Population Collection (page 3)

Save Water Poster Ww2
A poster urging the British population to save water This poster uses the example of a Sad Sack over-filling his bath

Maori woman, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Sami People - Norway - with Reindeer and small wooden sled
Sami (Saami) People - Norway - with Reindeer and small wooden sled. Date: circa 1909

Matene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Tribe, New Zealand
Matene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Maori Tribe with tattooed face, New Zealand. Date: circa 1900

A group of Seminole Indians - Florida, USA. Date: circa 1909

Baby-Farming
The baby-farmer waters his cabbage field. Date: 1906

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Street in Gwelo
Black and white lantern Slide of Street in Gwelo - British South Africa.. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 11

Sarus Crane - pair in wetland habitat (Indian population) (Grus antigone). Nepal

Siberian Lemming - skull in tundra (typical scene due to a high lemming population), next to a flowering White Dryas (Dryas octopetala) plant (Lemmus sibiricus)

Maori group, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

French World War One refugees
Liberation: the freeing of the civil population. Rescued after living for four years in the enemy lines: a party of French refugees being conveyed to safety in Northern France after cessation of

Brick Lane Market, London, 1902
Illustration showing the Sunday morning market in Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London, in 1902. This market, selling a wide variety of goods including clothing and livestock

Syrian Turks - Aleppo, Syria
Syrian Turks (Turks in Syria, Syrian Turkoman or Syrian Turkmen) - Syrian citizens of Turkish descent, living in the Syrian provinces of the Ottoman Empire before its dissolution

Ainu Couple - Japan
The Ainu (also called Aynu, Aino and in historical texts Ezo) - indigenous people or groups in Japan (Hokkaido) and Russia (Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands). Ainu men often wear heavy beards

Vietnam - Musicians of the Mois (Binh Thuan Province). The Mountain People ( Mois is actually a derogatory term) are The Degar, also known as the Montagnard

Buryat Archer competing at a Traditional Games in 1928. The Buryats or Buriyads - the largest indigenous (aboriginal) group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic

Natives of Transjordania - nr. Jerusalem, Israel. Date: circa 1920s

Swahili People of Tanzania
Group of Swahili people - a Bantu ethnic group and culture found in East Africa. This group come from Tanzania (formerly German East Africa). Date: circa 1910s

Australian Aboriginal Girl and wild flowers Date: circa 1903

A Mapuche Woman
Mapuche Woman chief or leader (Cacique). The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina

Young Mapuche Indians - South America
Young Mapuche Indians. The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. Date: circa 1906

Nivkh People - Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia
The Nivkh - an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russias Khabarovsk Krai near Nikolayevsk-on-Amur in Far Eastern

People from Dobruja, Romania
People from Dobruja (or Dobrudja / Dobrudzha / Dobrogea) - a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube River and the Black Sea, including the Danube Delta

New Zealand - Carved Maori Gateway, with a dapper Gent standing within the lower arch giving an accurate idea of the scale

Eskimo Ladies from Alaska
Four Eskimo Ladies from Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. The woman on the left is wearing (interestingly) a very western pair of lace-up shoes as opposed to her fellows in traditional fur boots!

A Mexican girl carrying her younger brother
A delightful photographic postcard of a young Mexican Indian girl carrying her even younger brother in a shawl sling on her back. She is wearing sandals and chews on a piece of white cord or string

A view of Erzurum - Turkey
Erzurum (Armenian - Karin), is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The name " Erzurum" derives from " Arz-u Rm" (literally The Land of the Romans i n Persian)

A Uyghur family and tent
A Uyghur family stand before their traditional tent house - Xinjiang Province, southern China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts during his journey from Kashmir to Kashgar

Ethiopian Musicians
Five Ethiopian Musicians - a popular beat combo of the region (possibly called Oasis !)

Tribesman of the Jarawa Tribe
Facial Scarification evident on a tribesman from the Jarawa Tribe. The Jarawa are one of the adivasi indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands. There are only 250-350 members of this tribe alive today

The Marchington Family outside the Post Office in Dove Holes
Photograph of the Marchington family outside the Post Office which they ran in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, 1913. Mr. Marchington (centre of doorway) was thinking of emigrating to Toronto, Canada

Census / 1901 / John Bull
John Bulls tailor measures him for a new suit - a satirical comment on a dramatic rise in population, as demonstrated by the 1901 Census

Canterbury Pilgrims
The pilgrims who narrated Chaucers Canterbury Tales, a cross-section of the population, depicted in clothing suitable for an excursion in April

London by Lester Ralph
Superb caricature of London emphasising its expanding population, Central to the picture is St Pauls Cathedral wearing a police officers helmet over its dome while the surrounding landscape is filled

Ukrainian Rural Types share some tea and some tunes Date: 1903

Babies crying -- Good Night. Date: circa 1900s

Babies in a broken eggshell, carried by lambs in a harness. Date: circa 1900s

Babies in hats, sitting on a large saddle
Babies in hats and caps, sitting on a large saddle. Date: circa 1900s

Babies in broken eggshells with rabbits or hares. Date: circa 1900s

Babies in a large bag with flowers. Date: circa 1900s

Red Indian Family of North Western Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Chinatown in Liverpool, England. circa 2013

Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919
Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London, and the proposed extensions of transport links

Strangling of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham
Newspaper article, Strangling (with a misprint!) of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham and other peers in the House of Lords. The writer claims that many families will be ruined as a result

Local Folk at Volendam, The Netherlands
The Netherlands - Local Folk at Volendam, a town in North Holland in the municipality of Edam-Volendam. circa 1910s

Tour of the Colonies - Quebec Illuminations - Royal Party watching illuminations at sea. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies. Quebec is a province in east-central Canada

Tour of the Colonies - Adelaide - Degree Ceremony - Degree Ceremony. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

The Channel Islands - St Peters pont - St Peters Port from Harbour. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port

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