Conditions Collection (page 20)

Chimneysweep
A sweep comes down the wrong chimney and finds himself in a girls bedroom (scene from Kingsleys The Water Babies )

Boys Sold as Sweeps
Children sold by their parents to work as chimneysweeps

French Chimneysweep
French chimneysweep

French Sweep Boys
LES RAMONEURS French chimneysweeps leave for the days work

Strikers / France 1901
A large group of strikers crowd into a room to receive their strike pay

Work Condition / Miss Soot
Miss Soot the Sweeps Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Work Condition / Mstr Soot
Master Soot the Sweeps Son, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Gravity-Free Conditions
Space travellers will have to learn to live in a gravity- free environment

Chimney Sweep / Chatterbox
A young chimney sweep clutching a posy

Soldiers in Fur
Soldiers stationed at Governors Island (U.S.A.) were provided with fur hats and gloves to protect them from the severe cold wintery conditions

Shaftesbury Inspecting
Lord Shaftesbury inspects the conditions endured by children working in a coalmine

Boy & Girls in Belgium
MINING Women and child workers at the Charbonnages du Trieu- Kaisin, Viviers, Belgium

Women Working
Girls learning the art of salesmanship at the Westminster School of Retail Distribution, London

Labour Exchange
LABOUR EXCHANGE at Camberwell Green, expectant claimants and busy officials

Child Labour Factories
Young flax hecklers in Marshalls mill, Leeds (Yorkshire, England)

Working Conditions
Child labour in England : a government inspector visits a factory where children are employed

English milking parlour, with milkmaids at work
An English milking parlour, with milkmaids at work

Opening of the Thames Tunnel
A picture to commemorate the opening of the Thames Tunnel, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping, showing the company medallion featuring Sir Marc Isambard Brunel supported by one of the tunnels

Navvies working at Upminster Station, Havering
Navvies at work on the line at Upminster Station in the London Borough of Havering, Greater London, not far from the border with Essex

Lace making at home in Caen, Normandy, France
Lace making at home in Caen, Normandy, northern France

Applegarth printing press
The Applegarth printing press, as used by The Times and by the Illustrated London News

A Bessemer converter in a German steelworks -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron, removing impurities by oxidation by blowing air through the molten iron

Futuristic floor polishing machine
A maid operates a futuristic automated electric floor polishing machine -- housework made easy

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

Watch boy standing at the entrance to a mine
A watch boy standing at the entrance to a mine, keeping a lookout to avoid any accidents on converging tracks

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