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Impoverished Collection

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s

Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Background imageImpoverished Collection: New York City Depression

New York City Depression
A scene in New York during the depression following the Wall Street Crash in 1929. Essential supplies are handed out to a line of impoverished citzens

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Rag n Bone man Stockport slum yard

Rag n Bone man Stockport slum yard
A Rag n Bone man pushes his barrow though a slum cummunal yard in Stockport, Cheshire, England. He is watched by small children. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Slum communal yard, Stockport

Slum communal yard, Stockport
Small children and mongrel dogs beneath the washing lines in the communal back yard of slum property in Stockport, Cheshire, England. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Boy in slum housing yard

Boy in slum housing yard
Rear view of small fair-haired boy walking alone past dustbins and washing lines in the communal back yard of slum housing in Brinksway, Stockport, Cheshire, England

Background imageImpoverished Collection: The Fairbridge Society

The Fairbridge Society
Advertisement for The Fairbridge Society, a charity founded by Kingsley Fairbridge in 1909 for the furtherance of child emigration to the colonies to help orphans

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund

Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund
An appeal to give to the charity of the Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund, showing Britannia providing for impoverished Indian women, whilst also holding a small Indian child

Background imageImpoverished Collection: The Picture Paper

The Picture Paper
Advertisement for magazine depicting and artistocrat and an impoverished girl reading the same news sheet - a paper for everyone Date: 1911

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highw

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of fathers ill health

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Street music: a ballad singer, 1865

Street music: a ballad singer, 1865
A ragged ballad singer sings on a street corner. Ladies in crinolines hurry past him, but three ragged children show interest. Date: 1865

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Distress in Paris 1874

Distress in Paris 1874
The war with Prussia, followed by the Commune, leave France in an impoverished condition : in Paris the poor are forced to pawn household possessions such as bedding, Date: 1874

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Impoverished artists by Bruce Bairnsfather

Impoverished artists by Bruce Bairnsfather
Humorous illustration showing two impoverished and bohemian artists living in a top floor flat. The woman, holding a small statue or sculpture in her arms, asks her partner, " Robledo

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Good Friday

Good Friday
Front cover engraving from The Illustrated London News showing a well-dressed young girl carrying a bag of Hot Cross buns gives one to two impoverished children

Background imageImpoverished Collection: Poor Flower Girl C19

Poor Flower Girl C19
An impoverished London flower girl sells posies on the street with her two children


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