern proposed by the French idealist, Charles Fourier, but never effectively put into practice Date: 1847

Paris Sewer Visit
Visiting the sewers of Paris - the ladies are conducted by a special boat

Faraday & Filthy Thames
Faraday giving his card to Father Thames

Puritan Town Crier
Puritan town crier, sent through town to prohibit Christmas Junketings

Marylebone Workhouse
London : the Casual Ward for overnight lodgers, at Marylebone Workhouse

Men Chop Wood
Men chopping wood in the workhouse

Westminster Union
Women at the Westminster Union workhouse

St Martins Workhouse
London : homeless women waiting to be admitted to St Martins Workhouse for women

Lambeth Workhouse
London : overnight lodging for homeless women at Lambeth Workhouse

Marylebone Dinnertime
London : dinner time at Marylebone Workhouse

Shelter for Jews
London : temporary shelter for poor Jews

New York Poorhouse
New York : men waiting for admission to the poor-house on Blackwells Island

Cripplegate Asylum
London : Asylum for the Houseless Poor, Cripplegate

Lodging House Kitchen
London : the kitchen of a model lodging house

Field Lane Lodgings
London : Field Lane lodgings - downstairs

London Lodging House
London : a model lodging house - the dining hall

London Night Refuge
Night refuge at Newport Market, near Leicester Square, London : the womens dormitory

Waiting for Casual Ward
Waiting for admission to Marylebone Casual Ward, for a nights lodging

New River Water Works
The New River Head Works, London, a lovingly laid-out construction, and with a view of St Pauls Cathedral !

Christmas Charity 1886
The Lady of the Manor, accompanied by her dog, brings a small basket of Christmas goodies for her tenants

Hunting mammoth during the Ice Age
A mammoth rears on its hind legs as it is attacked by an entire community

Charity / Almshouses
Dyers Almshouse, Balls Pond

DRAINAGE
London Metropolitan Main Drainage : the southern outfall works at Crossness - opened by Edward, Prince of Wales

Community / Workhouse
Two workhouse inmates in the Chilvers Coton College for the Poor, Warwickshire

Institution of the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome
Numa Pompilius institutes the Vestal Virgins, four priestesses of Vesta (goddess of the hearth) who performed sacred rites for the community

London water carrier with two barrels
A London water carrier with two barrels hung on a frame resting across his shoulders -- The New River Water

Shakers of Kentucky, USA, having a disagreement
The normally peaceable Shakers of Kentucky, USA, suffer a difference of opinion

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