Conditions Collection (page 8)

Helen Jackson
HELEN MARIA HUNT JACKSON (nee Fiske) (noms de plume HH and Saxe Holm) American writer, especially concerned with conditions of Native Americans

A Girl Putter
A GIRL PUTTER Wearing a harness whose chain passes between her legs, a girl on all fours pulls a laden hutchie through a low gallery, for 100-200 metres

Bethnal Green / Slum / 1863
Bethnal Green, London : interior of a garret at No 10, Hollybush- Place; a workman describes conditions to a visiting inspector

Keepers of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall
Three keepers of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall, in the kitchen area, preparing for their Christmas dinner. Date: circa 1970s

Keeper of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall
Principal keeper of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall, in the operations room, checking the lighting equipment. Date: circa 1970s

Seagulls flying away from stormy conditions Off Aran, Scotla
From the Storm. Seagulls flying away from stormy conditions. Off Aran, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Five walkers looking back over the Langdales from the slopes of Great Ens, snowy winter conditions, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884
Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies

Muddling through the mud of Flanders, 1917
A trio of pictures that appeared in The Graphic in 1917, showing the difficult working conditions that horses on the front lines had to face in World War One. 1917

Dentist at work in a German trench
Dentist working on a soldiers tooth while he is in the trench. Date: 1915

French Railways Promo card - Chatel-Guyon Spa Retreat, specialising in intestinal cures. Date: circa 1909

Advert for Electropathic Belt 1882
Electropathic Belt for gentlemen and ladies, consists of a series of constant current electric generators, which are constantly in action while the belt is being worn. 1882

Advert for Electropathic Belt of Life 1882
Professor Barkers Belt of Life for women and men, helps stimulate, invigorate strengthen and exhilarate. 1882

Advert for Patent Electropathic socks 1882
Patent Electropathic socks, simply put inside the shoes or boots, and after a short time a continued and most beneficial warmth creating a bodily comfort

Lady Members conditions for membership at Working Mens Clubs
Back of a Lady Members membership card, highlighting the conditions for Women to be Lady Members of Working Mens Clubs as decided by the Committee. Date: 1960s

Woman undressing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland
A mother undresses her baby, in preparation for bathing it in a bowl, living in squalid conditions in a slum bedsit on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Woman bathing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland
A mother dries her baby after its bath, living in squalid conditions in a slum bedsit on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Civil Defence Handbook, what to do and life after attack
Civil Defence Handbook, what to do immediately after attack and life under fall-out conditions

Civil Defence Handbook, continuation of life after attack
Civil Defence Handbook, a continuation of life under fall-out conditions

Advert for Homocea, babies medicine 1894
Homocea touches the spot in croup and all similar ailments Available from Hooper, Chemist, King William Street, London. 1894

Canadian Voyageurs
Two French-Canadian voyageurs negotiate a rapid on the Saguenay river : settlers adopt the native boats as the most suitable for local conditions. Date: 18/19th century

Uckingen Ironworks / 1899
Change of shift at Uckingen Ironworks, Germany. Date: 1899

Registering Unemployed
Registering the unemployed at Chelsea, London, 1887. Date: 1887

Terms and Conditions
A lodging-house keeper names her terms and conditions to a potential guest - no unaccompanied female visitors, no alcohol, no cooking in the rooms... Date: 1842

London Messenger Boy
A London messenger boy Date: 1908

Strikers Stop Train
The wives & children of strikers at the Cummings Nail Mills in Chicago stop a train as a protest. Date: 1886

Pit Brow Girls
Pit brow women Date: circa 1905

Artificial Flower / N. York
Making artificial flowers at 12 cents per gross, New York. Date: 1891

John Hamilton (Naval)
JOHN HAMILTON naval commander, known for his courage and humour : instigated reforms in seamens conditions, drowned in shipwreck Date: ? - 1755

COLLIERY LASSES / 1890 S
Colliery Lasses, probably in Lancashire. Date: 1890 s

Pit Bank Women / 1904
Pit bank women, Wednesbury. Date: 1904

Artificial Flower Making
A group of women sit around a large table making artificial flowers, London. Date: 1882

Ross in Pack Ice
The Erebus and Terror in pack ice, in gale conditions, off the South Polar Ice Barrier, in the course of James Rosss 1839-1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842

Cigar Lighters
Two lighters, including the Chronometer Automatic lighter, which will ignite in all conditions of wind and weather. circa 1909

Well-Equipped British
British troops suitably equipped for fighting in North American conditions - Rogers Rangers in the snow picture 2 of 2 Date: 1757

Festiniog Railway 1
FESTINIOG RAILWAY - snowy conditions create problems for Fairlie engine Princess Date: 1880

Swedish glassworks
People at work in a Swedish glassworks. Date: 17th century

Bessemer converter in a steelworks
A Bessemer converter in a 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

London water carrier in Hampstead
A London water carrier in Hampstead. He is carrying two wooden buckets hanging from a yoke across his shoulders. Date: 1850

London bus strike 1891
Front cover of The Penny Illustration Paper showing the first strike by London transport workers in 1891, over working conditions and pay. Date: 1891

Saint Elisabeth, Princess of Hungary (1207-1231), wife of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She spent vast sums of money improving the conditions of the poor, and died at the age of 24

Frozen-out-gardens 1850
Bitter cold winter months were very harsh for men from the country-side, usually digging vegetables. The winter season and frozen grounds made it hard to find work

Fisherman with pollock, Lands End, Cornwall
Fisherman landing a four pound eight ounce pollock near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Reverse of card sent from Essex Boys Industrial School, Chelmsford, complaining about conditions in the institution. (Front of card is a separate image in this collection.) Date: circa 1906

Spinal cases, Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hamp
Children with various spinal conditions in wheelchairs, beds etc. at the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home, Alton, Hampshire. Date: early 1900s

Oxo advertisement, WWI
Advertisement for Oxo, an inestimable boon to the fighting forces at this time of the year. Advert is illustrated by two scenes showing British soldiers manning a machine gun on the front line

Things We Vow We Will Do, When Peace Breaks out
Cartoon by George Studdy showing a gent purposefully indulging in wasteful behaviour, a welcome relief after years of food control, shortages and rationing. Date: 1918

Fishery workers on a quayside
Fishery workers engrossed in their work, surrounded by barrels on a quayside. Date: circa 1920s

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