Community Collection (page 8)

LADY GRANNY BEGGAR
Lady Granny A well known beggar on the London streets. Date: 19th engraving

DRAINAGE TOOLS / 1803 / PASS
Implements for modern drainage Date: 1803

DRAINAGE SYSTEM / 1803PASS
Plans for a modern drainage system. Date: 1803

HOMELESS IN ST JAMESS
Early morning - the Enumerator taking the census in St Jamess Park. The homeless are woken and interviewed. Date: 1861

PATERFAMILIASS CENSUS 1861
Paterfamilias filling up the census return. The head of a large Victorian family, consisting of several generations, fills in the census Date: 1861

Census - Cruikshank
Taking the Census. The head of an oversized, extended family has difficulty remembering the names of his kin and servants let alone how many there are! Date: 1851

CENSUS IN WEST END HOME
The census in the West End: taking the tale of his household. The head of the house interviews the staff Date: 1901

EAST END MISSION
Men and boys seated on benches inside a charitable East End Mission Date: 1895

WELL AT MOULINS, FRANCE
In this well in the rue des Grenouilles, at Moulins, France, maitre Jean Cabuche, being drunk, fell and was drowned, polluting the water for his neighbours Date: medieval

PARISIAN WATER CARRIER
A Parisian water carrier Date: 1774

CHARITY / LODGING HOUSE
A visit to the Lodging-House Date: Late 19th Century

COMMUNITY / CASUAL WARD
Waiting outside the Casual Ward Date: 1875

COMMUNITY / CHARITY
Distributing the Queens Bounty to selected deserving poor, on New Years Day Date: 1846

BATTLE OF STREETS
THE BATTLE OF THE STREETS The old, narrow streets defend themselves against the attack of the wider thoroughfares - We shall soon be without a lane or an alley in London Date: 1845

FRENCH BEGGAR 1820
French beggars Date: circa 1820

MORES UTOPIA
The imaginary island of UTOPIA, as described by Sir Thomas More Date: 1518

AQUEDUCT NEAR METZ / 1835
The Roman aqueduct near Metz, France. Date: 1835

Polluted London Water
THE CITY NARCISSUS Punch accuses Londons officials of being too self-satisfied to realise the danger to the the citys health from the polluted water of the Thames Date: 1849

DUSTMAN
The dust man who carries with him a bell to let people know he is coming. Date: 1823

LONDON / CRIES / BEGGAR / TINY
The deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England. Date: 1823

LADY BOUNTIFUL IN SNOW
Lady Bountiful bringing provisions to the poor Date: 1890

WATER PUMP (GIGUET)
A cutaway view of a water pump in a French rural setting. Date: circa 1880

WATER PUMP / MIDDELBURG
A Dutch girl has to work a massive lever to fill her little pitcher from the fine old pump in the Abbey quadrangle at Middelburg, Netherlands. Date: 1884

POPULATION / PROPAGANDA
La Maternite Embellit - Motherhood makes you beautiful Date: circa 1939

GERMAN TOWN GATE / 1825
Three students ride out through a German towns gate Date: circa 1825

GERMAN TOWN / 1576
Windsheim, a typical German town Date: 1576

A DISTRICT VISITOR
A district visitor making the rounds of her district. Date: circa 1860

Poor French beggar 1850
French beggar in old top hat Date: 1850

WORKHOUSE XMAS
Christmas in workhouse, shows a frail elderly woman being helped as she receives a small Christmas gift from a charitable woman. On the wall is a sign saying God Bless our Master and Matron

C17 COURIER / WOODCUT / 43
A courier/newsboy on horseback Date: 17th century

LONDON IN 1955
An artist in 1905 shows what the London of 1955 will be like - that is, provided there arent any wars to get in the way of peaceful progress... Date: 1905

WATER SUPPLY / PUMPS
Pump at Aldgate, London. Date: 1927

Bishopsgate Workhouse 1819
The entrance to the workhouse, Bishopsgate, City of London. Date: 1819

AQUEDUCT AT ARCUEIL
The aqueduct at Arcueil, built by the orders of Marie de Medicis to bring water to the Palais du Luxembourg, Paris Date: 1624

CIRCA 1480 BEGGAR
A beggar and her bowl. Date: circa 1480

WELL CARED FOR
Old ladies well cared for - more fortunate than some ! Date: 1886

Medland Hall, Ratcliff 1900
London : Medland Hall, Ratcliff - the mens dormitory Date: 1900

Single womens lodging house 1900
London : Lodging house for single women at Spitalfields, the kitchen Date: 1900

PARIS ASILE DE NUIT
Paris : asile de nuit in the rue Saint-Jacques - the womens ward Date: circa 1860

SCRIPTURE READING
Scripture reading in the mens ward of a night refuge, London Date: 1870

PARIS REFUGE DE NUIT
Paris - Municipal refuge de nuit on the quai de Valmy Date: 1892

CASUAL WARD, LONDON
Admission - by ticket - to a London casual ward. Date: 1870

Abbey Mills Pumping Station 1868
Abbey Mills Pumping Station, outside London : a splendid example of Victorian industrial architecture - it could be a ducal palace ! Date: 1868

A LONDON SQUARE
Queen Square, London - typical of the elegant residential squares of 18th century towns Date: circa 1810

CHARITY VISIT 1894
A charity visit to a cottage Date: 1894

Provident Retreat, Abbots Langley
Opening of the booksellers Provident Retreat, Abbots Langley. Date: 1846

Whittingtons Almhouses
Whittingtons Almshouses, Highgate. Date: 1846

London Metropolitan Main Drainage with Prince of Wales
London Metropolitan Main Drainage : the southern outfall works at Crossness - Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), been shown around. Date: 1865

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