Ramshackle Collection

Jersey Airways Poster
Poster, I d prefer Jersey Airways. A cartoon of animals powering and piloting a flying machine above a rough sea, with a Jersey Airways biplane high above them

Old Mill Cottages, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex. Date: circa 1908

Man in the Kitchen C1905
Letting your husband loose in the kitchen can be very risky; here, a pot boils over, eggshells litter the floor, and the cat laps spilt milk

The Walled City of Kowloon, Hong Kong. This illegally-built block was demolished in 1994 because of health fears, It was largely ungovernable

The Pug Hole
This pencil drawing shows an area named The Pug Hole, in South Australia, featuring a low pit, with ladders leading to an elevated ramshackle group of buildings. Date: circa 1925

Alleged first residence of American General Sam Houston
The small wooden building is ramshackle. It was on Caroline Street, Houston, Texas. Date: 1904

Poster, Continental tyres - never mind about the make of car, it's the tyres that matter most! Date: circa 1908

California Usa America American Death Valley
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Old Stuart houses at the south corner of Hosier
Old Stuart houses from the reign of King James I at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, 1795. External specimen of the Plain Gable Style. Demolished 1809

Boys and girls outside their homes, Port Said, Egypt
Boys and girls standing outside their rickety, timber-built homes, Port Said, Egypt. Date: 1922

Squatters camp, Winton, Queensland, Australia
Squatters camp with tent and large windmill at Winton, a sheep and cattle raising area in Queensland, Australia. Date: circa 1910

Ramshackle ticket kiosk in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
A man in a bright red turban at the window of a ramshackle ticket kiosk in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984

Kashmir - young horseman rides up steep hill from his village in the Sind Valley in the Himalayan foothills Date: 1986

Ramshackle wooden houses alongside the river in Sind Valley
Ramshackle wooden houses with patched shingle roofs alongside the river in the Sind Valley, Kashmir Date: 1986

Comic German postcard -- toilet malfunction
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- a man ties his dogs to the outside of a ramshackle outdoor toilet, but the toilet collapses when the dogs decide to chase after a rabbit

Mexican Slums 1982
Slum conditions in Michacan, Mexico, Central America. Date: 1982

Nicaraguan Slums 1982
Slum conditions in Managua, Nicaragua, Central America. Date: 1982

Primitive house in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
Primitive house (actually a small shed) in Cananea, a copper mining town in Sonora, Mexico. Date: circa 1905

North Gate at Chateau d Hougoumont
Chⴥ au d Hougoumont is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in Braine-l Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium

Back to back housing, Llanhilleth, Gwent, South Wales
A view along an alley between back to back terraced housing in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, showing walls made of a mixture of brick and stone, and ramshackle corrugated iron roofing

Gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales
Two traditional style caravans at a gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales

South China - Beach Village - Ramshackle dwellings, boat, people, hills in background. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900

Slum Living Philippines
A makeshift home on the street at Jolo, Sulu Islands, Philippines. Date: 1985

Burns D place Dumfries
ROBERT BURNS House in Dumfries where the Scottish poet died Date: 1759 - 1796

First wooden house, Monterey, California, USA
First wooden house in California, Monterey, California, USA, brought by sailing vessel from Australia. Date: circa 1910

Chinese Fishing Village, New Monterey, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

First theatre in California, Monterey, California, USA
First theatre in California, Pacific and Scott Streets, Monterey, California, USA, dating back to 1847, built by Jack Swan, a British sailor. It was known as the Union Theatre. Date: circa 1908

People working in a back yard, China
People working in a back yard, with pig rooting around, China. Date: circa 1930

Ramshackle alley with sign for University Musical Club
Ramshackle alleyway with a sign by a door for the University Musical Club. Date: circa 1905

Frontispiece design, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson
Frontispiece design by W Heath Robinson -- Mr W Heath Robinsons own private railway engine, not often allowed on the GWR. Date: 1935

Old Exchange Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
The Old Exchange Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, on the Santa Fe Railroad tourist trail. Date: circa 1910

Line of washing, Balham, SW London
A line of washing behind some houses in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Early days at Twin Falls, Idaho, USA -- a wooden shack advertising Beds. Date: circa 1910

India - Mullicks Street
A black and white lantern slide of a stretch of ramshackle buildings. Slide number 37 of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Street scene, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Buildings and water, possibly in Canton (Guangzhou), China. Date: circa 1890

Ramshackle cottage and courtyard, Scotland
A ramshackle cottage and courtyard, Scotland

Couple in ramshackle sports car
A couple -- possibly just married -- sitting in a ramshackle sports car, with five people standing on the pavement at the side of them. Date: circa 1930s

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

Two brothers and their sister in a backyard
Two brothers and their sister pose for their photograph in a rather untidy-looking backyard. Date: circa 1940s

Epinal, France - Old House and the Rualmenil Quay Date: circa 1903

Ramshackle Farmstead
A rather ramshackle old farmstead, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Granpop Thinks more Juice is Required by Lawson Wood
Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood enjoys a ride in a homemade, ramshackle carriage pulled by a sweltering little monkey on a bicycle

Chapel building, Penyrorsedd, North Wales
A large chapel building at Penyrorsedd in the Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales, with a ramshackle stone wall and what looks like an old iron bedstead in the foreground

Bird flying across a misty field in Holland
A bird flying across a field on a misty day, somewhere in Holland. A ramshackle old fence forms an interesting pattern in the foreground

The Disturbed Nap by William Heath Robinson
Two hikers pause by a ramshackle pub for a drink. Knocking at the door, they are alarmed to find that the entire pub collapses

South Carolina - Large family and their shack
South Carolina - Black African American woman with her seven children posed (in age/height order) outside their rather rickety-looking shack

Interior of a mud cabin in Kildare, Ireland
A woman and young girl indoors in a mud cabin in Kildare. They sit next to the fire over which a kettle hangs on a chain. This is a poor ramshackle dwelling with the door nearly falling apart

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