Room Collection (#88)

Woman suffering the effects of poverty, South Wales
A woman in despair, suffering the effects of poverty in South Wales. This photograph, entitled Poverty, was used to illustrate talks designed to raise support for the South Wales Miners Federation

Medical museum, St Bartholomews Hospital, London
A view of the medical museum at St Bartholomews Hospital in the City of London. The room is packed with shelves and display cases containing medical specimens, most of them in glass jars

Young girls ironing in laundry room, Surrey
A group of young girls ironing with flat irons in a laundry room, on a card posted from Thornton Heath, Surrey. Its not clear if the girls are being employed, or are inmates of an institution

Junior recreation room, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Junior recreation room at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Dormitory, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
View of a dormitory at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Women ironing bed linen
A room full of women ironing what appear to be bed sheets. The location may be an institution such as a workhouse or prison. A supervisor stands right of centre

Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North Yorkshire
Inmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945

Chain room, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
The chain room at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The walls are lined with chains and handcuffs. A prison inmate is at work

Interior of kitchen, Strangeways Prison, Manchester
The interior of a prison kitchen, believed to be at Strangeways Prison, Manchester. The room is filled with assorted boilers, coppers, ovens and cooking hobs. Much of the cooking was done using steam

Matchbox making at home, East End of London
A woman with her three children engaged in making matchboxes at their home in the East End of London. The work, which involved pasting and assembling the boxes, was notoriously badly paid

Entrance Floor Plan, Rowton House, Camden, London
The entrance floor plan of the Rowton House opened in 1905 on Arlington Road, Camden, north west London, to provide cheap accommodation for working men

Part of a room to let, East End of London
Interior of a house in the East End of London where the demand for cheap accommodation was such that even a part of a room might be sub-let as indicated by the notice on the window

Interior of workmans home, East End of London
The interior of a workmans home in the East End of London. The walls are lined with shelves, pictures and plates. A small cooking range stands in the hearth

Living Room of a Rowton House, London
The living room of one of Londons Rowton Houses where the residents can be seen relaxing, reading, and playing draughts. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large

Workhouse, Casual Ward
A workhouse casual ward which the poster on the right suggests is in the vicinity of Reading in Berkshire. The tramps and vagrants who occupied the room slept on hammocks slung between hooks attached

The Athenaeum Club on ballot day
The busy drawing room of the Athenaeum Club, on Pall Mall, central London, on a ballot day. The ballots were held on monday afternoons between February and July

Japanese Pavilion, World Fair 1939
Japanese Pavilion at the New York World Fair 1939 showing the diplomatic room

Christmas decorations / Ally Sloper
Whilst decorating his dining room with holly, Ally Sloper slips and falls through the chair he has been standing on - a painful experience

Ironing Room at Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside
Ironing room at Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up, a Village Home for Orphan, Neglected and Destitute Girls at Barkingside

Salvation Army elevator dormitory
A dormitory in a Salvation Army Elevator. Elevators, which aimed to help the unskilled or unemployed, combined a factory space together with hostel accommodation for those working there

Census tabulation in former Lambeth workhouse
Data from the 1931 census being transferred to punched cards in the former Lambeth workhouse - presumably the one on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road), Lambeth, south London

Hexagonal workhouse, second floor plan
The second floor layout of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Whitechapel Workhouse, Casual Ward Dormitory
A dormitory of the Whitechapel Workhouse Casual Ward on Thomas Street, East London. There are rolled up hammocks attached along each wall. The floor is bare boards

Union Workhouse, Tonbridge, Kent, Womens Ward
Interior of a womens ward in the Tonbridge Union workhouse, Kent. The three inmates are wearing the typical uniform of long skirt, blouse, shawl, and bonnet

Square workhouse, second floor plan
The second floor layout of the model square workhouse for 300 inmates, design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Square workhouse, first floor plan
The first floor layout of the model square workhouse for 300 inmates, design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Patients relaxing at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing patients relaxing with visitors in a rest room. One patient has his leg in plaster, and is watching television

Patient playing darts, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a patient in dressing gown and pyjamas playing darts in a rest room

Nurse and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a nurse with two patients in a rest room

Caravan interior / W H Robinson
Interior of the family caravan, including a library, a dining room and day nursery. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Little boy with a toy pram
A little boy, Cecil Watts, standing at the side of a room with a toy pram

A Woman and her evening dresser
The Muslin Shirt. A French woman and her dresser maid - she is getting into a fine muslin dress

N. A. A. F. I. Club - Manchester
Views of the N.A.A.F.I. Club at Manchester, including inset views of the interior including the Reading Room, Quiet Room, Lounge, Ballroom and Cafeteria

Statue in niche, Golden Hall, Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany
Detail of a statue in a niche in the ornate rococo Golden Hall (Goldener Saal) of the Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management, Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany

Siblings playing with toys near the fire
A sister and brother playing with their playing with their toys in front of the fire. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Ceiling fresco, Golden Hall, Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany
A ceiling fresco in the ornate rococo Golden Hall (Goldener Saal) of the Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management, Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany

Architectural details, old part of St Gallen, Switzerland
Architectural details in the old part of St Gallen, Switzerland, including a turret room that juts out from the corner of a building

Mess Room, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Scene in the boys mess room on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

The Grill Room - Crosby Hall, London. Crosby Hall, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea originally stood in Bishopsgate, where it was the Great Hall of the 15th century Crosby Place

Dining room on refugee ship WWII
The dining room of the refugee ship the SS Sinaia

Refugee waiting room WWII
Officials of the Fulham Borough Council in London take down particulars from refugees in the waiting room of the distributing centre. Note pile of gasmasks in the foreground

The Monotype Caster Room at a Printing Works
The Monotype Caster Room at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. The Gentleman holding the clipboard is recording the results of a production time study. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s

The Jameson Raid: A Courtroom scene
A court room scene in the trial of Doctor Jameson and his officers at Bow Street, February 25th 1896. The prisoners from left to right are as follows: H.N Grenfell, K.J.F Smith, C.H Villiers, J

Wedding Presents
A bride and her maid-of-honour admire a piece of jewellery, a wedding present from her prospective husband perhaps?

Industrial Exhibition - Stockholm, Sweden 1909
The Restaurant Bispen at the Konstindustriutstallningen Exhibition at Stockholm, Sweden. A precursor of Swedish Moden Design

War Effort WWII
A bomb making factory showing the production of bombs in the machine room during World War II

Moorish Woman reclining in her sitting room
A Moorish Woman reclining in a very Moorish Sitting Room, filled with elaborately patterned drapes and cushions. Fans and lanterns hang on the wall

Barrack Room - Dijon, France
The interior of a Police barrack room, with a group of French soldiers (some seated) in the foreground, all bearing swords, engaged in police duty

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