Dirt Collection (page 2)

Porthmadog from Belle Vue, Gwynedd, North Wales
Porthmadog (Portmadoc) as seen from Belle Vue, Gwynedd, North Wales, at a time when it was used for the export of slate. 19th century

Miner washing at a tin bath, South Wales
A South Wales miner washes at a tin bath in front of the fire, while his wife sits mending socks

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

Advertisement for Pears Soap from Illustrated London News. 1894

The Collectors Office, 1615 by Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1636). Flemish painter. The Collectors Office, after 1615. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Alice in Wonderland, Bill the Lizard pops out of the chimney after a kick from Alice. Date: early 20th century

A room with a low ceiling and dirt floor
Black and white. A room with a low ceiling and dirt floor. The stone walls (partly in ruins) have been carved decoratively and there are several doorways

Bonzo and Chee-Kee keep smiling by George Studdy
Bonzo and Chee-Kee keep smiling -- the Pekingese watches Bonzo having his bath, after which he chases her, knocks into the coal scuttle and makes himself dirty all over again

Aesop / Blackamoor
Aesop/Blackamoor

Soldiers in trench with fixed bayonets
A group of soldiers in a trench with fixed bayonets, during the First World War

World War One Training
British soldiers on rifle practice. They are all wearing puttees (cloth wound round the lower part of the legs to support the ankles and to keep dirt out of their boots)

Country road with signpost for Garoet, West Java, Indonesia
Country road with a signpost for Garoet (Garut), 24 kilometers away, West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1920

Street in Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina, South America
Villa General Mitre, a location associated with Dr Nicasio Salas Orono, in Calle General (street), Las Heras (The Heroes), Mendoza province, western Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1910

Chinese Kamp (street), Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia
Chinese Kamp (street), Tegal, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1905

Steam locomotive being serviced, Exeter St David s
Steam locomotive being serviced in a siding at Exeter St Davids station, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Dirt track rider, 1930s
A dirt track rider motorcycling at speed past a group of cheering boys. Date: 1932

Sleeping workmen in a cart
Two exhausted workmen sleeping in the back of a cart. circa 1900

Soho, London - shop window display, with some rather dusty bottles and some tins of coffee. 1973

Gentleman on 1904 NSU motorcycle
Gentleman on 1904 NSU 350cc Single motorcycle on country road circa 1904

The Round Game of Happy Families, Mr Grimes
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mr Grimes the Sweep. circa 1910

The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Grimes
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Grimes the Sweeps Daughter. circa 1910

Occupations 1883 - Mud Larks. 1883

View of motor car with passengers, on a dirt track running over a small stone bridge. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Ben Brack and Kylemore Lake, Co. Galway - a view of a Lake and mountain behind, with a dirt road in the foreground and in the distance a house

Back alley between slums, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Litter-strewn back alley between slums, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Happy Families - Master Flue. circa 1940s

French Happy Families - Chimney Sweep
French Happy Families - La Famille Ramona, Grandmother, Chimney Sweep. early 20th century

Tiber Island. Italy
Italy. Rome. Tiber Island with the bell tower of the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew on the Island

Advertisement for Acme gas stoves, by Arden Hill & Co, Birmingham. A maid tells Mr Soot that his services aren t needed any more. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Cooks Pure Toilet Soap. Date: early 20th century

Narrow gauge railway with men and skip wagon
Narrow gauge railway with men, tipper skip wagon loaded with rocks, and quarry buildings. Date: circa 1920

First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1910

Walnut Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
Buildings decorated with flags in Walnut Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1910

Children play on mattresses in Patricroft, Eccles
Children playing on a pile of abandoned mattresses in Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1978

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, A Dog Day. After rolling in the mud, the dog goes upstairs and rolls over and over on Aunt Browns bed. Date: 1904

Main Street, Marysville, Kansas, USA
Main Street looking west, Marysville, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1910

Fifth Avenue South, Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. Date: circa 1908

Main Street, Winner, South Dakota, USA
View of Main Street looking south, Winner, South Dakota, USA, with the Winner Hotel, the Phillips Hotel, two banks and a restaurant. 1911

Illustration, riding through a muddy patch
Illustration, a girl rides her pony through a muddy patch, splattering a boy and his dog standing nearby. Date: 1932

Men engaged in roadworks with a lorry alongside. Date: circa 1930s

Face workers in a tin mine, Cornwall, with the seam of tin visible on the right. Date: circa 1980s

Men on New Stoughton Wagon, Iowa, USA
Two men on a New Stoughton Wagon with spades in their hands. Photograph by Charles Clinton Stevens of Williams, Iowa, USA. The covering on the horse is probably designed to protect it from flies

Three children with jug, Balham, SW London
Three little children with a water jug from a pub, on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

India - A Prize Indian Bull
Black and white. A man with turban standing on a dirt track behind a large bull.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 9. Date: circa 1890s

India - Jains and Marawarris on the Promenade, Calcutta
Black and white. A crowd of Indian men and boys, mostly wearing white, walking/standing on a dirt road. Some of these men are wearing distinctive flat hats.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection

Crew on board USS Frederick, American cruiser, WW1
Crew on board USS Frederick, American cruiser, on the warmest day experienced, August 1918. They look tired, and their clothes are very dirty. Date: 1918

Welsh Guards in trench near Guillemont, Western Front, WW1
Men of the Welsh Guards in a reserve trench near Guillemont, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Loyalty by George Studdy
Loyalty -- Bonzo shows his loyalty in his own inimitable way by putting dirty pawprints all over his masters clothes, while Chee-Kee the Pekingese sleeps in a top hat

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