Conditions Collection (page 6)

Dustman collecting refuse
Bring out your dust, the dustman cries, whilst ringing of his bell: If the wind blows, pray guard your eyes, to keep them clear and well. Date: 19th Century

Lactart (Milk Acid) - relieves fevers, headache etc
Lactart (Milk Acid) - relieves fevers, headache, wakefulness, nervous depression and urinary troubles. Produced by Avery Lactate Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Eruptive Fevers - Plate 6 - Measles, Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, Vesicle of Vaccination (with slight surrounding rose rash), Typhus at an early stage

Information leaflet, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people
Information leaflet for Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. The patent medicine pills contained iron oxide and magnesium sulphate

Information card, Hotel de Normandie
Information card for the Hotel de Normandie, which may or may not be in Normandy, northern France. Date: early 20th century

Winter 1915, flooded British trench by Matania, WW1
A British trench on the Western Front during the winter of 1915 drawn by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania and demonstrating the sort of flooded

Women working in munitions factory, WW1
Women working in a munitions factory during the First World War. 1915

Prefabricated aluminium homes 1945
During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, aluminium prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, by Britains aircraft industry

Two British soldiers, WW1
Two British soldiers during the First World War, one equipped for normal conditions on the Western Front, the other for winter snow. Date: 1914-1918

Farming with steam-powered tractor
People farming with the aid of a steam-powered tractor

Senegal - Thies Rebellion, Dieye & Fall complain about food
The circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the Thies rebellion remain obscure. An article at the time said that the rebellion began after the sentencing to 15 days in jail of Diery Fall

Foundry workers, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The moulders at Robert Warners Foundry, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, in a group photo outside the moulding shop. The large gear wheels were used in the manufacture of water pumps for which the foundry

William Lanne, last surviving male Tasmanian aborigine
William Lanne (c1835-1869), also known as King Billy or William Laney, the last surviving full-blooded male Tasmanian aborigine. 1866

Workers at Finns Shoe Factory, Penzance
Rows of women working at sewing machines at Finns Shoe Factory - Penzanze, Cornwall

Skewen Colliery workmen, Glamorgan, South Wales
Workmen and apprentices of the Skewen Colliery repair shop in Glamorgan, South Wales, in a group photograph

Young collier, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A young collier, about 14 years old, at a colliery in the Saundersfoot area of Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The mines employed children as young as ten

Men with dram, Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, South Wales
Two men hauling a dram (truck) full of coal from a cage at the pithead of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales

Men at West Pit, Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, South Wales
Miners preparing to descend the West Pit of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales. The West Pit opened in the 1880s

Men with dram, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Three men with a loaded dram (truck) of coal at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

A slavey or servant maid, East End of London
A slavey or domestic servant maid washing a doorstep in the East End of London

Laundry Staff at Whittingham Asylum, near Preston, Lancs
Laundry staff at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum, designed by Henry Littler of Manchester, opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum

St Pancras Union School, Leavesden, Hertfordshire
Tailoring class at the St Pancras Union Industrial School at Leavesden, Hertfordshire. Boys are engaged in cutting and sewing material, supervised by school staff

Helen Duncan emitting ectoplasm from her mouth
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan emitting " ectoplasm" from her mouth, containing magazine cut-out head, during sance, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (i)"

Metalworker in Workshop
A Victorian metalworker machining a part in his workshop

Bomb party using cigarettes to light fuses, WWI
A bombing party detachment of the Buffs at Bethune using cigarettes to light fuses in the pouring rain before throwing. The men held off the Germans for 17 1/2 hours

Trinity House Service Helicopter on Bishop Rock lighthouse
Trinity House Service Helicopter on top of Bishop Rock lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, 160 feet above sea level

Filming The Goodies TV show, St Ives, Cornwall
Cast and crew with a rowing boat on the beach, filming a scene for The Goodies BBC TV show at St Ives, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Deep sea diver in diving bell, off The Lizard, Cornwall
Deep sea diver in a diving bell, preparing to descend to examine oil drilling equipment below the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Information leaflet, Dr Williams Pinkettes, laxative pills
Information leaflet for Dr Williams Pinkettes, tiny laxative pills, sugar coated, entirely vegetable. For constipation, sluggish liver and biliousness. Date: early 20th century

Mexican Slums 1982
Slum conditions in Michacan, Mexico, Central America. Date: 1982

Nicaraguan Slums 1982
Slum conditions in Managua, Nicaragua, Central America. Date: 1982

Miners Strike, Wales
South Wales miners families pawning their possessions during lock-out, at Merthyr Tydfil. Date: 1875

Jacquard Looms in operation for figured weaving
A row of Jacquard Looms in operation for figured weaving Date: circa 1830s

WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers advance in snow
WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers shovel through the winter snow to aid the passage of an advancing artillery regiment

British soldier eating rations at the Front, WW1
Tommys Salle A Manger at the Front. Dinner-time in a British trench where the soldiers dining room with tapestried with mud and carpeted with muddy water. Date: 1915

Fisherman with pollock, near Sennen Cove, Cornwall
Fisherman with pollock, caught near Sennen Cove, Cornwall. The man is retired coxswain of Sennen Lifeboat, using a highly skilled handline method under calm conditions to catch the fish. circa 1970s

Wild Life on the Western Front - Rats in the Trenches
Rats grown to aldermanic size pictured scuttling around the trenches on the Western Front. The vermin were a perennial problem during the conflict. Date: 1917

Tank trapped in mud of Flanders, WW1
A tank stuck in the mud by the side of the Fampoux Road on the Western Front, a victim of the treacherous, waterlogged conditions Date: 1918

WW1 cartoon on postcard - munition worker
Expecting a rise shortly. Humorous, First World War postcard depicting a female munition worker jauntily sitting on a barrel of dynamite with a cigarette. A health and safety nightmare. Date: c.1916

Laager adapted for modern warfare by G. H. Davis
Night defence: a Zareba or Laager -- old words with new meanings during the Second World War. Once a defensive enclosure against enemy attack

Temporary homes 1945
During World War Two many houses were bombed, there were a shortage of homes for people after the war so temporary homes where quickly built

Man ploughing with two horses
A man ploughing with two horses in a field

Two young men with horse on a farm
Two young men with a horse outside some farm buildings. Date: circa 1920s

Winter conditions in the Yser country. A scene on the snow-covered road leading to the rear. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Women from Stepney, East London, hop picking in Kent
Three women from Stepney, East London, hop picking in Kent. They were assisted by their local vicar, Reverend R Wilson of St. Augustine s, Stepney. circa 1911

Schneidemuhl Prisoner of War Camp
Pila - a town in northwestern Poland (known as Schneidemuhl in German). During the First World War, Schneidemuhl had a prisoner of war camp

Advertisement for Chlorodyne
An advertisement for Dr J Collis Brownes Chlorodyne, the best and surest remedy for all kinds of conditions, including coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, spasms

Tasmanian aborigines attacking a settlers hut. 1870

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