Poverty Collection (page 15)

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

Street music: French fiddler and wife
A one legged beggar playing the fiddle in the street, while his wife plays the bones. Date: 17th century

Funeral of Captain William Henry Urquhart
From the moment it became known that a Crimean War hero, Captain William Henry Urquhart, aged 84, had died in poverty, and that without assistance he would receive a paupers funeral

Street music: Accordian player in London
An old blind lady plays a hurdy-gurdy on the street, while an accompanying young woman holds out her begging bowl

Street music: A November day, 1872
Three weary street musicians ply their trade on a rainy day in November. Date: 1872

Kazan, Tatarsan Republic, Russia - The Market Date: circa 1910s

Street music: orphan ballad singers
Orphan ballad singers perform in a street. An audience of children listen, whilst a woman seated on a bench looks thoughtful

Argentinian Slum Dwelling Date: circa 1920s

Exterior of Whitechapel Workhouse, 1855
Frozen out dock labourers wait to receive bread from Whitechapel Workhouse, 1855. Dock workers and owners of waterside premises faced starvation in the face of frost on the Thames

Cat piano and animal choir
A cat piano and a choir of animals make up this unusual ensemble. A motely selection of humans also feature-a one legged man plays the cat piano

Soup kitchen
As soup kitchen for poor people in Stockholm 1892. Date: 1892

Poor Kitchen
The poor kitchen. Date: 1581

Church Army Banquet at the Marylebone Baths
Nearly 500 poor people who enjoyed Christmas fayre at the Marylebone Baths in London provided by the Church Army at an event attended by the Duke and Duchess of Fife. Date: 1904

The Waning Moon I m going down-hill fast, My bones are cold, its raining, My money spent, my chances past, I m waning, waning, waning! Date: circa 1910s

Old wooden cabin - Alabama, USA - " At de Ole Cabin Door..." Date: circa 1909

Little Copenhagen, poor class district, Copenhagen, Denmark, end of 1700s. Date: Late 1700s

Drunkeness satire
Oh, poor thing, is your husband a drunkard? - No, is yours? Satirical drawing Date: 1906

Drunk peasant on their way hone from the market. Scene from the Swedish every day life Date: 1850s

Bread to the poor people, Copenhagen, Danmark 1870. Date: 1870

Kabyle Women and babies - Algeria. The Kabyle are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s

Vietnam - Beggars at Hanoi Date: circa 1903

Street music: hurdy gurdy player
A hurdy gurdy player performing for three poor boys in the street

Peasant Family - Kashmir - India
A beautiful very early photographic postcard showing a peasant Family in Kashmir, Northern India. There are three simple spinning wheels in the foreground

Street music: 1892 slum scene
A noisy street scene of 1892:children dance to a barrel organ, competing with an accordion, penny whistle and the hubbub of passers by. 1892

Street music: organ grinder claimant, 1873
The " nobleman" organ grinder: a claimant to a title whilst on tour through the Irish provinces. Though he refused to name himself

Street music: musicians at home, 1867
Street musicians of Paris leave their slum home and head out to work with their instruments. Date: 1867

Gipsies on Putney Common, London. Date: 1870

Chinese Beggar Date: circa 1910s

Apres la Guerre no. 4 - postcard drawn by George Ranstead
Humorous postcard drawn by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead, One of a series of images suggesting what life might be like after the war has ended, here

A simple poor grave, Arista, Chile Date: circa 1910s

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Blind Malay Beggar Date: circa 1910s

Inside a van, near Latimer Road, Notting Hill
Living conditions inside a gipsy caravan, near Latimer Road. Date: 1879

Christmas in the almshouse, Landskrona, 1910-15. Date: 1910-15

Poor school meal
Poor children are served free meal at the refectory of Albano school, Landskrona, 1906. Date: 1906

Work cottage
The Work Cottage, where poor children could work and get to learn making baskets, brushes etc. The also get a meal to eat every day. Landskrona 1905. Date: 1905

A very poor man - Algiers, Algeria Date: circa 1920s

Kings County Alms House. Elderly woman seated next to a bed at the Kings County Alms House

Poplar Union Schools, near Brentwood, Essex
View of the boys side of the Poplar Schools which were established in 1906 between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex, to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Shenley Fields Cottage Homes, Kings Norton, Worcester
View of the village street at Shenley Fields Cottage Homes, established in the 1880s by the Kings Norton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Dormitory blocks, Salvation Army Colony, Hadleigh, Essex
Dormitory blocks at the Salvation Armys labour colony at Hadleigh in Essex. Founded in 1891 as a farming colony, the centre is still in existence today as a Salvation Army employment training centre

Main entrance, Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham
View of the main entrance of Pinewood Sanatorium at Bagshot Sands, near Wokingham, Berkshire, originally opened in 1898 as the London Open Air Sanatorium by the National Association for

Bethnal Green Military Hospital, East London
Bethnal Green Military Hospital, Cambridge Heath Road, East London. The hospital, designed by Messrs Giles, Gough and Trollope, was opened in 1900 as the Bethnal Green Union infirmary

Boys Band at Erdington Homes, Birmingham
Boys military band at Erdington Cottage Homes, Birmingham. As well as the boys and their instruments, the picture includes the Union Chairman (left)

Houseless Poor Asylum, Cripplegate, London
A variety of barefoot individuals standing around outside the asylum or hostel on Banner Street, Cripplegate, London, operated by the Houseless Poor Society

Stick Drill, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Boys perform an exercise known as stick drill at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. They are all wearing identical uniform

Main building, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
A view of the main building at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. A young Charlie Chaplin was briefly a resident of the Schools in 1898

Band and parade at Mettray Colony, France
A band and parade of inmates at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s, the colony pioneered the cottage homes system where boys lived in small

Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
View of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls

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