Conditions Collection (page 17)

A City of Neptune
Conditions on the 8th planet from the sun favour reptile- like inhabitants : they build dome-like homes which are welded to the metallic rocks which form the planet

Broadmoor - view of the terrace where male prisoners were ab
Broadmoor opened as an asylum in 1863 to female patients and to male patients the following year. The building was designed by military engineer, Major General Joshua Jebb

Road Accident
The emergency services attend a road traffic accident in snowy conditions on a motorway with the fire brigade

Reindeer Used for Mail
In the Ural mountains of Russia, reindeer are used by the postmen who must deliver mail in remote places under arduous conditions

Snow on Oxford Street
Only the taxis are braving the adverse weather conditions on Oxford Street, central London, during heavy winter snow

Girl in the Job Centre
A young woman wearing a belted blouson jacket and smoking a cigarette, doesn t seem interested in looking at the jobs on offer in her local Job Centre

Russian cholera epidemic
Transporting those who have died of cholera to the burial ground. Cholera broke out in St Petersburg in September 1908, with the first cases among people living in particularly unsanitary conditions

Florence Nightingale visiting the Hut Hospitals, at Balaclav
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become

American Red Cross in France
Red Cross nurses preparing bottles for babies under war conditions

The Golf Amateur Championship, Hoylake, 1906
Photograph of the crowd at the Golf Amateur Championship at Hoylake, May 1906. Rain and strong winds combined to make conditions unpleasant for the final round of Mr. James Robb and Mr. C.C. Lingen

Advertisement for Allcocks Plasters
Allcocks plasters; worn on the side of the body to give relief from a number of conditions

Workers Commission
Session of the Commission des travailleurs, at the palais de Luxembourg, Paris. Workers rights and working conditions are two of the principal issues of the Revolution

Televising a unit of Londons Land Defence Force against ene
In December 1936 the B.B.C carried out its first transmission from outside at night. A mock air-raid was staged so that Londoners could see how the Territorial Army had prepared itself for the onset

China / Love our Machines
A Chinese factory worker " Masters of our factory, we love our machines"

Crinoline Manufacture
Women in Germany making cage crinolines which are constructed around a wooden frame or template. Judging by the positions they adopt they are not wearing crinolines

T. G. W. U Dress Party 1934
A fancy dress party at the Transport and General Workers Union convalescent home in Littleport, Cambridgeshire; who says trade unionists lack humour?

Radar navigation at a glance- a new device
Diagrammatic illustration of radar navigation. This was designed by the Admiralty Research Lab (mainly by Mr.J. Home Dickson)

Russia / 1937 / Baku Strike
Baku workers go on strike in protest at poor working conditions, but their demonstration is quickly dealt with by troops

Working Mens Assoc
Certificate of membership of the International Working Mens Association signed by officers from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Poland as well as the United States

Unemployed Men
A group of unemployed Italian men, Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Emigration Vessel
Scene between decks on an emigrant ship showing the crowded and unpleasant conditions

London News Boy
Victorian newspaper seller offering the paper to passengers on a horse-drawn bus

In the Bolan Pass / 1879
British advance into Afghanistan through the Bolan Pass, in appalling wintry conditions which take toll of men and animals alike

Howard Visits Prison
JOHN HOWARD sheriff of Bedfordshire, visits county jails and is appalled at conditions, leading him to propose reforms in the treatment of prisoners

Women Testing Yarn
Women testing yarn at J & P Coats, Paisley

Typing a Letter / 1960S
A young woman wears her hair in a short, fashionable bouffant style typical of the 1960s. The sides and back are angular, with soft curls on the top

Croppers and a Freemer
Two men use teasels used for rooing the cloth. In the foreground a Freemer Boy detaches flocks of wool from recently used teasels

Rag Trade Strike 1910
When the garment workers of New York go on strike for better pay and working conditions, they are supported by Annie Morgan, millionaires daughter

Underground Harvesting
Crops will be cultivated underground under ideal conditions, using chemicals to enable accelerated growth and so greatly enhance production

Apprentice Miners / 1966
Apprentice miners being trained in Derbyshire

Leaving Factory at Run
A young man leaves the shipyard at a run

Orphan Shoe-Makers
Russian orphans trained as shoemakers

May Day March - 1936
Workers organisations hold May Day celebrations in Hyde Park - London. This banner is for the Shoreditch Trades Council

STRIKERS MOCK A SCAB
The treatment of a scab by a group of strikers picketing a factory for better working conditions

STRIKERS AND SCAB
A group of strikers mock a scab at a factory entrance

Woman in Factory / 1971
A female factory worker works on an automatic control for an air conditioning system

Women in Factory / 1971
Women working on a switch gear assembly line in slough

Patriot Prisoners
Patriot prisoners baron Poerio and Pirouti are incarcerated under severe conditions in the infirmary of the bagno (prison) of Ischia by the Neapolitan authorities

Farm Girls Harvesting
Farm girls harvesting beans

Pay Noir Worker / 1919
A woman working in the Belgian Pays Noir (Black Country)

Strike / Durham Colliery
Colliers discuss the situation during a strike at Durham

Women Working in Factory
Women at work in an unidentified factory

Modiste / Miliner
La Modiste (a milliner) works on a hat

Child Selling Flowers
A London street girl with a small baby selling flowers

Making Table Forks 1926
Women making table forks at the Souete Generale de Coutellerie, France

Factory Interior 1925
Women working at the Ilford (Essex, England) branch of the Drayton Paper Works

DRAYTONs PAPER 1915
Interior of the Drayton Paper Works, Fulham, Lonodn, showing workers sorting reams of freshly produced paper

Liverpool Picket Line
Strikers at Liverpool picket to prevent strike-breakers

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